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| Thread ID: 43576 | 2004-03-19 10:18:00 | Problem with Routers? | Mzee (158) | Press F1 |
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| 223694 | 2004-03-19 10:18:00 | There are two houses with 3 computers in each. One has a DSE ADSL Router & the other a D-Link DSL504 Router. Both Routers are set to "Automatic IP selection, as are all the computers. 5 computers have Win XP and 1 has ME. All the XP computers run on Automatic with no problems, but the ME computer works on Auto OK with the DSE Router but not with the DSL504 Router. I have to use a manual setting & then it is OK. My question is, why does the ME box work on Auto with the DSE Router & not the DSL504? All the others are on Automatic without problems. |
Mzee (158) | ||
| 223695 | 2004-03-19 10:32:00 | Why use the DHCP anyway? I always configure my networks for manual IP addresses. That way I can do more advanced configurations like virtual server, VPN etc. You can't do half the stuff you can do with manual IP configuration. Also a static lan IP must improve searching for network files as the computer doesn't have to keep updating to look for the new location of a computer when the network goes down or you reboot a computer, |
kiki (762) | ||
| 223696 | 2004-03-20 01:58:00 | Perhaps the DSE software has a correct interpretation of the DHCP standard and the D-Link doen't. Or vice versa. Or MS XP has the correct interpretation and MS ME hasn't. Or vice versa. :D Anyway, with small numbers of computers, it's best to used fixed IP addresses. That way, any cockups are your own. Not automatically made cockups. ;-) The difference is that when you fix your own errors, they stay fixed. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 223697 | 2004-03-21 15:02:00 | I think that the D-Link router is not set up correctly. The owner has forgotten his password & I can't be bothered to look (pin in hole). They are working which is the main thing. | Mzee (158) | ||
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