Tim: >> Or... You install another small router device, one that lets you set >> up DHCP easily, and sit that between your existing modem/router and >> the rest of your LAN. That'd use less power than a PC, and have less >> things to go wrong with it. > Bob Goodwin: > I have a spare router similar to the one I am using now [earlier > version] but I'm not sure how to apply that, can,t have two wireless > routers transmitting on the same channel? Might be able to move some > devices to a different channel but that adds to the system > complexity, need to think about that ... All your wireless devices transmit on the same channel. They just don't transmit at the same time as each other, they take turns. That's why wireless sucks as a networking medium, when you have quite a few devices in use on a network with a lot of traffic. With wired networking, through a switch or router, many devices can all talk simultaneously, if they're each talking to different devices. DHCP works by the client *broadcasting* a request for an IP, and the server responding. So long as your DHCP server is accessible somewhere over the LAN, it'll work. You mentioned having a NFS server in another post. If that's always running, it could also be your DHCP server. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
