I've got a problem with a HP laptop (it's a nc6400 i think) where it seems to Lose its IP address when on my wireless network.
It's actually a company issue laptop but it's driving me nuts becuase everytime it does it it causes the VPN to drop.
What will happen is basically I'll be sitting there and it will pop up limited or no connectivity, and assign itself an Ip in the 169.xxx range
None of my machines seem to have a problem with the DHCP lease.
I've checked the lease expiry and my router is giving out a 24hr lease yet the laptop in question is losing its Ip after all of 10 - 15minutes of being issued it.
I'm not sure if it still happens without the VPN running, could the VPN cause this?
Router is a WRT160N running DD-WRT V24 SP1
Router will give out one of 2 types of DHCP lease
In the case of a machine that's not in the "static DHCP" table on the router it will give a 24hr lease.
In the case of a machine where i've fixed the IP in the routers config it Will give the machine a DHCP lease that expires in October 2144
Either way there is no reason for the machine to dump its IP after all of 10mins