Michael M. Cohen wrote:
> I am running a laptop (WinXP Pro) with built in wireless card...it was
> running flawlessly...tied in to my network...for the last few days the boot
> process has now taken very, very long on the laptop...after some
> investigation..I now find in the logs of the boot-up process..that the
> machine waits for an IP address for over 3.5 minutes....it has problems
> waiting for the DHCP server to assign it an IP address...
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> How do I configure my laptop:
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> to get a specific IP address
> how do I choose this IP address
> Will this now work when I visit local hotspots?
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Don't know what wireless card you are using, but I have read that some
cards do exhibit this problem. Mine doesn't, so I have no specific
solutions.
On the question of how to get a specific IP address: Start|Connect
to|Show all connections
Right click the wireless connection and choose properties.
On the General tab, select the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)item.
Choose Properties
Select the 'Use the following IP address:' radio button.
Fill in the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway.
Fill in at least one DNS server.
Since the IP address, netmask, and DNS server entries are specific to
your network, it is unlikely you will be able to connect to another
wireless network without re-enabling DHCP. Since it is quick and simple
to re-enable and since using a static IP address will likely stop the
slow start up problems, it is probably a good work around.
Suggest that you try to insure that your wireless device has the latest
drivers.
You might also try the following:
1) Start|run|services.msc
Insure that the 'Wireless Zero Configuration' service is started and set
to automatic.
2) Right click your wireless connection (from the connections page) and
choose Properties.
Click the 'Wireless Networks' tab.
Check the 'Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings' checkbox.
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