Re: Mmmm
DHCP Lease? Now that is sort of double dutch to me. But assume it refers to the IP address.
Sorry - the
Netopia device includes a
DHCP (
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server which issues ("leases") IP addresses to other hosts on the
LAN. If your PC is 192.168.1.1 and other stuff works OK anyway then chances are it is getting its TCP/IP configuration settings correctly from the
Access Point. One way to check is to do ipconfig /renew on your host PC and see that it renews the
DHCP lease. It should get the same IP address anyway but no errors certainly means that you are getting a
DHCP lease from your
Access Point's DHCP server (well hopefully yours and not your neighbour's or somebody else's!
).
When trying to download a file now using WinMx, I used to get a "negotiating with server". Now I get a "waiting for network reply" which eventually times out. Have tried E-Mule as an alternative but having the same problems
I am not really that familiar with peer to peer filesharing applications such as
WinMX seems to be but I presume that they need to send data out on a particular port
as well as accept inward connections on other ports. It's possible that to do the latter you need to configure certain aspects of your
Access Point such as the firewall (if enabled) and/or port forwarding or the like. This might well be the root of your problem if the only applications affected are
P2P filesharing applications.
One way to check which ports are open is to use the
ShieldsUp! firewall tester on the
Gibson Research site (scroll down to the
Hot Spots section and click on the
ShieldsUp! link).
On a separate note, bear in mind that the
Netopia Access Point as it arrives from
eircom is not configured for security and you might be as well to review the relevant settings (e.g. change the
Access Point's administrator password, disable remote administration mode, disable
SSID broadcast, lock access down to the
MAC address(es) of your home PC(s), enable
WEP encryption etc.). Otherwise it's quite possible that anybody in the vicinity of your home could access your
LAN and/or broadband connection wirelessly.