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I have a small office who needs some networking installing. They have a Windows small business server 2011 and all pc's except one are connected by RJ45. One laptop needs to be connected wireless to the network and pick up DHCP from the server. Can anybody recommend a small business product to allow the wireless laptop to be part of the network and get a DHCP address from the server Access Point maybe?
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I have a small office who needs some networking installing. They have a Windows small business server 2011 and all pc's except one are connected by RJ45. One laptop needs to be connected wireless to the network and pick up DHCP from the server. Can anybody recommend a small business product to allow the wireless laptop to be part of the network and get a DHCP address from the server Access Point maybe?
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We have had good reliability and performance using Draytek wireless access points, such as the AP-700
It's very simple to use: just assign it an IP in the right range, configure the wireless and plug it into convenient network point. If you leave DHCP disabled on the AP then the wireless clients will get their DHCP from the SBS server just as the wired devices do.
Draytek also do a PoE version, the AP-800.
Hope that helps.
It's very simple to use: just assign it an IP in the right range, configure the wireless and plug it into convenient network point. If you leave DHCP disabled on the AP then the wireless clients will get their DHCP from the SBS server just as the wired devices do.
Draytek also do a PoE version, the AP-800.
Hope that helps.
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Thanks BlueCompute
I dont have a switch purchased as yet so any recommendations on that would be great.
Thank you
I dont have a switch purchased as yet so any recommendations on that would be great.
Thank you
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I'd purchase a standalone switch and a standalone draytek access point.
How many PC's are connecting to the network? This will determine how many ports you need on your switch.
http://h17007.www1.hp.com/
How does the network access the internet? router/firewall?
I'd purchase a standalone switch and a standalone draytek access point.
How many PC's are connecting to the network? This will determine how many ports you need on your switch.
http://h17007.www1.hp.com/
How does the network access the internet? router/firewall?
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8 ports will be fine. I've not had chance to look at their BT router yet, but i imagine just teh gateway address of it will suffice.
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Thanks Guys
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guys, last question.
Do you think it's even possible to add an additional switch to the BT router or just don't bother and get rid? It has a GUI but is it more trouble than it's worth?
Do you think it's even possible to add an additional switch to the BT router or just don't bother and get rid? It has a GUI but is it more trouble than it's worth?
Have you got a network switch already for the the wired pc?
If so you can purchase any wifi access point such as Draytek 700 http://www.draytek.co.uk/p
You can then easily add this to your switch and configure it to act as a relay dhcp server giving network access to the wireless laptop