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(I helped save b3ta! rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Also a lot of wireless routers have switches built in to them
And if you plugged an unconfigured switch in to a routed network it can cause all sorts of issues.
(I helped save b3ta! Peej, Tue 24 Sep 2013, 9:24, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
shut up and fix it IT monkey

(I helped save b3ta! Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 24 Sep 2013, 9:25, Reply)
I'm no longer an IT monkey
I don't do the fixing anymore.
(I helped save b3ta! Peej, Tue 24 Sep 2013, 9:27, Reply)
Indeed
which is why you turn DHCP off before connecting it to the network, or it will proper bugger things up.

You might get away with a proper wireless access point (extender) rather than a router, though, bit more expensive but more designed for the job.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 24 Sep 2013, 9:39, Reply)
Which is why we don't allow students with no knowledge of DHCP to connect their shit to the network.

(I helped save b3ta! Peej, Tue 24 Sep 2013, 10:10, Reply)

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