My IP addresses take a long time to renew on my wireless laptop?

Question

I have a wireless network at home. When I open my laptop (it's usually on standby) and it "fires" up it's taking a very long time for my IP addresses to renew. A lot of times they don't renew at all saying "limited or no connectivity". Then I have to take further action to repair.

Any hints or ways to have my IP addresses renew faster?

Answer 1

I am not going to give you a long paragraph on how to solve this issue.

My advice is go open your cmd prompt. Type
ipconfig /release and renew (push enter) and then
ipconfig /renew (push enter)

Hope this helps

Answer 2

You should move from dhcp to manual ip address . If you are and advanced user u will know what i am asking u to do ,
else i am not sure if my instruction would be enough to see u through but i will try

on the wifi router , u will see a setting where u can specify dhcp
and the range will also be given there
change to manual and specify the range
if u dont know what range to specify just note down what it was in dhcp u can use the same ones

on ur laptop
right click on the wi-fi netwrok icon
open network connections
again right click on wi0fi network
in general tab
u will see tcp/ip properties
here u will see ur current setting to be obtain ip automatically
change it to specify ip
and put in an ip address that is within the range that u specified on the router

this way u will save the time ur laptop takes to obtain an ip from the router , since it is already specified

Answer 3

It will probably help to clear your browser caches. Also, if your machine has been on for a while (as you say, usually on standby), you'll want to clear the DNS and ARP caches. The best way is the right-click on the network icon in the system tray, then "Repair" the connection. You'll notice that after this process disables the network adapter, it clears the caches.

You can also type the following command line:

netsh interface ip delete arpcache

If you enter this command exactly as shown, your system should respond with, "OK".

Also, it may help to turn your machine off for a few minutes. Most packets have a "time-to-live (TTL) of 128 seconds, so any which are "looping" should reach their expiration.

Answer 4

The real issue is, using your own text, "limited or no connectivity". Use of static IP will not resolve this although some will claim otherwise. Limited or no connectivity also means performance is slow.

Move the pc to the same room as the wireless access point and have a clear, unblocked line of sight between the access point and your notebook. I suspect the "limited or no connectivity" issue as well as sluggish or slow performance will also go away and speed between laptop and access point will approach the maximum (54 Mbps for 802.11 g, 11 Mbps for 802.11 a or b I beleive).

If you observe what I predict, your real problem is wireless signal losses. Wireless does not penetrate masonry, metal (ducts, mirrors, for example), and higher density building materials. Wireless also has a distance limit that shortens as it has to penetrate through obstructions. You may need to relocate the wireless access point and / or the notebook to resolve this matter.

Answer 5

on your modem, you will have several status lights. What is the color of the internet or dsl light? If you have good connectivity, the dsl light should be steady green. If the dsl light is blinking, then you could have an authentication issue. If your dsl connection is pppoe, then all you need to do is to enter your username and password on your modem's gui. If you have dhcp connection, do ipconfig release renew. If your dsl light is red, then it could be a line problem, call your dsl tech support and have that checked. If youd dsl light is off, it could also be a line problem, call tech support.

Answer 6

I use static IPs in my house for that reason. Never have to worry about renewing IPs and never have the related headaches. I would recommend you just use a static IP on your laptop.

Answer 7

You may be having this problem because you are too far away from the wireless base station. Try moving closer to the base station and that should take care of this problem.

Answer 8

go to your local area connection OR wireless connection properties -> general(tab) -> configure(button)

then one properties related to network card properties popup, go to power management(tab), disable check box "Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby"

Answer 9

A simple way to get rid of this problem is by extending the lease period on the router.