Thank you Barb!
I'll use the clue to see if the routers concerned (at home and here at the
cafe hotspot - both Netgear and both at least 2 years old) support the
Broadcast flag with a view to upgrading the firmware if possible or not
and/or amend the registry...
(one wonders what the spec for DHCP actually is if the broadcast flag can be
used so differently...)
MANY thanks!
Julian
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"Barb Bowman" <barb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> If it is just this one router, perhaps
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/928233/en-us is your
> issue?
>
> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:09:32 +0100, "Julian"
> <msforums@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Quote:
>>How do I force Vista to do what it should be doing anyway, i.e. get new
>>TCP/IP settings when it connects to a new access point (with different
>>SSID,
>>WEP key, channel no)
>>
>>Vista (HP) certainly does not do it automatically... ipconfig /all shows
>>IP
>>address of previous access point... and previous gateway/DNS.
>>
>>"Repair" usually resolves the issue but it shouldn't be necessary.
>>
>>DHCP client is on; IPv6 is off; all current updates applied.
>>
>>Access point that Vista will not connect to properly is a Netgear WPN824
>>Firmware V2.0.15_1.0.11; DHCP on LAN Port ON (i.e. is LAN DHCP server)
>>
>>TIA
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