[sdw2003] Wierd Question about Wireless- new laptop not getting IPaddress

[James Eitzen]

Is there a mac filter list on the AP?
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Tad Braun <tbraun at compendiainc.com> wrote:

> If it were me...
>
> * I would take one of the laptops and take it somewhere else that has
> Wi-Fi access. See if the behavior continues when trying to access a
> different WAP.
> * I would either update, or downdate(?) the drivers on the laptop to see
> if a different version fixes it.
> * I would either update, or downdate(?) the firmware on the WAP to see
> if a different version fixes it.
>
> But most of my probing would come from taking the laptop to a different
> scenario and see how it behaves. At least you will know if it's the WAP
> or the notebook.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sdw2003-bounces at mattware.com [mailto:sdw2003-bounces at mattware.com]
> On Behalf Of Crossan Hays
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 2:50 PM
> To: San Diego Windows 2003 User Group
> Subject: [sdw2003] Wierd Question about Wireless- new laptop not getting
> IPaddress
>
> What we have:
>
> 2 Linksys WAP 4400N Access Points
> On a domain- with DC, DHCP, etc.
>
> We have 15-18 laptops here of different age and time of use.  Lately we
> have purchased 5 new ones and other than wireless- all is well.  What we
> got here is that(when setup correctly like the other machines), the
> wireless nics on the newest laptops are in a vicious cycle of acquiring
> the IP address and stopping> acquiring IP( all day long).  I can tell
> you that there are sufficient IPs in DHCP(50-60% free) and the gui for
> the WAPs are accessible(and all looks fine there).  I am using all the
> correct config into to grant access.  Nothing has changed from the stand
> point of the WAPs.
>
> At home I have no trouble to connect to my WAP.  Our WAP is the only one
> that seems to reject these machines.  Linksys is no help(because the
> WAPs are responding as desired for others) and the WAPs have no logs to
> really track the discussion between the NIC and WAP/DHCP(not that I am
> aware of).  What is strange is the fact that the older machines continue
> to be connected and not manifest the same behavior.  Only the new MACs
> to the WAP or DHCP seems to have problems.
>
> This issue is really bothering me and I am confused.  Nothing I do seems
> to make any difference at this point.  CJ
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James Eitzen