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kyber
11th October 2006, 08:12 AM
Recently purchased some homeplugs and a SAR-600EW. I also have a D-Link ADSL/WAP unit and have chosen to use this as the primary gateway and therefore want too use the SAR unit as a WAP base station only elsewhere in the house. (In the event that the D-Link unit develops a fault, I can redeploy the SAR unit to take over.)

I find the instructions for the SAR unit unclear. Would you please advise me on how to configure the unit for WAP use only. It will be connected to an ethernet switch fed by a homeplug to provide a network path to the D-Link ADSL gateway which itself is connected to the network by a homeplug.

I assume that the SAR unit should not run DHCP.

TIA,

Stuart

PS. Incidentally, I chose the D-Link over the SAR for the gateway as the former maintained a slightly higher performance according to averaged tests using the BT speed test service. Also, I found the web GUI easier.

JohnK
11th October 2006, 02:07 PM
Hi
just connect to any lan port, give the 600 an IP address in the same subnet as your DLink and, as you say, turn off DHCP.

kyber
16th October 2006, 09:03 AM
Many thanks. Thought it would be straightforward but best to check.