XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2017-04-14 06:37, Jeff Liebermann wrote:   
   > On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 14:19:22 -0000 (UTC), Tomos Davies   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> However ... this discussion has pointed out useful improvements:   
   >> A. I should reserve some addresses *outside* the range of the DHCP server.   
   >> B. I should use only those reserved addresses on the mobile devices.   
   >> C. And I should set *all* the home APs to that address (not just one AP).   
   >   
   > I'm not sure what you mean by "C".  Setting all the various AP's   
   > (access points) to the same IP address does absolutely nothing to the   
   > function of the AP.  That's because all wi-fi wireless is done at   
   > Layer 2 (MAC address layer) and does not involve Layer 3 (IP address   
   > layer) in any way except to configure the AP using the built in web   
   > server.  Setting all the various AP's to the same IP address is a   
   > guaranteed IP address conflict.  You will not be able to access any of   
   > them until you assign each AP its own unique (static) IP address.   
   > Please note that most AP's do not have a DHCP *CLIENT* on the LAN   
   > side, and therefore cannot obtain a DHCP assigned IP address from your   
   > router.   
      
   I suspect he means configuring in his Android devices all the configs   
   for his several AP of his home to have the same address. He does not   
   mean changing the configuration of the AP themselves.   
      
      
   Then, again, it makes more sense to assign a fixed IP at the DHCP   
   configuration of his router, which is one single configuration point for   
   the entire house complex.   
      
      
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