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01-16-2008
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| | Automatically get new TCP/IP settings on wifi adapter? 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 -- Julian I-Do-Stuff Some Vista stuff, but mostly just Stuff at http://berossus,blogspot.com |
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01-16-2008
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| | Re: Automatically get new TCP/IP settings on wifi adapter? 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 Barb Bowman MS Windows-MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ |
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01-17-2008
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| | Re: Automatically get new TCP/IP settings on wifi adapter? 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 -- Julian I-Do-Stuff Some Vista stuff, but mostly just Stuff at http://berossus,blogspot.com "Barb Bowman" <barb@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:fi7so3puo5b4rrkg4kkanr6i8o7vvh5c3d@xxxxxx 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 > > Barb Bowman > MS Windows-MVP > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx > http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ |
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01-21-2008
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| | Re: Automatically get new TCP/IP settings on wifi adapter? Just so the info is here for others... I created and set the the appropriate key (DhcpConnEnableBcastFlagToggle) as per KB928233 and this morning when I returned to the wifi hotspot the laptop connected OK without any fuss, obtaining the correct gateway address so the internet connection worked immediately. Although it should be noted that the wifi adapter STILL did not obtain a new IP address, and since the DNS address is the same here as it is at home I can't tell whether that was "set" correctly. But, it works. -- Julian I-Do-Stuff Some Vista stuff, but mostly just Stuff at http://berossus,blogspot.com "Barb Bowman" <barb@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:fi7so3puo5b4rrkg4kkanr6i8o7vvh5c3d@xxxxxx 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 > > Barb Bowman > MS Windows-MVP > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx > http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ |
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01-21-2008
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| | Re: Automatically get new TCP/IP settings on wifi adapter? thanks for the update On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:27:28 +0100, "Julian" <msforums@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Just so the info is here for others... I created and set the the appropriate >key (DhcpConnEnableBcastFlagToggle) as per KB928233 and this morning when I >returned to the wifi hotspot the laptop connected OK without any fuss, >obtaining the correct gateway address so the internet connection worked >immediately. > >Although it should be noted that the wifi adapter STILL did not obtain a new >IP address, and since the DNS address is the same here as it is at home I >can't tell whether that was "set" correctly. > >But, it works. Barb Bowman MS Windows-MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ |
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