On 16 Feb 2007 10:26:09 -0800, mark1.thompson45@btinternet.com wrote:
: On 16 Feb, 17:01, Jeff Liebermann <j...@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote:
: > mark1.thompso...@btinternet.com hath wroth:
: >
: > >I have a problem with a wireless connection between my
: > >Dell laptop with a Dell TrueMobile 1300 pcmcia wireless card and a
: > >Linksys WAG545 router, I have covered all the angles so I am looking
: > >for inspiration.
: >
: > Typo... that's a WAG54S.
: > <http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?childpagename=US%2FLayout&pa...>
: > ADSL modem and wireless router.
: >
: > >To set the scene I have 2 wireless routers [1 Linksys & 1 Netgear]
: >
: > Model number of the Netgear router please?
: >
: > >2 broadband connections into my house,
: >
: > Are they both DSL connections or is one cable modem? (Just curious.)
: >
: > >I have 1 PC connected to each
: > >router and I have removed any wireless security just to take that out
: > >of the equation, each router is on a different channel, I will call
: > >the PC's A & B and routers 1 [Netgear] & 2 [Linksys].
: >
: > Ok, no wirelss security. However, both routers apparently still have
: > their DHCP servers running. If you have both wirelss routers set to
: > the same SSID, that should create the maximum confusion as to which
: > one to connect.
: >
: > - Are you using the same SSID on both?
: > - [etc., etc., etc.]
:
: to try and answer most of the questions:-
:
: the 2 routers have different SSID's
: they are on different channels [in original post]
: the 2 pc's/routers are completely seperate, no bridging.
: pc 2 does work when connected over cat 5 to router 2 [in original
: post]
: both are winxp platforms
: both had dhcp servers running [range 192.168.1.100-149]

That looks like a problem. If both DHCP servers are assigning addresses from
the same range, you may create some nasty routing ambiguities. Try changing
one of the ranges to 192.168.2.100-149 or something similar.

: In my earlier post I mentioned that I had tried dynamically
: configuring the wireless connection IP and this had not entirely
: worked, i.e. the wireless icon stated that it was connected but from
: the PC i could not ping the router IP, well I have got it working now,
: I switched of DHCP on router 2 [which I did not do initially], I can
: now ping the router [192.168.1.1] over the wireless connection. A
: further complication was that once the wirelss connection was up and I
: can talk to the router I then have to setup a VPN connection into my
: ISP as this is my corporate broadband, this did not work until I
: enabled RIP on the router.
:
: I am happy that I can at least get connected now even though it is a
: static address I have configured, I have read loads of posts however
: which elude to the same issues with Linksys routers and Dell laptops
: not acquiring DHCP addressing.

I've used a lot of Linksys routers and a lot of Dell laptops, and I've never
seen such problems. I've had various problems, some of them intractable, with
Linksys routers and access points, but I can't remember any that have been
DHCP-related.

Bob