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Linksys WAP4400n not passing DHCP to Vista Clients

I'm having trouble getting VISTA laptops to grab IP's from our Linksys WAP4400n Access Points.  The access points are configured on each floor of an Apartment building.  The AP's are connected (with static IP's) to our internal network using a dumb switch.  Each AP is set to use the same SSID and either channel 1, 6 or 11.  We have Comcast Business and the SMC 8014 gateway provided by comcast is the only device passing out DHCP.  I am able to pull an address on wireless XP & non-windows clients.  This article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233 fixes the problem, but we have 80+ users with this problem and I don't think it's wise to have them all editing their registries to fix this issue.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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Yes, if the firmware hasn't been upgraded, try that.
If it has been updated, try this KB article on one of them to see if it fixes the problem... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233
if that's what it is and you have many vista laptops it might behoove you to get a different access point.
Erp, I meant if the Linksys firmware updates don't fix it and there are no firmware updates for the gateway, replace the SMC 8014.
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Thank you both; this problem appears to have been solved now.  I contacted Comcast and apparently the gateway was running an older version of firmware and needed to be updated.  After the updates the gateway is passing DHCP properly.  Darr--- that KBid worked before Comcast updated the gateway, but I'm not comfortable sending that article to all the residents of the apartment building.

-Nick
Yes, I missed that. Totally my fault for not paying close enough attention when I read your question.

Glad to hear you got it fixed up. :-)