Radioman

Any comments please - I think a lot of poeple have problems with TCP/IP and
Vista.

Cheers all.

"Radioman" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I think this is a bit old hat but it may still help people. As title, TCP/IP
> problems running Vista on a 1 month old Sony G11.
>
> I help run a Wireless ISP (WISP) and both login to the WISP from several
> locations getting IP by DHCP, but also use static IP addresses from my main
> office. The reason for the static IPs is to access different routes through
> the network (different phsical wireless routes to test and assess
> performance). TO make it clear I access via wireless into my initial
> router..For instance;
>
> Addresses 192.168.2.0 to 192.168.2.127 with GW 192.168.2.10 goes via an
> ordinary aDSL phone line
>
> Addresses 192.168.2.128 to 192.168.2.255 with GW 192.168.2.10 goes one route
> via wireless (excluding those below)
>
> Addresses 192.168.2.210, .211, .212, .213, .214 with GW 192.168.2.10 goes
> via a second wireless route
>
> Finally 192.168.2.x with GW 192.168.2.1 goes via a THIRD route.
>
> The point of all these different IPs is so I can test several backhaul
> customer traffic routes by simply changing my personal IP. Various specialist
> wireless routers do the routing based on the IPs (Mikrotik and Star-OS)
>
> Sorry if this seems a bit waffly but I am getting to the point. With XPpro
> and x64, this works FINE. I change IP and my data goes any way I want. The IP
> changes no problems, and I can DHCP as well.
>
> NOW the point - with VISTA on my laptop;
>
> a) I can set a static IP and go one route
> b) When I change the static IP sometimes the old IP is retained and does not
> change.
> c) If I change to a third static IP confusion reigns and I get THREE IPs,
> and often the first is the IP that is used
> d) If I connect DHCP to an access point (with the laptop out in the network
> in the town), sometimes I get a DHCP address but not with all AP routers.. If
> I know the static IP range I can access using the appropriate static range
> e) If I then change back to static IP to deliberately route a particular way
> from my office, sometimes I get a single IP but sometimes I get a whole set
> of three or more IPs..
>
> Sorry if this is a bit convoluted, but it shows Vista is doing something
> wierd with Wireless IPs.
> I have read others have similar problems, but I wonder if anyone knows how
> to flush out all the old static IPs and how to *reliably* change IP.
>
> Cheers all.