Motorola WR850G as Access Point (not router)

7 Mar 2005 12:06 AM

johnfofawn

Hi,

I have a WR850G that I want to use as an access point. I've upgraded to
the latest firmware. I've turned off NAT, Firewall, and the WLAN port.
I have one of the LAN ports connected to my wired LAN. It still doesn't
work. Any idea what I could be doing wrong?

Thanks,
John

7 Mar 2005 1:57 AM

Jorabi

<johnfof***@hotmail.com> wrote ...

> I have a WR850G that I want to use as an access point. I've upgraded to
> the latest firmware. I've turned off NAT, Firewall, and the WLAN port.
> I have one of the LAN ports connected to my wired LAN. It still doesn't
> work. Any idea what I could be doing wrong?

Did you turn off the DHCP server?

8 Mar 2005 3:34 AM

johnfofawn

Jorabi wrote:

> <johnfof***@hotmail.com> wrote ...
> > I have a WR850G that I want to use as an access point. I've
upgraded to
> > the latest firmware. I've turned off NAT, Firewall, and the WLAN
port.
> > I have one of the LAN ports connected to my wired LAN. It still
doesn't
> > work. Any idea what I could be doing wrong?
>
> Did you turn off the DHCP server?

Yep. I *think* I have turned off everything. What else could I be doing
wrong?

Thanks,
John

8 Mar 2005 2:53 PM

Jorabi

<johnfof***@hotmail.com> wrote ...
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> Jorabi wrote:
>
>> <johnfof***@hotmail.com> wrote ...
>>
>> > I have a WR850G that I want to use as an access point.
>> > I've upgraded to the latest firmware. I've turned off
>> > NAT, Firewall, and the WLAN port. I have one of the LAN
>> > ports connected to my wired LAN. It still doesn't work.
>> > Any idea what I could be doing wrong?
>>
>> Did you turn off the DHCP server?
>
> Yep. I *think* I have turned off everything. What else could
> I be doing wrong?

I'll let you know when I try the exact same thing. I have one
in the shrink wrap that I want to set up as a WAP this week.

9 Mar 2005 3:22 AM

johnfofawn

THANK YOU!!
John

20 Mar 2005 5:44 PM

ramnarine1

So, how did it go? Were you able to get the WR850G to work as an
access point and switch connected to another router?

21 Mar 2005 3:33 PM

Jorabi

<ramnari***@hotmail.com> wrote ...

> So, how did it go? Were you able to get the WR850G to work as an
> access point and switch connected to another router?

Sorry, it's still in the shrink wrap. I will try later this week
or next.

Did you make any progress on your end?

3 Apr 2005 2:05 AM

anonymous

Good luck. After 3 hours of checking and double checking settings,
downloading the latest firmware, and etc, I finally gave up getting two
850Gs to work in this configuration. I actually had it working for about 10
minutes but then unplugged one of the 850's to move it to another outlet and
it wouldn't work again. That is when I quit and repackaged it for return.
Some googling revealed that folks have had mixed results, but that this is a
pretty common experience. I emailed Motorola but don't really expect an
answer - when a feature so fundamentally flawed I've got to believe they
know about the issue but that it's obviously a don't care.