Re: [OT] Vista Wifi wierdness

["Alan Middleton" <yahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is there any restriction by client mac address on the BT HomeHub side
of things?

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Sent: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 13:58:19 -0000
From: "Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Vista Wifi wierdness

> Hi All,
>
> got a strange problem with a Vista Laptop, it wont automatically
connect to
> the network I want it to.
>
> My router is a BT Homehub and because Im also a member of the FON
network it
> also broadcasts an SSID as "BT Openzone" in addition to
"BT Homehub xxxx"
>
> Both networks are detected and despite setting BT Homehub to the top
of the
> list with automatic connection, and BT Openzone to the bottom of the
list as
> manual connection this particular laptop keeps on connecting to the BT
> Openzone part of the router.
>
> After much messing about it will connect to the Homehub and will do so
> several times before reverting back to connecting to Openzone. The
settings
> still show openzone as manual and homehub as auto but it refuses to
work
> reliably.
>
> Sometimes it WILL connect to Homehub but then fails to get an IP
address via
> DHCP ending up with a 169..... ip address.
>
> All the other laptops I have used on this router work perfectly but
then
> they are running XP Pro and XP Home rather than the Vista virus.
>
> Any ideas ????
>
> Any help gratefully received,
>
> Thanks
>
> Keith
>
>
>
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