Using multiple Home Hubs as access points

I have a BT Infinity connection using a Home Hub 5, however the signal is poor or non existant in parts of my house. I have Cat5e wired to some of the rooms around my house, so could I connect 1 or 2 additional Home Hub 5s to extend/improve the signal? If this is possible is it easy to configure?
Thanks

These pages may help.
http://forumhelp.dyndns.info/wireless/hh3link.html
http://www.filesaveas.com/jarviser/repeaterhubswired.html
Or BT have their own devices.
http://www.shop.bt.com/learn-more/bt-branded-products-and-services/bt-connectivity-devices-12466.htm...
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You cannot change any settings like that within the BT home hub, it is locked down.
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Using Mac mini as an access point for home network

Hi
I'm looking for some help on using my mac mini as an access point on my home network.
I have a G5 tower which is wired in to my router and acts as a home server. It has all my itunes library, films, etc
I stream these to various machines in the house, one of which is a mac mini in our living room.
The mini is connected to the network via powerline adapters meaning the airport is left free.
So i set up internet sharing on the mini via airport so I can use the machine as an access point for the living room.
If I connect another machine to the mini via airport, Internet is working fine but for some reason I can't see the any other machines on the network.
All I see in the sidebar is the mini, not the server.
I've tried it on both mine and my friends macbook but had no luck.
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How would you go about doing this?
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Internet Sharing may not be providing an address via DHCP, It also may not be providing a subnet Mask that can get you to communicate with the other computers on your local Network.
Take a look at what IP addresses are being used by the various computers on the network. I would expect you have a Router that may be using 192.168.0.1 as its base "private" address, and issuing DHCP Addresses in that range and higher with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, meaning anything with the same three high octets can communicate freely without Router intervention.
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Using Multiple Domain Names to Access Our Portal

We operate one domain corp.company.com but all internal intranet web servers get assigned the address inside.ZZZ. The inside.ZZZ is on our IE exclusion list but company.com is not. Adding company.com seems to be a miserable task so we are looking at adding an alias so our users can access the server at the new inside.ZZZ url. We have DNS pointing the URL to the right server and that seems to be working properly.
Something within the application is redirecting the page to gnwhepdev.corp. company .com (our servers domain address) after the initial login. Since *.corp. company .com is not in the exclusion list, it is considered an outside address and rerouted. We are trying to find some way to pass the alias within the application itself so that we dont need *.corp. company .com in the exclusion list and we can point users to the inside.ZZZ url.
Our team researched this issue and found documentation that supported the use of multiple domain names to access a Enterprise Portal. The documentation that we found is below:
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Particularly on page 13-15 in the documentation it talks about enabling the portal via multiple domain names (Section 3.7: Using Multiple Domain Names to Access the Portal). Also, the documentation says the following:
You must have sever proxy servers, each with a different domain name. You then activate the filter mechanism and configure it to work with several proxy servers
We have several questions about the possiblities of being able to set this up and whether it would require another server where Web Dispatcher would need to be installed for this configuration to work properly. Can someone please provide some insight into what needs to be configured and answer the question about the Web Dispatcher? Also, if Web Dispatcher is required, what steps need to be done to configure? If Web Dispatcher is not needed, what will we need to do apart from that to set this up for our Enterprise Portal system?

It is but you have to use masking......
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Can I use this as a wireless access point for my network

can I use this as a wireless access point for my network

umm... use what?
A Time Capsule? Sure. It's just like many other wireless base stations. It can run in either bridge or route mode - in bridge mode it's just like an access point linking the wired and wireless networks together.

Is it possible to use an E90 as an access point?

Since the E90 has a WIFI card, I was wondering if it was possible to use an E90 as an access point. The reasoning is that I want to be able to use a wifi only device (such as an Apple touch) to connect through the E90 to get to the internet.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

11-Dec-2007 11:52 PM
daiichi wrote:
11-Dec-200708:26 PM
crrrazy wrote:
I don't think that will work ...
Darn, I didn't think so, but it was worth a try. If only Apple saw fit enough to put bluetooth on the Apple Touch.
Rumor has it BT is there, just not activated (yet).
By the way, there is a solution that works to allow you to connect your E90 to your iPod Touch and control basic phone operations.
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Using old Sky router as Access Point

Hello, I am new to the forum so I hope have posted correctly. Having recently moved house I have switched to BT from Sky and have been supplied with the HH5 and the Infinity package. Due to house lay out wifi signal is not great throughout. I am wanting to use my old Sky (Sagem 2504n, I think) router as an access point. Is this possible or would need to flash the old sky router in order to do this. My first attempt did not work (when I try to set ip in sky router to within HH range I get an error message). Basically it would be good to know if I need to flash the firmware or if it is possible to do with the sky router as is before I aware too much more time.. Any help much appreciated!
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You should be able to use it as a wired access point provided you change the IP address, and disable DHCP.
This guide, for a Voyager router, should give you some idea of the settings to use.
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Is there an option on the signal box setup, to specify a static IP address?
If there is, then try the following settings.
IP address 192.168.1.50
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway 192.168.1.254
DNS Server 192.168.1.254
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Help with using the WRT54G as an Access Point

Ever since I've been using the WRT54G as an access point behind another router I have been experiencing intermittent disconnects and reconnects from the internet anywhere from once every 5 to 60 minutes. I get the message notifcation that the Local Area Network is disconnected for a split second before everything reconnects and works fine. This has been happening on my desktop which is wired directly to the WRT54G which itself is wired directly to the other router, but I have also experienced these disconnects with my iPhone and laptops which have been using the wireless signal.
When I was connected directly to the original router I hadn't experienced any of these problems. I've also tried changing settings and even disabling the wireless broadcast of the WRT54G but to no avail. I can't figure out what the issue is, but it seems to also be affecting the wireless broadcast of the original router.
I've updated firmware for the Linksys, and I've done a reset for the Linksys as well.
Any help would be much appreciated to get rid of these disconnects.

OK, so I've tried a different setting to see if it'll work.
Previously I had not configured the WAN of the Linksys router at all and left it on Auto (DHCP) even though I disabled the DHCP for the LAN. I've now set the WAN up to a random Static IP and hopefully this will solve the problem, but I'm not sure as of yet, if anyone could look over the settings to see if they're correct please let me know.
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LAN - DHCP
IP: 192.168.1.1
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
IP Range: 192.168.1.100 - 192.168.1.150
Router 2 - Linksys (AP)
WAN - Static IP
IP: 64.XXX.XXX.1 (made up value)
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 64.XXX.XXX.254 (made up value)
DNS: XX.XXX.XXX.X (made up value)
LAN - DHCP disabled
IP: 192.168.1.2
Subnet: 255.255.255.252
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Use WRT110 as a wireless access point to connect desktop computer to a WRT160N network.

I am having a problem setting my WRT110 connected to a desktop computer, as an access point to a net broadcast by a WRT160N. The WRT connects to the desktop computer, but does not see the WRT169N network. A laptop with 802.11g sitting next to the desktop is able to link to the WRT160N network, although the signal is weak, but workable. Has anyone any ideas on how to use the WRT110 as as access point rather than a router. I spoke with CISCO technician level 2, and he says it can't be done. CISCO website for WRT110 describes it as three devices in one, one being a wireless access point. CISCO technician says get a WAP, but I think I should be able to use the WRT110. Help appreciated.

Linksys Wireless Routers (WRT...) are simple access points. They don't establish a connection to any other wireless device. They only allow wireless access for clients. That's the definition for an access point: to be a point of access into the LAN for clients. It is a common misconception that a "wireless access point" would always include bridging or repeating capabilities although that is a completely different mode of operation.
What you want is not an access point but a wireless repeater (WRE) or a wireless bridge (WET) or a combination. The Linksys WAPs are versatile wireless devices which can be operated as access point, repeater, and bridge.
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Restricting Wireless Access using BT Home Hub

Hi
I am trying to set up my BT home hub so that my daughter can only have limited access (fed up with her being on FB 24/7!)
I thought I had done by using the set up access mode, but I have a feeling that this is not working all the time. Has any one else managed to successfully do this?
Thank you for reading and would be grateful of any advice as this is driving us to the brink!

Did you follow the intructions on this site?
http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/11364/~/what-is-bt-access-control-and-how-do-i-set-it...
Are you sure that she is not simply bypassing it via the hub manager?
You could change the hub manager password.
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Using linksys wag200g as an access point

Hi, i just bought a smart TV and been wanting to set it up to stream videos from a media server. But since my wireless modem (DIR-615) is upstairs, the signal is quite weak and the video will skip sometimes during streaming; I happen to have an old WAG200G linksys modem and been wanting to use it as an access point. So now i have WAG200G, DIR615 and a router (HG850... is this a router?) So the DIR-615 is connected thru the router using the WAN port to LAN1 on the router and linksys is connrected to from LAN4 to LAN4 at the router. Linksys has a local ip of 192.168.0.5 and the modem has a local ip of 192.168.0.1; both of them has the same subnet mask (255.255.255.0) but when i connect my laptop to 'linksys' instead of 'home' wireless network, i dont have internet what am i doing wrong? Also does an access point creates 2 wireless network but both share the same internet? or it creates 1 shared wireless network with shared internet... networking is so confusing also if it helps, here's my backup cfg:
WAG200G time_zone=GMT+0 2 time_daylight= restore_default=0 wan_ifname=nas0 wan_mode=pppoa wan_iptype=Dynamic wan_ipaddr= wan_netmask= wan_gateway= wan_mtu=1500 wan_fix_dns=0 wan_dns1= wan_dns2= wan_macaddr= wan_encap=0 pppoa_encap=1 wan_vpivci_detect=1 wan_vpi=8 wan_vci=35 wan_account= wan_domain= wan_dod=1 wan_qos=ubr wan_pcr= wan_scr= wan_cmtu=auto dsl_modulation=MMODE dhcp_dns0= dhcp_dns1= dhcp_dns2= dhcp_wins= lan_if=br0 lan_ipaddr=192.168.1.1 lan_netmask=255.255.255.0 lan_bipaddr=192.168.1.255 dhcp_server_enable=1 dhcp_server_ip= dhcp_start_ip=192.168.1.100 dhcp_end_ip=192.168.1.149 dhcp_reserved= dhcp_lease=0 http_username=admin http_password=admin http_timeout=5 rt_static_route= rt_rip_version=1 rt_rip_direction=0 rt_rip_recvflag=1 rt_rip_sendflag=1 ddns_enable=0 ddns_service_provider=dyndns ddns_user_name= ddns_password= ddns_host_name= tzo_user_name= tzo_password= tzo_host_name= ddns_use_wildcards=0 pppoe_username= pppoe_password= pppoe_idle=5 pppoe_service= pppoe_redial=30 pppoa_username= pppoa_password= pppoa_ipaddr= wifi_ssid=linksys wifi_region= wifi_channel=11 wifi_auth_type=3 wifi_psk_pwd= wifi_psk_lifetime=3600 wifi_key_len=0 wifi_def_key=1 wifi_key1= wifi_key2= wifi_key3= wifi_key4= wifi_access_control=0 wifi_access_type=1 wifi_access_list= wifi_if_on=1 wifi_broadcast_ssid=1 wifi_wep_on=0 wifi_dot11_mode=0 wifi_dot11_iso=0 wifi_rate=0 wifi_radius_port=1812 wifi_beacon_period=100 wifi_dtim_period=1 wifi_rts=2347 wifi_frag=2346 mail_enable=0 mail_logfull=0 mail_sendlog=2 mail_server= mail_recipient= mail_dos=1 mail_portscan=1 mail_block=1 mail_sh_day=0 mail_sh_hour=1 log_dos=1 log_block=1 log_login=1 log_gateway=1 log_type=0 log_remote_ip= fw_nat=1 fw_block=1 fw_access_policy= fw_block_service=dns:17:53-53ping:1:0-0http:6:80-80https:6:443-443ftp:6:21-21pop3:6:110-110imap:6:143-143smtp:6:25-25nntp:6:119-119telnet:6:23-23snmp:17:161-161tftp:17:69-69ike:17:500-500 fw_block_trust_enable=0 fw_block_trust= fw_services_def=Any(ALL):any:1-65535Any(TCP):tcp:1-65535Any(UDP):udp:1-65535AIM:tcp:5190-5190BGP:tcp:179-179BOOTP_CLIENT:udp:68-68BOOTP_SERVER:udp:67-67CU-SEEME:both:7648-24032DNS:both:53-53FINGER:tcp:79-79FTP:tcp:20-21H.323:tcp:1720-1720HTTP:tcp:80-80HTTPS:tcp:443-443IDENT:tcp:113-113IRC:both:6667-6667NEWS:tcp:144-144NFS:udp:2049-2049NNTP:tcp:119-119RCMD:tcp:512-512REAL-AUDIO:tcp:7070-7070REXEC:tcp:514-514RLOGIN:tcp:513-513RTELNET:tcp:107-107RTSP:both:554-554SFTP:tcp:115-115SMTP:tcp:25-25SNMP:both:161-161SNMP-TRAPS:both:162-162SQL-NET:tcp:1521-1521SSH:both:22-22STRMWORKS:udp:1558-1558TACACS:udp:49-49TELNET:tcp:23-23TFTP:udp:69-69VDOLIVE:tcp:7000-7000VPN-IPSEC:udp:500-500VPN-L2TP:udp:1701-1701VPN-PPTP:tcp:1723-1723 fw_services= fw_in_rules=s:1:0:HTTP:0:0:80:80s:2:0:FTP:0:0:21:21s:3:0:FTP-Data&colon;0:0:20:20s:4:0:Telnet:0:0:23:23s:5:0MTP:0:0:25:25s:6:0:TFTP:0:1:69:69s:7:0:finger:0:0:79:79s:8:0:NTP:0:1:123:123s:9:0OP3:0:0:110:110s:10:0:NNTP:0:0:119:119s:11:0NMP:0:1:161:161s:12:0:CVS:0:0:2401:2401s:13:0MS:0:0:2701:2701s:14:0MS-rmctl:0:0:2702:2702 fw_out_rules= fw_dmz_enable=0 fw_dmz= fw_spi=1 fw_response_ping=0 fw_schedule=1111111:00:00-24:00 fw_time_zone=GMTb fw_remote=0 fw_remote_type= fw_remote_range_start= fw_remote_range_end= fw_remote_single= fw_remote_port=8080 ntp_custom=0 ntp_server= upnp_enable=1 upnp_adv_time=30 upnp_ttl=4 snmp_enable=0 snmp_read_community= snmp_set_community= snmp_sys_name= snmp_sys_contact= snmp_sys_location= snmp_trap_to= dhcpc_enable=1 ipsec_passthrough_enable=1 pppoe_passthrough_enable=1 pptp_passthrough_enable=1 l2tp_passthrough_enable=1 ping_size=60 ping_number=1 ping_interval=1000 ping_timeout=5000 fw_protection=1 fw_filter_proxy=0 fw_filter_cookies=0 fw_filter_java=0 fw_filter_activex=0 fw_block_wanrequest=1 log_enable=0 email_alert=0 dos_thresholds=20 smtp_mail_server= email_alert_addr= email_return_addr= qos_ds=disable qos_dslist=FTP:HHTTP:HTELNET:HSMTP:HPOP3:H0:L0:L0:L device_name=WAG200G lan_ifnames=br0 wlan0 language=1 igmp_proxy=1 wlan_mgr_enable=1 ipppoe_enable=0 timer_interval=3600 wifi_present=1 upnp_uuid_lan=8d401596-1dd2-11b2-a7d3-001ee59944a2 upnp_uuid_wancd=8d401597-1dd2-11b2-a7d3-001ee59944a2 upnp_uuid_wand=8d401596-1dd2-11b2-a7d4-001ee59944a2 upnp_uuid_igd=8d419c36-1dd2-11b2-a7d4-001ee59944a2 Û}\$

woops that's an old cfg files, sry here's the new one:
WAG200G time_zone=GMT+0 2 time_daylight=0 restore_default=0 wan_ifname=nas0 wan_mode=1483bridged wan_iptype=Fixed wan_ipaddr=192.168.0.5 wan_netmask=255.255.255.0 wan_gateway=192.168.0.5 wan_mtu=1500 wan_fix_dns=0 wan_dns1=192.168.0.5 wan_dns2= wan_macaddr= wan_encap=0 pppoa_encap=1 wan_vpivci_detect=1 wan_vpi=0 wan_vci=38 wan_account= wan_domain= wan_dod=0 wan_qos=ubr wan_pcr= wan_scr= wan_cmtu=auto dsl_modulation=MMODE dhcp_dns0= dhcp_dns1= dhcp_dns2= dhcp_wins= lan_if=br0 lan_ipaddr=192.168.0.5 lan_netmask=255.255.255.0 lan_bipaddr=192.168.0.255 dhcp_server_enable=0 dhcp_server_ip= dhcp_start_ip=192.168.0.100 dhcp_end_ip=192.168.0.149 dhcp_reserved= dhcp_lease=0 http_username=admin http_password=admin http_timeout=5 rt_static_route= rt_rip_version=1 rt_rip_direction=0 rt_rip_recvflag=1 rt_rip_sendflag=1 ddns_enable=0 ddns_service_provider=dyndns ddns_user_name= ddns_password= ddns_host_name= tzo_user_name= tzo_password= tzo_host_name= ddns_use_wildcards=0 pppoe_username= pppoe_password= pppoe_idle=5 pppoe_service= pppoe_redial=30 pppoa_username= pppoa_password= pppoa_ipaddr= wifi_ssid=linksys wifi_region= wifi_channel=11 wifi_auth_type=3 wifi_psk_pwd= wifi_psk_lifetime=3600 wifi_key_len=0 wifi_def_key=1 wifi_key1= wifi_key2= wifi_key3= wifi_key4= wifi_access_control=0 wifi_access_type=1 wifi_access_list= wifi_if_on=1 wifi_broadcast_ssid=1 wifi_wep_on=0 wifi_dot11_mode=0 wifi_dot11_iso=0 wifi_rate=0 wifi_radius_port=1812 wifi_beacon_period=100 wifi_dtim_period=1 wifi_rts=2347 wifi_frag=2346 mail_enable=0 mail_logfull=0 mail_sendlog=2 mail_server= mail_recipient= mail_dos=1 mail_portscan=1 mail_block=1 mail_sh_day=0 mail_sh_hour=1 log_dos=1 log_block=1 log_login=1 log_gateway=1 log_type=0 log_remote_ip= fw_nat=0 fw_block=1 fw_access_policy= fw_block_service=dns:17:53-53ping:1:0-0http:6:80-80https:6:443-443ftp:6:21-21pop3:6:110-110imap:6:143-143smtp:6:25-25nntp:6:119-119telnet:6:23-23snmp:17:161-161tftp:17:69-69ike:17:500-500 fw_block_trust_enable=0 fw_block_trust= fw_services_def=Any(ALL):any:1-65535Any(TCP):tcp:1-65535Any(UDP):udp:1-65535AIM:tcp:5190-5190BGP:tcp:179-179BOOTP_CLIENT:udp:68-68BOOTP_SERVER:udp:67-67CU-SEEME:both:7648-24032DNS:both:53-53FINGER:tcp:79-79FTP:tcp:20-21H.323:tcp:1720-1720HTTP:tcp:80-80HTTPS:tcp:443-443IDENT:tcp:113-113IRC:both:6667-6667NEWS:tcp:144-144NFS:udp:2049-2049NNTP:tcp:119-119RCMD:tcp:512-512REAL-AUDIO:tcp:7070-7070REXEC:tcp:514-514RLOGIN:tcp:513-513RTELNET:tcp:107-107RTSP:both:554-554SFTP:tcp:115-115SMTP:tcp:25-25SNMP:both:161-161SNMP-TRAPS:both:162-162SQL-NET:tcp:1521-1521SSH:both:22-22STRMWORKS:udp:1558-1558TACACS:udp:49-49TELNET:tcp:23-23TFTP:udp:69-69VDOLIVE:tcp:7000-7000VPN-IPSEC:udp:500-500VPN-L2TP:udp:1701-1701VPN-PPTP:tcp:1723-1723 fw_services= fw_in_rules=s:1:0:HTTP:0:0:80:80s:2:0:FTP:0:0:21:21s:3:0:FTP-Data&colon;0:0:20:20s:4:0:Telnet:0:0:23:23s:5:0MTP:0:0:25:25s:6:0:TFTP:0:1:69:69s:7:0:finger:0:0:79:79s:8:0:NTP:0:1:123:123s:9:0OP3:0:0:110:110s:10:0:NNTP:0:0:119:119s:11:0NMP:0:1:161:161s:12:0:CVS:0:0:2401:2401s:13:0MS:0:0:2701:2701s:14:0MS-rmctl:0:0:2702:2702 fw_out_rules= fw_dmz_enable=0 fw_dmz= fw_spi=1 fw_response_ping=0 fw_schedule=1111111:00:00-24:00 fw_time_zone=GMTb fw_remote=0 fw_remote_type= fw_remote_range_start= fw_remote_range_end= fw_remote_single= fw_remote_port=8080 ntp_custom=0 ntp_server= upnp_enable=1 upnp_adv_time=30 upnp_ttl=4 snmp_enable=0 snmp_read_community= snmp_set_community= snmp_sys_name= snmp_sys_contact= snmp_sys_location= snmp_trap_to= dhcpc_enable=1 ipsec_passthrough_enable=1 pppoe_passthrough_enable=1 pptp_passthrough_enable=1 l2tp_passthrough_enable=1 ping_size=60 ping_number=1 ping_interval=1000 ping_timeout=5000 fw_protection=1 fw_filter_proxy=0 fw_filter_cookies=0 fw_filter_java=0 fw_filter_activex=0 fw_block_wanrequest=1 log_enable=0 email_alert=0 dos_thresholds=20 smtp_mail_server= email_alert_addr= email_return_addr= qos_ds=disable qos_dslist=FTP:HHTTP:HTELNET:HSMTP:HPOP3:H0:L0:L0:L device_name=WAG200G lan_ifnames=br0 wlan0 language=1 igmp_proxy=1 wlan_mgr_enable=1 ipppoe_enable=0 timer_interval=3600 wifi_present=1 upnp_uuid_lan=8ef91036-1dd2-11b2-8e20-001ee59944a2 upnp_uuid_wancd=8ef91037-1dd2-11b2-8e20-001ee59944a2 upnp_uuid_wand=8ef91036-1dd2-11b2-8e21-001ee59944a2 upnp_uuid_igd=8efa96d6-1dd2-11b2-8e21-001ee59944a2 °‡/7

Guest use of a Aironet 1131AG Access Point

I have 2 WLAN's using (mostly) D-Link products - one is for staff only and the other is for guests, and is totally separate from our LAN.
I'm disappointed with D-Link and want to change-over to all-Cisco AP's. I'm fairly satisfied with the 1131 and wish to build on it.
The manual mentions a guest SSID, but I have reservations about network security. (I am thinking of using a single WLAN with multiple SSID's to handle the staff and guests.) What is the opinion on this forum on this issue? (I'm very new to Cisco and classify myself as little more than a beginner with wireless in general.)
Mike Webb
1-man IT shop for a conservation non-profit in central Nebraska

Here's an overview of Cisco's "Granular Guest Access Management and Provisioning" (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/wireless/ps5678/ps6973/ps8382/prod_brochure0900aecd806b8a72_ps6087_Product_Solution_Overview.html).
Here's is a document on how to configure Guest Access on an Autonomous AP:
VLANs on Aironet Access Points Configuration Example
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk722/tk809/technologies_configuration_example09186a0080665ceb.shtml

Multiple Cisco Aironet 1131AG access points and same SSID?

We have multiple Cisco Aironet 1131AG devices, all wired on one Cisco L2 switch(2560) who is connected to L3 switch (3550). We assigned one VLAN for access point in L3 switch who acts as vtp server (L2 switch is vtp client). All ap's will have static ip address and all will have same SSID and no security and they will be using multiple channels (ex. 1,6,11). They will operate in 3 floor building for roaming wireless client. We won't using any wireless controller.
So my question is this: How to configure APs-all the same with different ip's, can we use L3 switch to create dhcp server for access points VLAN (pool for clients, and the rest for static ip for ap's)? Can one of the ap's be WDS and in the same time local radius server with users without Cisco Secure ACS or similar controller or I didn't understand this quite well :-). I followed guide http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/access_point/12.3_2_JA/configuration/guide/s32roamg.html for WDS where the part abou Cisco ACS is a problem, so I can use same ap as Local Authenticator as in guide http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/access_point/12.3_4_JA/configuration/guide/s34local.html#wp1035723.
Many thanks...

Well, just so you know, WDS and local RADIUS authentication is only needed if you're using authentication on your wireless connection. You say you're not planning to use security, so this isn't necessary. However, I'd highly recommend at least using a simple WPA2-PSK to lock down your connection, otherwise you might end up giving free Internet access at best, and at worst you might be giving access to company PCs and servers. If you want to further use an 802.1x or WPA authentication method, then yes, you can use an AP as a RADIUS server and WDS to improve authenticated roaming, but this is far more limited than using a Cisco ACS.
As for your other questions, yes, your APs can all be configured the same except for at least three parameters: IP address, channel, and hostname. Configure your static IP addresses on the AP's BVI1 interface. Don't place it on the Radio or Ethernet interfaces, because if either of these interfaces goes down you'll lose the ability to configure the AP, so it's best to use the BVI1 interface.
And yes, configuring a DHCP scope for your clients on your L3 switch is a good design, or you could also use your DHCP server on a different subnet by using the ip helper-address command on the L3 interface. I hope this helps! Let me know if you need help configuring any of this.
Merry Christmas!
Jeff

Using multiple Home Hubs as access points

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