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WiFi Access Point with DHCP server
I need to replace our DAP-2360 access points with one more current that will pass vulnerability scans.
So, it needs to have a built-in DHCP server.
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> I need to replace our DAP-2360 access points [...]
That's a D-Link product?
> [...] with one more current that will pass vulnerability scans.
Should the non-psychics in your audience know what "vulnerability
scans" means to you? Or why your existing gizmos don't pass them?> So, it needs to have a built-in DHCP server.
"So"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non_sequitur
Generally, by its nature, a wireless access point is transparent, and
so does not act as a DHCP server. Typically, a WAP is attached to a LAN
where there already is a DHCP server, and adding another (uncoordinated)
DHCP server could do only harm.
Why, exactly, do you believe that your WAP should include its own
DHCP server?General advice: You might have more success if you described the
actual problem which you are trying to solve, rather than asking how to
implement some particular "solution" ("WAP needs built-in DHCP server"),
which may have little or nothing to do with the actual problem (whatever
it might be).Yes, DAP-2360 is a DLink product. It was provided for reference so the question would be more complete.
re: "vulnerability scans" - just Google it. If one gets a lot of meaningful hits then one can be assured that it's a common term in the industry and might learn someting. It does get a lot of hits and it is a common term in the industry. The simple idea is that the replacement we're looking for needs to be up-to-date re: security.
"So" derives from the fact that the DAP-2360 has a built-in DHCP server and we've made use of it. Without it we'd have to change our architecture and our approach to a number of things that I need not enumerate.
The "nonsequitur" comment was unnecessary.
Yes, we know that most access points don't include a built-in DHCP server. So, we're asking the *product* experts if they know of any that are newer than the DAP-2360 which does have it.
This *is* the problem to be solved.
I could have written a longer explanation in the question but expect that would have resulted in a bunch of workaround ideas. That's not what I'm looking for. Either the device exists in someone's experience and knowledge or it does not. If it doesn't, no need to answer.
I take it that *antinode* doesn't know of one.
> [...] meaningful hits then one can be assured that it's a common term
> in the industry and might learn someting. [...]"common" and "specific" are spelled differently for a reason.
> [...] The simple idea is that the replacement we're looking for needs
> to be up-to-date re: security.Still too vague to be helpful.
> This *is* the problem to be solved.
I'd say that the actual problem to be solved might be the provision
of a usable DHCP server to the WAP clients. Whether the WAP itself
should be that server is a different question.> I could have written a longer explanation in the question but expect
> that would have resulted in a bunch of workaround ideas. [...]
Probably. (Do you wonder why?) How much time did you save this way,
do you think?> [...] we're asking the *product* experts [...]
Not here, you're not. You might try a more relevant forum:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/bd-p/business-wireless-for-business
