Netgear Wireless Problem

I am trying to set up a wireless internet connection, and for the life of me I am feeling REALLY dumb!

The Hardware:
Netgear FR114P Router, ISP-Static IP, LAN-DHCP Enabled
Netgear 8 port Switch
(5) Netgear WG601 Access Points (All set to same SSID/Freq./Encryption Key)

The Problem:
No DHCP for wireless clients!
When I plug a laptop into the switch, I get DHCP and can connect to the internet w/o any problems. When I unplug (also tried restarting) and go wireless: No DHCP, No Internet, default M$ IP Address, but good connection to access point(s).

Am I really as dumb as I feel or is there some unknown trick to getting Netgear Access Points to Pass DHCP Information to clients?

Thank you

 

Are the WAP's getting IP addresses? Can you access their configuration menus? Why not jsut get a wireless router and NIC's?

 

Do you mean WG602 as I could not find a WG601 on the Netgear site?

Am I reading this right? You have 5 x WG601 APs ???
Surely you only need the one?

What wireless cards as in the laptops?

Can you access the APs by IP address (Default: 192.168.0.227)?

 

Rockn Wrote:
Are the WAP's getting IP addresses? Can you access their configuration menus? Why not jsut get a wireless router and NIC's?

The WAP's are configured with static IP addresses (192.168.0.201, 202, 203, 204, 205). Yes I can access the Config Menu's, that is how they are all set to the same (not default) configuration. A single Wireless router will not cover the area needed.
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coulterp Wrote:
Do you mean WG602 as I could not find a WG601 on the Netgear site?
Am I reading this right? You have 5 x WG601 APs ???
Surely you only need the one?
What wireless cards as in the laptops?
Can you access the APs by IP address (Default: 192.168.0.227)?

Yes, Sorry I did mean the WG602.
Yes, there are 5 AP's.
Actually My coverage is a little spotty, and for the area I probably need 2 more AP's (I/We are setting up free wireless internet access for guests in our hotel. Special note on "Free": Translation = I have almost NO budget to do this with. I have about 8years networking experience, but 802.11x is a new area for me.)
No problems accessing the AP's from ethernet.
Wireless cards are: netgear 802.11b; Linksys 802.11g; and centrino built-in (Tested all three for consistency)

As previously stated: I can see and connect to the AP's, the problem is that the AP's are not passing on DHCP info from the Router to the attached client(s). (Sudden thought: Would the AP's need to be set up to USE the DHCP in order to pass it on to clients? Must try this...)

Thanks again for helping out! I'll keep the thread updated...

 

In response to the question. Yes. Page 10 of the WG602 User Guide "DHCP Client: The access point will get the IP address, subnet mask and the default gateway automatically from the DHCP server if the DHCP is enabled. Default: Enable"