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I am on a small business network and need to configure a linksys router as a WAP

We are on a domain where our small business server hands out IP's to devices and computers (DHCP). I have a Linksys WRT54GS router that I want to use as an Access Point. I have done this before but this router has a different interface and am not sure how to configure this - (see image attached) On the old router I disabled WAN completely but on this one there doesn't seem to be an option for that.

Do I use a static IP address on the device that matches the settings on our server or do I leave the router's DHCP enabled and change the address of the router where it says Network Settings on the lower half of the settings page? (see image).

Or do I just leave the router IP (it's by default set at 192.168.1.1) alone and use the static IP address to configure ? With the addressing being the same as our lan?

I know that I will then need to tape over the WAN port and disable DHCP on the router. But not sure how to configure this. Thanks for your help

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So, to be sure I understand I use the static IP setting (drop down choice at top of page), then set the IP, GW, and DNS addresses accordingly, then disable DHCP Server and ignore the settings on the local or router IP address area in the Network Setup.

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Thank you