Wireless annoyances

[smajor1]

new owner of x51...love everything about it but having troubles with the wireless aspects:
1. usually when I try to connect I get a box saying...A DHCP server could not be contacted. Using cached lease info. How do I fix this

2. Occasionally the axim go offline despite a strong signal and reconnects with an IP I don't recognise

Im using a DL 524 router

The axim is still usable but this is annoying. Any help would be apprieciated. thanks

[ikehiker]

1. Sounds like a problem with the router. D-Link has some problems with the Axim (as reported by other users here). The best I can offer is that you check for updated firmware and make sure the router is set to provide additional IPs.

2. Losing the connection is frequently caused by having Powersave enabled (or on auto) in the Dell WLAN utility. Check the disable box. You should also remove the network settings for the 'wrong' network your Axim is connecting to - with WiFi on, tap Settings in the WLAN utility. Hold the stylus on each unrecognized network and select Remove Settings. You may need to get out of range of the networks for this to work. Once your removed it, the Axim will ask before it reconnects so just say no when it asks.

[Watchin]

what IkeHiker told you is good, here's some more...

Check for other access points in the neighborhood.
You can do this with WiFiFoFum software (free). If your access point has an SSID
of "Dlink" and your nextdoor neighbor has his with SSID "Dlink" your Axim may be
trying to cell hop between them, and with a weak signal it'll drop / reconnect / drop...
It should only try to cell hop if the SSID matches, and using the default
one is not good (kinda like crossing streams in Ghostbusters).

Check the firmware in your Dlink (go to thier web site) and if there
is a newer version I'd recommend upgrading. Almost all of the Dlink units had
problems with random dropping in the early versions of thier firmware.
Who knows how long that unit was in the warehouse, they drop a version every
3 months or so of the firmware. This may correct the problem.

I would recommend setting up you access point with
WAP/PSK (TKIP) (not WAP2 or AES)
Enter a private key (the Private Shared Key part of WAP/PSK) on all systems.
This will stop the cell hop cause it would have to match SSID and PSK.

If you neighbors are all on channel 6 (usual default) set yours for channel 1 or 11.
This will limit the interference from other APs.