Access points and IP address

[Midlander2022]

Hi!

I was hoping someone could answer a query for me.

I have two routers on my network set in access point mode and both work perfectly well for wired and wireless connections.

When I log in to the "main" router settings I can see an IP address for one of the access points but not the other one.

Why would one have an IP address and not the other? I always thought access points didn't have IP addresses so I'm a bit confused why one does.

Hopefully this isn't a difficult question!

 

[Midlander2022]

Oh sorry I don't think my first post was very clear. In total I have 3 routers. One as the "main router" and both the two others connected to it in access point mode. One of them in access point mode has an IP address showing in the main router client list and the other one in access point mode doesn't. I just can't work out why one has an ip address and one doesn't. If you see what I mean!