XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: dan@djph.net   
      
   Tomos Davies wrote:   
   > In , Jeff Liebermann   
   > suggested:   
   >   
   > [...]   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > The "magic" is how an Android mobile device can "ask" for a certain IP   
   > address from the access point (e.g., 192.168.1.15).   
   >   
   > A question might be what happens if that access point has already handed   
   > out 192.168.1.5 to another device?   
      
   An AP is just a "dumb" bridge between your wired network, and wireless   
   devices.  It has no say in DHCP addressing.   
      
   If it does, then you've got something misconfigured somewhere.   
      
      
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