I have a linksys duel band wireless n router. for some reason 2 of the computers on my network have to be rebooted in order for them to connect to the wireless n connection every morning (windows machines). does anyone have any insight why that might be. I dont even know where to start. it does not affect my macbook. my family is getting pissed because they have to keep rebooting every morning and I cant figure out why.
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Fist thing that comes to my mind- IP lease time- by default it's 24h.
Check your router- I've changed mine to a week or so with my old router- otherwise it got pretty annoying too. -
thanks my DHCP lease time is 4 days. I didnt see any way to change it. I dont think thats it since its not 24 hours. thanks though
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You could try assigning them static IPs if you can't pinpoint the cause, that should fix it.
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ok i will look into static ips.
*edit - while looking for a place to enter the static ips i found an ip lease time setting that was at 24 hours. so i switched that to a week. if it works for a week then i will set up static ips. -
I was really surprised about this post because it happened the same with me with my last old router but I couldn't fix the problem. Now I read this and think "damn I was stupid.. the solution was so easy". I will keep this in mind for the future...
and it works now for you? -
blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
There is a problem with the firmware if it's not renewing the lease. If the SSID is hidden, you will have renewal issues, too.
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ssid is not hidden. changing the renewal time worked. so once i figured out that was the problem i set it static ips for the computers with problems. they are all fixed now it seems with no issues in the morning anymore.
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blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
Good to hear it's working.
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If you are still looking for solution, let me know ?
computers need restart every morning
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by AppleUsr, Feb 7, 2012.