You could have a strong signal but lose the connection intermittently due to interference.
Cordless phones (not cell phones) which operate at 2.4GHz are a significant source of interference because almost all wireless home equipment is also 2.4GHz. Leaky microwave ovens can also interfere. If the problem is signal loss or interference, manual assigning of IP addresses might help the recovery time but there's still going to be that underlying problem. There are other reasons things might flake out intermittently, including but not limited to: a) poorly written drivers for the wireless card in the PC (look for updated version from the vendor) b) poorly written firmware in the wireless router (look for updated version from the vendor) c) wireless hardware issues at either the router or the PC If this wireless equiment is new and under warranty, and you can rule out the interference issues from phones, ovens, and the neighbors in the adjacent apartment, then I'd suggest you take up the resolution with the support team at the vendor of the router and/or PC wireless hardware. Go to the vendor's website and click on Support. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eve Golden Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 6:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Renewing IP address Thanks, Carl and Wayne. 1) Where does Windows get the IP address from? the router? When I plug in an ethernet cable for a minute or two it seems to reset the address, and there aren't any further problems even after I unplug the cable. So most of the time, anyway, it seems as though the signal is actually ok and the address just gets lost. It happened just a few minutes ago. I plugged in an ethernet cable for about two minutes. Now the cable is out and I have a notice saying that the signal is excellent, and everything is working fine. 2) How do you manually assign them? 3) How do you know what to assign??? If you can point me to a good online explanation I'd be grateful, but the ones I've found cover too much terrain and I can't tell what does and doesn't apply to our two-computer network. At 06:07 PM 2006-01-19, you wrote: >At 05:55 PM 1/19/2006, Eve Golden typed: >>What does it mean when Windows says it can't connect to our wireless >>network and has to renew my IP address? When I click on "repair," >>sometimes it works but sometimes it doesn't. Win XP, SP2. Dell laptop. >>Linksys router. > >For some reason the signal got dropped & Windows lost track of the DHCP >assigned IP address & this is just another reason why I manually assign >all my LAN IP addies. -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
