NETGEAR WG302v1 - ProSafe 802.11g Wireless Access Point Configuration

Application notes - using the dhcp server feature

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– DHCP: Use and Configuration

WG302v2, WAG302v2

The WG302v2/WAG302v2 can act as a DHCP server for wireless client. The

WG302v2/WAG302v2 provides the pre-configured TCP/IP configuration for wireless clients

connected to the access point.

The WG302v2/WAG302v2 DHCP server only assigns network information to clients that connect

to the access point through security profiles that are on the same VLAN as security profile 1.

VLAN 1 is the default VLAN for all security profiles.

Enabling the DHCP server on the WG302v2/WAG302v2 causes Network Address

Translation (NAT) to be enabled on the access point

- The WG302v2/WAG302v2 in this case

acts similar to a NAT router for the wireless clients who receive their network information from the

access point. All network traffics from the wireless client designated to the wired network are

NAT-ed to the access point's LAN IP address.

As a result, the DHCP network (wireless network) configured in the WG302v2/WAG302v2 DHCP

settings must be in a different subnet than the wired network.

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Page 1 – DHCP: Use and Configuration WG302v2, WAG302v2 The WG302v2/WAG302v2 can act as a DHCP server for wireless client. The WG302v2/WAG302v2 provides the pre-configured TCP/IP configuration for wireless clients connected to the access point. The WG302v2/WAG302v2 DHCP server only assigns network information to clients that connect to the access point through security profiles that are on the same VLAN as security profile 1.
Page 2 Router 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.228 NETGEAR INTERNET LOCAL MODEL FR314 Firewall Router Internet Access PWR TEST LNK/ACT WG302v2/WAG302v2 Wired device 192.168.0.x Wireless Clients 192.168.1.2-192.168.2.50 In the above example, the wired network where the router and the access point resided is 192.168.0.0/24. When enabling the DHCP server on the WG302v2/WAG302v2, the DHCP network must be in a different subnet than 192.168.0.0/24.
Page 3 Wireless clients connect to the WG302v2/WAG302v2 will receive one of the addresses from the DHCP pool. However, DNS Server address assigned to the wireless client will always be the same address as the default gateway address. It was because the WG302v2/WAG302v2 uses DNS proxying.

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