Help with discriminating wifi AP traffic please

fordem wrote:

A factory default M4100 should be accessible at an address in the 169.254 network (I don't remember what it is, but it's documented) - you will need to configure the computer being used for access at a 169.254 address and also to change this address when you set a new address on the M4100 (assuming you change the network portion of the address). Also - unlike most Netgear products you need to save any configuration changes as a separate step or they will be lost if the unit is powered off.

Hi Fordem,
Just to update you on the saga of my problems; the reset button does not do a full reset on the device I have.

The instruction set in ezconfig is either wrong or ezconfig has a bug, certainly several instructions do not work, including "show running-config" which is what ezconfig suggests you run to check after you have finished.

The only way I could get back to "as supplied" configuration and thence to the web interface was to root the operating system and do a factory reset from root.

I now believe the in-band static (fixed) IP causes problems as somebody advised in another thread. My problem with DHCP for the management address is finding out what address has been set as I cannot fix it using mac address in the DHCP server in the firebrick. (A limitation of the interface and my linux skills!) I can however check active leases and find the IP by looking for the mac address on list.

Trouble is, for reasons I do not understand, the last time I used DHCP the switch didn't keep the same IP even though all systems were left unchanged and powered 24/7.

Thank you again for all your help. I shall keep trying and report back in due course.
Regards.
Budgie2