Since installing XP on my PC, I am continually having a problem with
the computer losing its ipaddress. I am using a NetGear wireless
router to which my Road Runner cable modem is connected. I also use a
laptop elsewhere in the house using the wireless network and never
have a connectivity problem. Sometimes I can reconnect by going to my
network connections page and checking the status of the connection and
then clicking on "repair the connection." This only works about 10%
of the time, however. Most of the time I have to reboot. This has
been going on for about 5 months now and I'm finally sick of it. Can
anyone tell me why this is happening and how it can be fixed. I did
not have the problem when I ran Windows 2000 Pro with the same
wireless router and same modem. |
Request for Question Clarification by
webadept-ga
on
22 Dec 2005 19:50 PST
Hi,
Unfortunately the problem could be originating from several points.
Somethings to check to narrow it down, would be, 1) is there a
wireless phone in the house, and it is also operating at 2.4
gigahertz, the same wavelength setting as the wireless router? Some
wireless phones are better behaved and better tuned than others. 2)
are you using Norton Security Center on the Desktop and if so, if you
disable it, does the problem continue?... just about every place I
show up to solve this problem, there's Norton, and when it is gone,
the problem is gone as well.
Something you can try as well, is to set the desktop computer to a
static IP address, since it is not going anywhere like your laptop is.
Setting it to something such as 192.168.1.50 may solve the problem.
The DHCP settings in the router normally start the IP pool at
192.168.1.100 and go up from there.
webadept-ga
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Clarification of Question by
oconnell-ga
on
23 Dec 2005 05:22 PST
I do have wireless phones in the home. How do you check to see what
frequency they are running at? Also, I am running Norton. If that is
the problem, what can I run its place that provides the same amount of
protection? And, finally, I would like to try the static ID first.
How can I reset my ID to a static IP if that is the case?
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Request for Question Clarification by
bookface-ga
on
12 Jan 2006 12:13 PST
Hello, oconnell, thanks for choosing Google! Answers.
To set a static IP:
# First, find out what your current IP information is. Go to Start,
Run..., type cmd and hit enter. In the window that pops up, type
ipconfig /a and examine the information there. You will want to enter
most of those values into your static IP configuration later. You can
keep this window open as you continue through the rest of the steps.
# Right click on "My Network Places" icon on your desktop or go to
the "Start Menu", select "Control Panel", then select "Network
Connections"
# Within the "Network Connection" window, double click on "Local
Network Connection"
# Select "Propeties"
# Select "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" within the connection items
# Click on the "Properties" button
# Try setting your IP to the address you currently have, except
replacing the last "octet" (the digits after the last period) with
197. So if your current IP address is 192.168.0.4, your new one will
be 192.168.0.197; or if you have 192.168.1.5, your new static IP
address will be 192.168.1.5
# Under the General tab, select "Use the following IP address"
For IP address, enter your static IP address determined by the previous step
For Subnet Mask, enter 255.255.255.0
For Default Gateway, enter the previous value (likely to be
192.168.n.1 where n is either 0, 1, or 2)
# Select "Use the following DNS server addresses"
Enter Primary DNS the same as the gateway
Hope this helps, let me know how it works out for you!
- bookface-ga
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