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scampo · 10-02-2008, 11:50

Hi - can anyone here help, please? I've spend so l-o-n-g with this problem.

I have Virgin Media 2mb bb. The Virgin modem is wired to a US Robotics 5461 wi-fi router. One LAN is wired to a PC, another PC and this laptop use wi-fi. The problem is when the laptop resumes from standby or hibernation. 50% of the time or more it fails to find an IP Address for a variable amount of time (several minutes) with the small icon in the address bar showing the 'orbiting' yellow blob while it tries to connect. Sometimes, after a while, it will connect on its own, sometimes I have to repair or disconnect and reconnect and eventually a connection is made and all is well.

If I switch off the laptop, it finds an address immediately but not always from standby.

Yesterday I had a brain wave and switched off "Auto" in the TCP/IP setting and assigned a manual IP Address. Lo and behold - problems solved. Until last night and this morning when two things happened: a) some of the time the Internet ran at half speed and b) and finally, an "IP conflict" error occurred (and this happened on my son's PC at the same time). I switched back to auto and all is well.

My question is - do I have to manually assign all three PCs IP addresses or does it have to be "Auto"? Also, do I have to leave the router on DCHP to auto assign IP addresses?

Phew - sorry this is a bit long and not well explained. I hope someone out there knows what I'm trying to explain and has the answer!

Thanks!

10-02-2008, 11:50	#1
scampo Inactive Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: East Midlands, UK Age: 72 Services: Freeview Virgin 2mb bb Posts: 2	Problem reconnecting to network after resume from standby Hi - can anyone here help, please? I've spend so l-o-n-g with this problem. I have Virgin Media 2mb bb. The Virgin modem is wired to a US Robotics 5461 wi-fi router. One LAN is wired to a PC, another PC and this laptop use wi-fi. The problem is when the laptop resumes from standby or hibernation. 50% of the time or more it fails to find an IP Address for a variable amount of time (several minutes) with the small icon in the address bar showing the 'orbiting' yellow blob while it tries to connect. Sometimes, after a while, it will connect on its own, sometimes I have to repair or disconnect and reconnect and eventually a connection is made and all is well. If I switch off the laptop, it finds an address immediately but not always from standby. Yesterday I had a brain wave and switched off "Auto" in the TCP/IP setting and assigned a manual IP Address. Lo and behold - problems solved. Until last night and this morning when two things happened: a) some of the time the Internet ran at half speed and b) and finally, an "IP conflict" error occurred (and this happened on my son's PC at the same time). I switched back to auto and all is well. My question is - do I have to manually assign all three PCs IP addresses or does it have to be "Auto"? Also, do I have to leave the router on DCHP to auto assign IP addresses? Phew - sorry this is a bit long and not well explained. I hope someone out there knows what I'm trying to explain and has the answer! Thanks!