Re: Driven Mad by Wireless Mystery


"Tiscali Tim" <tele@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
> Ken <Reply to NG only> wrote:
>
>>
>> Its reporting as connected usually 'Excellent' and 54 mbps. But often
>> searching endlessly 'acquiring network address'.
>>
> That presumably means that it's not picking up an IP address from the
> router - so that using fixed addresses may help (see below).
>
>> If I get working with no security what compromises/danger will that
>> be. One of the engineers said he felt it was often better to turn off
>> to get a better connection and better speeds?
>>
> I wasn't suggesting running with no security for more than a few minutes.
> No security means - in theory at any rate - that anyone within wireless
> range of your router can hack into your network - possibily accessing
> sensitive files on your PC - and share your internet connection. The
> suggestion was made just to eliminate any connection problems which may be
> due to incompatible security settings between router and PCs.
>
>> Your last paragraph is getting a bit technical for me but it is set
>> to auto allocate IP addresses. How do I disable DHCP and give fixed
>> IP addresses?
> In the router setup menu (best accessed via a *wired* connection!) there
> will be an option to enable or disable DHCP. It will also tell you what
> range of IP addresses it will allocate if enabled - probably 192.168.1.2
> upwards or somesuch - but carrying on up from the router's own LAN IP
> address.
>
> Disable DHCP on the router. Then, go to each PC, Start/Settings/Network
> Connections and bring up the TCP/IP properties for the wireless
> connection. Select "Use the following IP address" or somesuch (rather than
> automatically get address) and give it an address in the range which the
> router would otherwise have allocated. All the IP addresses will be the
> same except for the last number. Make the first PC 1 up from the router,
> the next one 2 up, and so on. Set all the Subnet masks to 255.255.255.0
> It's also safest to put in specific DNS server addresses - documentation
> received from your ISP should tell you what these need to be.
> --
> Cheers,
> Tim

Grateful for you sticking with this for me.

Ken


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