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by espositoj 1 view

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On my home wireless network I am using a belkin wireless card on one of my laptops. That particular laptop drops the ip address from the wireless hub. I have to disable and renew the ip address to get back in. Any suggestions?

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by amanbedi

Is the signal strong on the laptop when the ip is dropped. ?

also, try assigning a fixed ip and see if you lose internet .

by dan.cox

Do you have security enabled.
I had problems once with an SMC wireless card connecting to my linksys router.
Wtih WEP enabled it always dropped the connection.
So what I did was take off the security.
Disable the SSID broadcast and enable MAC filtering.
I know this does leave possible security holes but anyone who knows how to hack that is not hacking the average home user. So I wouldn't worry unless you plan to use this at an office or for business.

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