basic wireless setup info?

[teeceemadison]

ok, the basix...
i just setting up my wireless network. i have dsl modem and a static IP.

now, i hooked the wireless base station into the dsl modem, and configured the basestation with my static IP.

next, i have a laptop im testing it with, i have a wireless us robotix card installed. im running win 2k.

when i configure the laptop, do i configure the connection on the laptop back to the B.S. by using 192.168.1.1 as the IP in the Network connections window for my setup?

I am trying to keep this as simple for an idiot like me to follow.

Let me know if I need to give more info, etc....

thanx

teecee.

[NickC]

Do you have to have a static IP? I believe I let my router (base station) assign a dynamic IP to each machine - desktop and laptop.

[teeceemadison]

Originally posted by NickC
Do you have to have a static IP? I believe I let my router (base station) assign a dynamic IP to each machine - desktop and laptop.

Yes, as I said in my first post, i do have a static ip, and it works wonderfully on the straight dsl connection, but, how do I translate that into the wireless world?

but, im not sure what you mean by
"do you have to have a static IP", i have had one since almost day one of my dsl connection.

[Tuttle]

teecee, do you have a Wireless Access Point or a Wireless Router? The distinction is important.

[NickC]

Originally posted by teeceemadison


Yes, as I said in my first post, i do have a static ip, and it works wonderfully on the straight dsl connection, but, how do I translate that into the wireless world?

but, im not sure what you mean by
"do you have to have a static IP", i have had one since almost day one of my dsl connection.

The reason I asked if you "HAVE to have" a static IP is this: when I first signed on to AT&T Broadband, they said in order to use two machines via wireless network, give us a call. We will assign you a static IP for each machine and you'll have to pay $5 for the extra machine. I had heard that routers should assign their own dynamic IP, so I did not let them assign a fixed IP. Instead, I just let the router do the work. So I can browse with two machines via network simulataneously. And no paying $5 extra!

When I connected my laptop to the network, I didn't put in any IP address. I just let the router dynamically assign one. Mine is a both a router and access point.