In reply to a post by RobertoS:

My ISO-layer knowledge disappeared years ago.

Suspect you're referring to the OSI 7-layer model? I was always taught it didn't map to TCP/IP anyway !

I have registered properly now for the forum, my previous post was anonymous concerning the fitting of a WAP because the router was a Draytek without wireless.

There is of course no particular reason why you should have a fixed address for the WAP other than the convenience of always knowing what the IP address is so you can immediately access it. You should however ensure it lies outside the DHCP range if it is fixed to avoid conflict (i.e. the router issuing an address that is already in use). Since I run several computers DHCP is a lot more convenient for my home network (I don't have to faf around with IP addresses everytime I bring in another computer to work on.)
I'm not sure why anybody would want fixed home network IP addresses when there's a perfectly good DHCP server in the router, but ... different strokes for different folks.

If the WAP has a fixed ip address it can be added to the browser favourites and accessed immediately should you want to get at it quickly, but that is purely for convenience.
I've had routers with built in wireless and found builtin or seperate makes no difference, other than of course you use up one of the ethernet ports on the router with a seperate WAP, but this isn't a bother since the Draytek has a 1 Gig ethernet port which I split in a 1 gig four port switch. But it's purely about what you require, I do this because I work on lots of computers from outside and like to get them on the network very quickly.
Anyway, hope you get it all sorted, and hope all these replies have been helful.

In reply to a post by jchamier:

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

My ISO-layer knowledge disappeared years ago.

Suspect you're referring to the OSI 7-layer model? I was always taught it didn't map to TCP/IP anyway !

The quote you give from my post proves the point LOL. [dodder][dodder].