When is Microsoft going to fix the issue with Routers that do SPI?

[Gary VanderMolen]

I've already explained that in the above posts. But once again, it takes
about five minutes to acquire the IP address from the router when I first
boot into Vista. I can't get online until it has acquired the correct IP
address.

So why not configure your PC with a static IP address? That way it
doesn't have to wait for the router.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Pipboy]

So why not configure your PC with a static IP address? That way it
doesn't have to wait for the router.

Gary VanderMolen

Because my ISP only allows that for business accounts. Also, static IP is
less secure than dynamic so don't want it anyway.

 

[Jane C]

Pipboy, Gary is referring to a fixed internal (LAN) IP, not the external IP
that your ISP allocates to you.

For example, my router has the internal LAN IP 10.1.1.1 The pcs here are
set up to have their own static fixed IP on the LAN, 10.1.1.2, 10.1.1.3 etc.
Each one has the router address as gateway and as primary DNS, with
alternate DNS being the ISP DNS server.

 

[Dale M. White]

Not sure why it's less Secure. I've been on cable modem service with Comcast
and insightbb for sicne 98, and other than when they make network changes, I
may keep the same IP address for 2-3 years I like it.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Because my ISP only allows that for business accounts. Also, static IP is
less secure than dynamic so don't want it anyway.

Jane's comment is correct. I wasn't referring to your public IP
address. I was referring to your private LAN address. On my
home network that would be 192.168.0.x. The exact address
in that series would typically be assigned to your PC by the
router using a feature called DHCP. But you can give your
PC a fixed LAN address. Your broadband modem is the only
device that sees the public IP address assigned by your ISP.
Your ISP doesn't care what IP addresses you use on your
private LAN. (Note: a router function is sometimes
built into the broadband modem so no separate router
would be required in that case.)

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Pipboy]

Not sure why it's less Secure. I've been on cable modem service with Comcast
and insightbb for sicne 98, and other than when they make network changes, I
may keep the same IP address for 2-3 years I like it.

Becuase hackers prefer computers with a static IP. Makes their job easier.

 

[Pipboy]

Jane's comment is correct. I wasn't referring to your public IP
address. I was referring to your private LAN address. On my
home network that would be 192.168.0.x. The exact address
in that series would typically be assigned to your PC by the
router using a feature called DHCP. But you can give your
PC a fixed LAN address. Your broadband modem is the only
device that sees the public IP address assigned by your ISP.
Your ISP doesn't care what IP addresses you use on your
private LAN. (Note: a router function is sometimes
built into the broadband modem so no separate router
would be required in that case.)

Gary VanderMolen

OK, it is already a static IP on the router. It still was taking five
minutes for Vista to discover that IP. If you had read all of my posts you
will have seen that the issue has been resolved for a few days now and it
was caused by bad Vista drivers supplied by ULI for my onboard NIC. I put
in a Realtek PCI ethernet card and now all is fine. Thanks.