Need a standalone wireless Access Point with DHCP on the wireless and NOT on the wire.
I need to replace a D-Link Acess Point. This device has particular characteristics that seem hard to replace:
- It must accept a fixed IP address for management on the LAN - as the LAN has no DHCP server.
- It must plug into a wired subnet and NOT be a DHCP server on the wire.
- It must have a DHCP server for the wireless clients - over a range that one can set in the range of the LAN it's connected to by wire.
- It should support IP address assignments in the DHCP server
While *I* don't need it, presumably if used on a network with DHCP service, one could turn off the APs DHCP and it will forward requests onto the LAN.
Finding an AP (or a Router with AP mode) with these characteristics seems difficult.
Any suggestions for devices that *will* do the job?
- It must accept a fixed IP address for management on the LAN - as the LAN has no DHCP server.
- It must plug into a wired subnet and NOT be a DHCP server on the wire.
- It must have a DHCP server for the wireless clients - over a range that one can set in the range of the LAN it's connected to by wire.
- It should support IP address assignments in the DHCP server
While *I* don't need it, presumably if used on a network with DHCP service, one could turn off the APs DHCP and it will forward requests onto the LAN.
Finding an AP (or a Router with AP mode) with these characteristics seems difficult.
Any suggestions for devices that *will* do the job?
The ubiquiti ap's support this but you need to run the unifi managment software either in a vm or by using a cloudkey
https://www.ui.com/software/
https://www.ui.com/software/
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The Ubiquiti boxes are very nice and I have the controller software installed to manage it.
Be careful of wireless bridges as that cuts signal strength in half.
I prefer to connect the Wireless Access point to main network via Ethernet to keep signal strength strong.
Be careful of wireless bridges as that cuts signal strength in half.
I prefer to connect the Wireless Access point to main network via Ethernet to keep signal strength strong.
As David mentioned, the UniFi APs support this scenario perfectly.
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Thanks all!
I wonder if I missed something? I got a Unifi AP AC Pro and started setting it up.
I'm not using a companion controller or Cloud Key of any kind - only using the software on a workstation to set it up and control it.
I found no capability to assign MAC addresses to IP addresses.
I wasn't able to set it up as a DHCP server, although the controls are there for that purpose.
Oh, I finallyh found out how to assign a MAC address but it appears to require a USG Unifi Security Gateway.... ???
I wonder if I missed something? I got a Unifi AP AC Pro and started setting it up.
I'm not using a companion controller or Cloud Key of any kind - only using the software on a workstation to set it up and control it.
I found no capability to assign MAC addresses to IP addresses.
I wasn't able to set it up as a DHCP server, although the controls are there for that purpose.
Oh, I finallyh found out how to assign a MAC address but it appears to require a USG Unifi Security Gateway.... ???
You are very welcome, good luck with it!
1. Connect a WAN port on the Wireless router to a LAN port on the network.
2. Give the WAN port a Static IP address on your network.
3. Use DHCP on the Wireless router.
This puts the router OFF your main network. This appears to be what you asked for.