nik52wrx

I run a wireless network in the home as i was sick of sitting upstairs in the spare room when surfing the internet etc.
To overcome this i purchased a wireless enabled laptop. When i first bought it the laptop connected to the network immediately, now it can take up to twenty mins.
Signal strength is excellant but initially i only get limited connection.

Anybody suffer a similar problem? And is there anything i can do about it?
Nik

minty

iTrader: (1)

Does it get it's own network address (ip) from the router or does it have a static address.

Is it auto acquireing it's own address or is it a static IP. It can tae it's time to hand shake with the router and get an address. If it has a static IP then it will get on quicker 9 times out of 10.

nik52wrx

I think it acquires an address which is whats taking the time as you suggest.
Any hints on how to change this?


quote=minty]Does it get it's own network address (ip) from the router or does it have a static address.

Is it auto acquireing it's own address or is it a static IP. It can tae it's time to hand shake with the router and get an address. If it has a static IP then it will get on quicker 9 times out of 10.[/quote]

MBA

My thought is that if your router is taking that long to issue an IP then DCHP may have been disabled and you have been given a temporary IP address called (APIPA) Automatic Private IP Addressing

i either suggest re enabling your router to DCHP (if its not already) and/or assign a static IP address to your Network Adaptor (google this)

Static IP's will connect you to the Router quicker as the router hasnt got to dish out an IP itself