DHCP v. Automatic Private Address

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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-

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 said:
I have a mysterious problem which may just be that the server to which I'm
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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
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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!!
 
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