Rick Dobbs wrote:

> The problem with doing it this way is that if you're somewhere in the
> middle, Windows can switch between AP's a LOT, which can get really
> annoying, especially on a system running DHCP.

If the ESSID doesn't change, Windows *should* attempt to re-acquire the
same address via DHCP, which is a somewhat shorter process than a
cold-start DHCP request.

In fact, if the ESSID doesn't change, Windows shouldn't transition
link-state, in which case, DHCP is not re-run at all.

search for "skip the DHCP lease releasing" in
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/wlansupp.mspx

--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"SOCALWUG" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected]
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG
SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

Reply via email to