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Local Access Only (Vista) when switching wireless network

  • 05-12-2008 01:46PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭


    Hi Guys,

    An annoying issue that I hope someone can get to the bottom of.

    At home, I have BT broadband, using a Zyxel router (not sure of the model) - if in the evenings I connect to this with my laptop, and come into the office the next day and try connect, I always get "local access only" and have to repair the connection in order to get online.

    The repair is just "automatically get new ip....."

    The router in here is a Netgear (again not sure the model). Just wondering if anyone else has come across this.

    It happens with two laptops in here, both running XP.

    Thoughts appreciated! :)

    Tom


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 401 ✭✭zeris


    Check the DHCP lease time handed out on the Zyxel router. It could be too far into the future.

    As Sam Couter once said: "Never ever allow a Windows box to grab a DHCP lease with an expiry time that exceeds the limits of your patience."


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,864 ✭✭✭MunsterCycling


    You have to set the Network as Private then you can get it to connect


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭tomED


    Ok guys - no luck. Any other ideas?

    Tom


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