E4200v2 Bridge Mode + Guest Access: No DHCP IP's assigned?!

New E4200v2 on 2.0.37.  In "Bridge Mode - DHCP" (i.e. Access Point not router).  Guest Access is enabled & SSID broadcast.  Dhcp Server is disabled, because my main Sonicwall router is providing that for main LAN 192.168.1.0.
PROBLEM = Client PC can see "-guest" SSID fine and associate to it, BUT PC does NOT receive a DHCP IP address (i.e. 192.168.33.x) therefore the browser login page never appears and guest access does not work.
I'm pretty sure that it's all related to DHCP.  I'm assuming that the E4200 is not receiving or sending guest DHCP packets with the client PC.
I seen Guest Access work on the older E4200v1's before so I know what it should look like.
Can anyone suggest any likely reasons why my E4200v2 wouldn't be providing DHCP guest addresses in the 192.168.33.0 subnet?
I only have 24 hrs until I have to deploy 2 new E4200v2's at a remote site, and after that it's going to be really hard to troubleshoot because I won't be at that site.
Thanks in advance for any expert advice!
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When you're in bridge mode DHCP server option goes away.  And I don't care if DHCP requests are getting to my Sonicwall b/c that device is not going to assign the Linksys Guest IP's... E4200 must do that, apparently in a totally hidden way.
In any case, I don't have any more time to waste on E4200v2's so I'm going to try some E4200v1's which I just happen to have handy, thankfully.
If Bridge Mode + Guest Access works better on the V1's then I'll retreat back to that older more obsolete hardware. 
I'll report back later.
(In meantime if anyone else cares to offer their knowledge experience about this, V2 or V1, I'm all ears)
gv wrote:
Do guests get an IP address if you enable the DHCP server?
Do you see guest DHCP requests on your sonicwall?

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