>CRUD - I JUST LOOKED AT THIS IN PREVIEW AND THE NICE PICTURE IS TRASHED.
>YOU CAN RESERECT IT BY LINING UP the three colums of "|" and or HELP -
>HOW DO I PRESERVE THE FORMATTING AND I WILL RESEND THE PICTURE

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>picture follows:
>
>incoming ---> linksys BEFSR41 ( 4 port DSL ROUTER + SWITCH )
>DSL | 192.168.1.1 does DHCP for my network
> | dynamic addresses 100 .. 149
> |-linksys WRT54G
> | 192.168.1.2 (config'd static)
> | | DHCP disabled / no connection to WAN port
> | | |
> | | z
> | | |
> | | laptop - with WIRELESS PC-CARD
> | | 192.168.1.103 (assigned by DHCP)
> | | WIRELESS LINKED to WRT54G
> | |- AXIS CAMERA
> | 192.168.1.99 (static ip)
> | hard linked to WRT54G
> |-W2k Server
> | 192.168.1.10 (confi'd static)
> |
> W98 machine
> 192.168.1.101
> (DHCP configed )
>
>so,
> the BEFSR41 is DSL gateway / DHCP server
> WRT54G is just a switch and Wireless Access Port -it just passes
> DHCP requests to the LAN - no router functions enabled
>
>during its initial configuration (WRT) I made it 192.168.1.2 and I can change the wireless settings from anywhere on the network.
>
>if you don't have any existing box like the BEFSR41 you can make the WRT54G serve as the internet gateway and have both hard and wireless connections made through it - but you will then have it located within hard cable length of your CABLE or DSL modem.

Yes, there is already a cable modem that is the first point of entry from the line. It's good to know you can update the settings from anywhere in the lan. I'd go as that. I will just wait a few days and, once installed, I'll post a status on this thread.