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Netgear 802.11b wireless access point on company server, with TiBook.
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OK, I can use the access point (not a wireless router) in my office if it's encrypted. I have the old Netgear ME102.
If I just bring it to my office and plug it in, should it just simply work with my TiBook which is already configured with it? Or do I need to start fiddling with network settings and IP addresses? All I need is internet access - port 80. (Everything else is pretty much locked out by the company firewall anyway.)
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Administrator  Join Date: Apr 2001
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The big question is how your company LAN assigns IP addresses. If you get your address there through DHCP then just make sure your computer is set up for DHCP.
If your company assigns static IP addresses, then you have an issue. You will need to get an address assigned, then you'll need to set up your computer for that address (along with all the other settings that go with it).
Make sure that you coordinate with your IT people about this. A friend works network security at a large university, and their rules forbid "unlicensed" access points of any type. He actually found an AirPort Base Station that somebody'd hidden-inside the case of a G4 tower! The user admitted he'd hidden it there, and wound up losing network connectivity for his whole office. Not a fun joke, but a serious security compromise. Doublecheck with your network people that what you're doing is kosher.
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Originally posted by GHPorter:
The big question is how your company LAN assigns IP addresses. If you get your address there through DHCP then just make sure your computer is set up for DHCP.
If your company assigns static IP addresses, then you have an issue. You will need to get an address assigned, then you'll need to set up your computer for that address (along with all the other settings that go with it).
Make sure that you coordinate with your IT people about this. A friend works network security at a large university, and their rules forbid "unlicensed" access points of any type. He actually found an AirPort Base Station that somebody'd hidden-inside the case of a G4 tower! The user admitted he'd hidden it there, and wound up losing network connectivity for his whole office. Not a fun joke, but a serious security compromise. Doublecheck with your network people that what you're doing is kosher.
Yeah, DHCP, not static. So I should just be able to plug the thing in and go?
I'll ask again before I do this though. Last time I asked it was one of the lower level IT guys and he seemed to think it was OK with encryption, but come to think of it, he may not have the authority to make that decision.
Or maybe I'll just get yet another long cable. (Switches ARE kosher.)
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Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001
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Yes, you should be able to just plug your Netgear in and surf away.
I agree with you that an IT "minion" is not the person to get authorization from. Having been a minion in the past, I can confirm that people at that level have neither the authority, nor necessarily the expertise to authorize much. "It takes years of training and experience to do this stuff, kid."
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Glenn -----
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