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# *Glares*
BTW, FWIW, and WTF - Manually assigning different last 2 digits of IP addresses on each PC (instead of auto) solved my problem of both PCs trying to access the same router.
It took me well over a week to sort it out but when I switched off my current PC and the other suddenly connected, I twigged.


(I helped save b3ta! Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Tue 5 May 2009, 17:51, archived)
# ah yes of course.
you need to assign each PC on the network a different gateway address. So the router could be 192.0.1.1 and then each PC is xxx.xxx.xxx.02/03/04 and so on. I never gave that a thought.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 5 May 2009, 17:55, archived)
# The red herring was
That was the very first thing I did when I encountered the problem, not really expecting it to work, and it didn't.
It turned out the first wireless card that was installed was faulty. I had to get another.
It did make sense but I checked our setup at work today and all the PCs that connect to the one router have an auto address assigned so why this setup needs to be different is beyond me.
It's great that the problem was found as sometimes things just "fix" themselves without explanation. I hate that.

(I helped save b3ta! Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Tue 5 May 2009, 17:59, archived)
# Sounds like a DHCP problem.
Maybe.
(I helped save b3ta! Whato_Jeeves Did your surgery require a vaginal mesh patch?, Tue 5 May 2009, 17:56, archived)
# Wossat?
(I helped save b3ta! Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Tue 5 May 2009, 18:01, archived)
# Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
The routers procedure of assigning and retrieving Ip's.I wouldnt worry, what you have done will keep the buggers working.If you ever have any probs let me know :)
(I helped save b3ta! Whato_Jeeves Did your surgery require a vaginal mesh patch?, Tue 5 May 2009, 18:10, archived)
# Aaah
Thank you.
So is this DHCP different with each router? That would explain why my setup at home is different to my work setup.
My router is thick!
(I helped save b3ta! Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Tue 5 May 2009, 18:13, archived)
# It is basically the same across most routers.
Could be different at your work, being more complicated.
(I helped save b3ta! Whato_Jeeves Did your surgery require a vaginal mesh patch?, Tue 5 May 2009, 18:17, archived)