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Hi guys I am new to the forum, I have been looking through and I must say that there is some good stuff on here that I am sure will come in very useful.
Anyways
I have a strange problem with a wireless network I have set up, I have one domain controller (server 2003) connected to a switch and then a wireless AP (Dlink 7100AP) connected to one of the spare ports in the same switch.
I then have 13 XP pro clients connected to the AP, they are all in active directory and everthing seems fine untill the clients are re-booted/switched on and some of them (not all)fail to connect to the network, I get the following message in the network conection properties of the clients that fail:
Signal strength excellent
The network did not assign a network address to the computer.

It is not all computers that fail and a simple reboot can do the trick or clicking repair in the network connection properties.
This is not a major problem but it is driving me mad as I keep getting called in to fix it.
Has anyone got any suggestions that may help?
Thanks

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Have you checked that DHCP service is running on server, also make sure that DHCP is NOT running on DLink and if you have a broadband router, make sure it's off on this alos.

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Have you checked that DHCP service is running on server, also make sure that DHCP is NOT running on DLink and if you have a broadband router, make sure it's off on this alos.

Hi
DHCP is running on the server, it is turned off on the router (this has a static IP). There is no internet connection on this network.
I have set the Dlink IP as the default gateway on both the client and server network card settings.

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Thanks katos
I will have a good look through the stuff on the link you provided.

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