[OPLINTECH] Macs, PSPs and Wi-Fi

[Chad Neeper (list)]

It sounds like a DHCP issue is the heart of your problem. I'd suggest 
focusing on that. From your description, I would guess that if you 
manually assign an IP address (and gateway, dns, etc.) to one of the 
non-working devices, it will work as expected. If this is true, then you 
may have a compatibility problem with the way DHCP is implemented either 
on the DHCP server or on the clients. Is it possibly you're running out 
of available dynamic addresses? If so, maybe you can shorten the lease 
time or increase the pool.

Chad

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Chad Neeper
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Karen Perone wrote:
> We just introduced public Wi-Fi at our library and if you have a PC 
> laptop, you can surf with the pros. However, there seems to be some kind 
> of issue with Mac books and other devices like PSPs (which I didn't even 
> know had Internet capability).
>
> We are an open network with no WEP and are using DHCP. For those of you 
> with similar setups, are there firewall issues that seem to be different 
> for Macs? Do they require a different port to be open for access to the 
> outside world?
>
> They seem to be able to attach to the network (full compliment of bars) 
> but fail when trying to get an IP from the router. Thus, they can't get 
> to the Internet.
>
> Any thoughts?
>   

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Chad Neeper
Senior Systems Engineer

Level 9 Networks
740-548-8070 (voice)
866-214-6607 (fax)

--   Full LAN/WAN consulting services   --
-- Specialized in libraries and schools --