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I took your advice and went to the network control panel and removed the
"network bridge." Since the problem is intermittent, it may be a while
before I'll know of its effect. I thank you for the advice.
What was that "network bridge" for? I am guessing if I have more than one
network attached to my computer, then it bridges them? If so, then I
would've never wanted that anyways.
BTW my laptop is a Toshiba P15-S409, Pentium 4.
Actually, my luck improved with WEP, but I was stepping down to WEP from
WPA-PSK. At least I think that's easier for the computer?
Thanks
Scott G
"Jeff Liebermann" <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 17:08:46 -0400, "Scott" <swgreen@wowway.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I occasionally have trouble where my system will show the network
> >connection, but the dhcp won't negotiate a good ip address. It gives
that
> >misconfiguration IP. I go and sit next to the router and it will usually
> >clear.
>
> I've seen that with about 7 assorted Windoze XP client boxes talking
> to a Linksys or DLink wireless router (various models). The most
> common solution was to remove the "bridge" device in the "Network"
> control panel thing. However, in one case, that didn't fix it. One
> clue was that if I enabled WEP, DHCP would fail. Turn off WEP and
> DHCP would work properly. I've asked about the problem but nobody at
> either Linksys or DLink had any useful clues.
>
> There are also some "compatibility issues" with Centrino laptops and
> Netgear MR814 wireless router which have roughly the same symptoms.
> Fixed with a MR814 firmware update.
>
> (Hint: I you have a hardware problem, kindly disclose the mfg and
> model of the hardware).
>
> >I am wondering if I should be interested in configuring my system for a
> >static ip.
>
> Yep. That's what I had to do to with the one that wouldn't get DHCP.
>
> >What do yall think?
>
> I would try to fix it before resorting to fixed IP address. There's
> nothing wrong with a fixed IP, but it would be nice to know the cause
> of the problem or at least the culprit.
>
> >Thanks
> >Scott G
> >
>
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