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Integrating Wireless into Windows 2000 network
toshiba satellite laptop was purchased with SMC wireless router. i'm trying to incorporate the laptop into our windows 2000 network domain.
i've checked with SMC about configuring it correctly, but their is a bit of a communication gap.
INFO:
-SMC wireless router ships configured with ip addrs 192.168.2.1
-the active DHCP on the router assigns the laptop with ip addrs 192.168.2.168
-the LAN assigns a range of ip addrs to it's network client stations 192.168.1.nnn
-the HP switch that all the wired stations connect to also has a cable that is directly connected to the SMC router, plugged into one of the network ports of the router,
there is also a WAN uplink port, but SMC indicates that it's reserved for connection to the Cable Modem.
-the Windows network has been setup with an ip addrs assignment of 192.168.1.30 for the SMC router to be recognized by the LAN.
-SMC wireless router model smc7004vwbr
-laptop is windows xp prof, and WORKS LIKE IT SHOULD WHEN WIRED TO THE LAN VERSUS WIRELESS.
the laptop connects successfully with the router via the browser (192.168.2.1).
i can see the software to configure the router and i configure it to be 192.168.1.30. i switched ip addrs on the browser from 192.168.2.1 to 192.168.1.30 to see the router again, but it allowed only the laptop to see the network once and only for about 3 minutes, and that was it. i have have to reset the wireless router to see the router again, and it of course resets backt to 192.168.2.1.
any suggestion on configuring these pieces of equipment to allow the laptop access to the LAN?
i've checked with SMC about configuring it correctly, but their is a bit of a communication gap.
INFO:
-SMC wireless router ships configured with ip addrs 192.168.2.1
-the active DHCP on the router assigns the laptop with ip addrs 192.168.2.168
-the LAN assigns a range of ip addrs to it's network client stations 192.168.1.nnn
-the HP switch that all the wired stations connect to also has a cable that is directly connected to the SMC router, plugged into one of the network ports of the router,
there is also a WAN uplink port, but SMC indicates that it's reserved for connection to the Cable Modem.
-the Windows network has been setup with an ip addrs assignment of 192.168.1.30 for the SMC router to be recognized by the LAN.
-SMC wireless router model smc7004vwbr
-laptop is windows xp prof, and WORKS LIKE IT SHOULD WHEN WIRED TO THE LAN VERSUS WIRELESS.
the laptop connects successfully with the router via the browser (192.168.2.1).
i can see the software to configure the router and i configure it to be 192.168.1.30. i switched ip addrs on the browser from 192.168.2.1 to 192.168.1.30 to see the router again, but it allowed only the laptop to see the network once and only for about 3 minutes, and that was it. i have have to reset the wireless router to see the router again, and it of course resets backt to 192.168.2.1.
any suggestion on configuring these pieces of equipment to allow the laptop access to the LAN?
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If your laptop fails to obtain an IP from the DHCP server you may need to try renewing the ip (ipconfig /renew).
If this problem persist best solution is to assign a static IP to the laptop. I have noticed this problem with a number of wireless PCs, generally following installation of a number of software packages, eg a clean XP install will work OK, as the machine becomes loaded with software it often fails to correctly obtain a DHCP assigned address when first booted.