Hello, I recently installed a wireless network at my friend's office. I used LinkSys's BEFW11S4 (802.11b + firewall/dhcp/NAT + 4 port switch) for an access point that provided service to two computers using NetGear's MA111 USB wireless adapter (which is a fantastic device for Windows computers - great cfg software) and an eMac with the Airport Extreme card.
I initially setup the SSID to be hidden, added 128bit WEP using a shared-key and MAC authentication. All the computers could become part of the network, but only one (a NetGear client) could receive an IP from the access point. All the rest complained that they could not reach the DHCP server. I checked and double-checked my keys, cfg, etc. and all was well, but it still wouldn't work. When I turned off the 128bit encryption, however, each client became a valid part of the network, with an IP and everything. Has anyone experienced this problem before? Or does someone have an idea why the 128-bit WEP would affect DHCP on this device? Any and all ideas are appreciated. Cheers, Guthrie ===== "I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." - Albert Einstein __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
