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Subject: networking stuff
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nomnom 18.07.11 - 10:22am
DHCP server is not issuing IP addresses, any simple explanation as to why or how to fix? * +

metulj 18.07.11 - 10:28am
many times halps simple restart all devices * +

metulj 18.07.11 - 10:29am
*helps * +

nomnom 18.07.11 - 10:44am
Not that simple. I have a friend's laptop. It wasn't connecting to the internet so I told them to bring it to me, it wouldn't connect to mine either. All settings/options seemed to be as they should, so I manually configured tcp/ip and it connects. The wireless network connection menu on the right click on taskbar icon shows limited access, which it also done when it refused to connect. * +

midge275 18.07.11 - 10:49am
Support Metulj, sometimes you will have to manually assign Private IP addresses to machines in the network , let's say the server's local IP address is 172.2.3.1, you can assign the second and third machines IP addresses like this, 172.2.3.2, 172.2.3.4 and so on. Go to the network sharing center of each of the machines and type dns on the search bar if they are using Windows 7 or Vista (continued) * +

midge275 18.07.11 - 10:51am
Oh, sorry, my reply came in late, what do you use to connect the server to the Internet, is it broadband? * +

nomnom 18.07.11 - 10:57am
Yes broadband, it's not a problem with the set up or the router as I have my own desktop networked perfectly fine, it's something wrong with the laptop, it wont assign ip addresses. I managed to get the laptop working by copying my desktop ip settings and just changing the last octet just like you've described. It connects but still claims to have limited access. I've had to do this with both * +

nomnom 18.07.11 - 10:57am
ethernet and wireless, one then the other. Is there a way to access and change anything of the DHCP? * +

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