Re: Static IP adress

Is their any software which will scan and show me used channels in the area??

Mark

"kj" wrote:

"Guidance" is to try and keep 3 channels separation from nearby AP's, but
these days that is getting difficult.

Avoid the default channels whenever possible. If someone's not already in
the area using one, then they will be soon.


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/kj
"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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That link works for me - give it another try. Owen Williams (who posted
above) wrote that doc, which will tighten up your security nicely.

I'm thinking kj is on track about interference. If this works sometimes,
it's almost certainly interference related. I would try switching your
WAP and range extenders to a different channel to see if that helps.

I'm told by a wireless expert from Dell support that intermittent issues
are just about always related to interference, rather than hardware
malfunction or configuration. So as kj says, maybe it's your neighbor's
equipment.


"mark-docendo" <markdocendo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Dave - Tried that link says page does not exist!

No even the workstations right on top did not get IP - A complete shut
down
inc WAPs solves it but its happening more frequently and becoming an
issue now

Mark

"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

This sounds more like a configuration issue with the range extenders.
I'm
not familiar with how the different brands work, but my understanding is
that the primary access point communicates with the LAN, and the
extenders
just connect back to the primary with wireless. The one range extender
I
have in use is transparent to the whole process, just widening the scope
of
the original WAP. I have two WLANs (one public and one private) and
have
never seen a DHCP problem, so I wouldn't change any configuration on the
SBS
for this.

Do they get an IP normally when they're near the primary access point,
the
one that connects to the wired LAN?

If you're interested in wireless security, there's a great how-to
article at
http://home.comcast.net/~clearviewtc/Index.html. Because this allows
for
computer authentication, it works great - login scripts run, group
policy
gets applied - works just like the wired network.


"mark-docendo" <markdocendo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Please point me in the right direction if you can - I have installed a
few
SBS 2003 Premium Servers and always leave IP addressing as DHCP. I
have
recently added Wireless access points to a server with 3 Access points
configured as extenders. Each access point has static IP address but
periodically the 10 computers on the wireless network have trouble
obtaining
an IP address even when network signal is good. I wanted to assign
static
IP
addresses to the workstations to eliminat this problem but when I
manually
put in IP - Sub N - Def Gat (to server) the computer took ages to load
up
when turned on and off - However if i set back to automatically
assigned
the
XP computer went straight in on startup.
Can I use static IPs and DHCP together and am I doing something wrong?

Any help greatly appricaited.

Mark








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