Re: Re: Epod Help

["Alancc" <alan.cc@xxxxxxx>]

> > Can anyone help with an Epod problem
> > 
> > I have a wireless connection set up which works fine except 
> sometimes when the Epod is turned on I get this message "A DHCP
> Server could not be contacted using cached lease information" if
I OK 
> this it all works a treat.
> > Not knowing much about networking I assume I have a DHCP server
set 
> up as all the other wired PCs on the network are set to obtain their
> IP addresses.
> > I didn't set it up so where is this DHCP server and what are the
> benefits of using fixed IPs.
> > 
> > Any ideas, in plain English please.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Alancc
> 
> Alan,
> 
> If you do not have your Access Point runing as a DHCP server and you
> don't have a DHCP server on your network then you need to use a fixed
> ip address.
> 
> A DHCP server will dish out ip addresses. 
> 
> If you are going to use fixed ip addresses then I'd stick to 
> 192.168.0.nnn 
> 
> Your machine is basically failing to contact a DHCP erver using 
> information that it has from a previous request for an Ip address, so
> it's telling you but keeping the address and using it..
> 
> make sense?
> 
> Andy
> 
>

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