Well, the desktop and laptop I was referring to are Windows XP machines, so unless the "bug" or whatever affects XP machines as well... :-)
-----Original Message----- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 11:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wireless Routers On 10 May 2010 at 21:25, Ken Hoegeman wrote: > > FYI - I have 4 year old laptop with Windows 7 & Nod 4 security suite. > At some of my clients I can connect to their secure WAP (not Netgear), > but don't get an IP thru DHCP. Connecting with ethernet cable is never a > problem. > I just disable the firewall get the IP address and then turn the > firewall back on. Might be related to this: Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address from certain routers or from certain non-Microsoft DHCP servers http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233 -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
