Static IP addresses

Hello, I have a small network (mainly wireless) and am having trouble
acquiring an IP address on one of the machines, this happened when I
bought a replacement USB network adapter. If I try and connect to my
router (Belkin F5D7632), it'll connect but not get an IP address.
However, if I connect to a wireless access point plugged in to the
router I will get an IP which I find strange, I'll also get an IP from
the router if I take off the WEP protection. Any ideas?
I also wanted to try out giving it a static IP address to see if that
would sort out another problem I have but when I do I can't connect to
anything - I suspect it's a DNS thing but not sure really what I should
put in the settings, I set the address, I set the default gateway and
the DNS settings to the router (The router gets its DNS directly from
the ISP) Do I need to find out the ISP's (BT openworld) DNS address and
put that in instead?
Thanks for any help
Andy

On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 23:52:48 +0100, Andy Hoe
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> If I try and connect to my
>router (Belkin F5D7632), it'll connect but not get an IP address.
>However, if I connect to a wireless access point plugged in to the
>router I will get an IP which I find strange, I'll also get an IP from
>the router if I take off the WEP protection. Any ideas?

sounds like the WEP setting matches the access point but not the
router ?

other thought is you have two DHCP servers running and falling over
each other ? one in router other in AP.

Phil
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The WEP settings are the same in both the router and the access point,
I had to set them same as each other to get it all working in the first
place. Don't think the access point is a DHCP server, I assumed it was
getting it from the router instead?

On 10 Jun 2005 03:05:44 -0700, "Andy Hoe" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> Don't think the access point is a DHCP server, I assumed it was
>getting it from the router instead?

access points often have DHCP servers to dole out IPs to their
wireless clients. Worth checking it doesn't or its off.

Phil
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