Re: External Wifi Antenna

> Bingo I am on line great signal strength etc. The only problem is I have
> to click repair every so often from the icon that represents my network
> from the windows network dialog box.

Sounds like the DHCP lease is timing out. Determining the source of the
problem would depend on how the leases are being distributed. Is your
router setting up it's own DHCP? Or is it acting as a relay back to the
WiFi network? If it's acting as a relay then source Wifi network may not
have a large enough DHCP range. It may be running out of addresses due to
you and everyone else trying to connect.

At this point your conversation is probably better continued in the
alt.internet.wireless newsgroup

Your comment about DHCP appears to be right on the money. There is an option
in the set up to enable DHCP for dynamic addressing from the access point.
When I go to my boat later I will configure it per your
suggestion/observation.

Thanks,

Pat Harman


"Bill Kearney" <wkearney99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Bingo I am on line great signal strength etc. The only problem is I have
>> to click repair every so often from the icon that represents my network
>> from the windows network dialog box.
>
> Sounds like the DHCP lease is timing out. Determining the source of the
> problem would depend on how the leases are being distributed. Is your
> router setting up it's own DHCP? Or is it acting as a relay back to the
> WiFi network? If it's acting as a relay then source Wifi network may not
> have a large enough DHCP range. It may be running out of addresses due to
> you and everyone else trying to connect.
>
> At this point your conversation is probably better continued in the
> alt.internet.wireless newsgroup
>

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:40:27 -0500, "Bill Kearney"
<wkearney99@hotmail.com> wrote in
<jr-dnRu_qZr56RbanZ2dnUVZ_uqvnZ2d@speakeasy.net>:

>> Bingo I am on line great signal strength etc. The only problem is I have
>> to click repair every so often from the icon that represents my network
>> from the windows network dialog box.
>
>Sounds like the DHCP lease is timing out. Determining the source of the
>problem would depend on how the leases are being distributed. Is your
>router setting up it's own DHCP? Or is it acting as a relay back to the
>WiFi network? If it's acting as a relay then source Wifi network may not
>have a large enough DHCP range. It may be running out of addresses due to
>you and everyone else trying to connect.
>
>At this point your conversation is probably better continued in the
>alt.internet.wireless newsgroup

Another possible DHCP problem is Comcast Internet, which doesn't work
well with some wireless routers. Check for updated firmware and/or a
different brand of wireless router.

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> Another possible DHCP problem is Comcast Internet, which doesn't work
> well with some wireless routers. Check for updated firmware and/or a
> different brand of wireless router.

Which is unlikely to be useful advice in this particular situation.

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:04:25 -0500, "Bill Kearney"
<wkearney99@hotmail.com> wrote in
<04Gdnbx4AKcRZRbanZ2dnUVZ_tyknZ2d@speakeasy.net> :

>> Another possible DHCP problem is Comcast Internet, which doesn't work
>> well with some wireless routers. Check for updated firmware and/or a
>> different brand of wireless router.
>
>Which is unlikely to be useful advice in this particular situation.

Wasn't obvious because so little of the thread was cross-posted here
(alt.internet.wireless), and not entirely out of the question -- I know
of at least one marina using Comcast Internet.

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