Belkin Router (F5D6231-4) as an AP 2

[superjet]

Hello,
I just bought a Belkin Router (F5D6231-4) at Frye's. It was on sale for 29.00 with a 20.00 rebate, so what the heck?
Plug it in, fire it up, and it works fine. Routes, DHCP, the whole thing.
Then I see a link in the interface that says you can use it as an Access Point only. I read the instructions (GASP) and it claims you just put a static IP in that is in your scheme and you are set. All works fine.
Until I want to set up MAC filtering and WAP. I can't get back into the router with the web interface using the static IP I assigned it or even the default 192.168.2.1 that is came out of the box with.
I have to do a hard reset, then set it up as a router again.

Anyone have any ideas what I am doing wrong?
I really would like to just use this as an access point.

Thanks,
Jamie

 

[dlottig]

Sorry, fat fingered the LAN IP of my laptop, should be 192.168.2.6.

 

[EdWNY]

All,

After reading

http://www4.tomshardware.com/network/20030716/

the solution to my problems was simple.

I disabled DHCP in the Belkin router (I had previously disabled the firewall), moved the cable connecting the two routers from the Belkin's WAN port to a LAN port and refreshed all the network connections. Now all the pcs are networked and can see each other regardless of which router they are connected to and I can still signon to the Belkin router to change WiFi settings. The DHCP function is performed by the outer/non-Belkin router and the Belkin F5D6231-4 router at this point is basically a WiFi switch.

I am now a relieved happy camper.

Hopefully the above link or this posting helps all of you also.