Router, WAP & IE Settings

[Fumbler]

With my working network of router & WAP fed by cable broadband, I wondering about the existing settings (as I am having a bit of trouble, and think some of the settings may be wrong).

Should my individual PC IE LAN Settings:

(1) be set to Automatic detect settings AND

(2) Use automatic configuration script - set to my router's address rather than the WAP?

Should the Proxy server setting be ticked - and, if so, what address ought I to be suing there?

The DNS settings: on the Router it is 0.0.0.0; on the NIC's IP TCP/IP Properties it is 4.2.2.1 & 4.2.2.2. Is this right? Or should they be the same?

Should the individual PC's NICs have their default gateway pointing to the router IP Address or that of the WAP (it seems to work whichever one is entered, but I can't decide which may be better - the router's 'cos the WAP is transparent; the WAP, as that's what the NICs directly interconnect to)?

I have a feeling that in some way there perhaps should be automatic IP addressing - is that what DHCP is for? But if so, how do I set that?

In the router, ought its LAN IP Address setting be that of the WAP - 192.168.0.50 rather than that of itself (192.168.0.1)?

And should the DHCP be enabled?

What, if anything, should I be putting for the Domain Name?

[Greenstead]

Should my individual PC IE LAN Settings:
(1) be set to Automatic detect settings AND

Yes.

Should my individual PC IE LAN Settings:
(2) Use automatic configuration script - set to my router's address rather than the WAP?

Should the Proxy server setting be ticked - and, if so, what address ought I to be suing there?
No and No.

The DNS settings: on the Router it is 0.0.0.0; on the NIC's IP TCP/IP Properties it is 4.2.2.1 & 4.2.2.2. Is this right? Or should they be the same?
Both look wrong. The router should show your ISP DNS server addresses. In the NIC settings it may show the same or it may show the gateway address.

Should the individual PC's NICs have their default gateway pointing to the router IP Address or that of the WAP (it seems to work whichever one is entered, but I can't decide which may be better - the router's 'cos the WAP is transparent; the WAP, as that's what the NICs directly interconnect to)?
The router IP address.

I have a feeling that in some way there perhaps should be automatic IP addressing - is that what DHCP is for? But if so, how do I set that?
And should the DHCP be enabled?
Yes - all NICs should be set to get an IP address and DNS addresses automatically. The DHCP server in the router allocates the IP addresses. The LAN DHCP service in the router should be set to on.

In the router, ought its LAN IP Address setting be that of the WAP - 192.168.0.50 rather than that of itself (192.168.0.1)?
No. Leave it alone.


What, if anything, should I be putting for the Domain Name?
Doesn't matter - so long as you use the same name everywhere.

[Fumbler]

Great, Greenstead; many thanks. This is just the specific guidance I've been wishing for.

Much appreciated.

Regards, Ian