TEW-432BRP TrendNet Router issues (DHCP, etc.)

[SEFL]

This is going to sound like a rather strange problem, but here goes:

I've got a TrendNet TEW-432BRP wireless router and four computers
trying to access it. Here's the scenario of issues (one of which was
solved, and I have no idea why):

1) When the router was connected, domains would resolve to IP
addresses (e.g. Google.ca to 64.233.161.104) but only a few sites would
be accessible via a web browser. I "solved" this by cloning the MAC
address of the one machine that was wired into the router. Why this
worked, I have absolutely no idea, but it did.

2) NICs (both wired and wireless) will detect the router/network, and I
am able to connect to it and log in using the WEP key. The problem
comes when assigning an IP address through DHCP...sometimes it takes an
extremely long time (over a minute) and sometimes no IP address is
assigned at all. If I disconnect and reconnect the NIC to the router
(in other words, repeat the process), most of the time I'll get an IP.
Sometimes I have to do this 3-4 times before it works.

The question I have is...why is this occurring? Is this (as I suspect)
a bad router, since it does work eventually? Or is this something
else?

Thanks,



Adam
http://www.searchenginefriendlylayouts.com/

 

[Jack \(MVP-Networking\).]

Hi

A1. Without cloning the MAC you cannot go on to your services, it is like
the ID and Pas Word. The few pages that you saw are probably cached on your
hard drive a while ago.

A2. I do not know what WEP as to do with DHCP and assigning IPs?

Try to fix your Network Stacks by doing the follow,
http://www.ezlan.net/clean#refreshnet

Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[SEFL]

Hi Jack,

Thanks for clearing that MAC thing up. I figured that had something to
do with it since, when I originally hooked up the modem, it was hooked
up to the same NIC that I cloned the MAC from.

A2. It doesn't have anything to do with the DHCP. I'm just pointing
out that I can at least reach the router and communicate with it. The
router simply doesn't assign IPs via DHCP consistently, and that's the
issue.

Thanks.




Adam

 

[Jack \(MVP-Networking\).]

Hi
Switch off all security filters, if it does not assign an IP through the
DHCP, call support, it might be that some thing is wrong with the Router.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[SEFL]

You mean switch off WEP keys, etc? And what other security features
besides that would I be looking for?

Thanks.



Adam