I have a mysterious problem which may just be that the server to which I'm trying to connect cannot support the amount of traffic it receives..

I have a laptop computer which connects to my wireless router in my house with no problems. The problems occur when I go to school. At school I am able to connect through the wireless card to the school's server. In the mornings when I first get there and no one else is at school yet, there is no problem. The problem occurs when a lot of other people are connecting through their computers. What happens is that I get kicked off and cannot reconnect. The address type switches from DHCP to automatic private and I no longer get a subnet mask or default gateway. Manly times the modem is still sending and reciving information, I am just not able to connect to the internet. Any suggestions/ideas would be great!

Thanks.

Sounds like the schools, dhcp server, but if you can try a wired connection
to the schools network andf see if the same thing happens. Then you can
eliminate your wireless connection as a problem. I would call the IT dept
and see if they can help you. Maybe a bandwidth problem.

Rachel wrote:
> I have a mysterious problem which may just be that the server to
> which I'm trying to connect cannot support the amount of traffic it
> receives...
>
> I have a laptop computer which connects to my wireless router in my
> house with no problems. The problems occur when I go to school. At
> school I am able to connect through the wireless card to the school's
> server. In the mornings when I first get there and no one else is at
> school yet, there is no problem. The problem occurs when a lot of
> other people are connecting through their computers. What happens is
> that I get kicked off and cannot reconnect. The address type
> switches from DHCP to automatic private and I no longer get a subnet
> mask or default gateway. Manly times the modem is still sending and
> reciving information, I am just not able to connect to the internet.
> Any suggestions/ideas would be great!!
>
> Thanks.

Rachel-

Could be the DHCP server running out of addresses. I've seen admins
disconnect a group of DHCP reservations to try and "free up" addresses.
Once you get disconnected, all of the computers are contending for a limited
amount of IP addresses.


"Rachel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:44599899-1DBE-454B-BB6E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a mysterious problem which may just be that the server to which I'm
trying to connect cannot support the amount of traffic it receives...
>
> I have a laptop computer which connects to my wireless router in my house
with no problems. The problems occur when I go to school. At school I am
able to connect through the wireless card to the school's server. In the
mornings when I first get there and no one else is at school yet, there is
no problem. The problem occurs when a lot of other people are connecting
through their computers. What happens is that I get kicked off and cannot
reconnect. The address type switches from DHCP to automatic private and I
no longer get a subnet mask or default gateway. Manly times the modem is
still sending and reciving information, I am just not able to connect to the
internet. Any suggestions/ideas would be great!!
>
> Thanks.