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ComputerTrouble
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Jan 23, 2018
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WNCE2001 Universal WiFi adapter randomly changes settings

We have four of these in our environment. Three of them work fine. One of them will periodically decide to independently change its settings from "use static IP" to "get address from router." When th...
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  • JamesGL's avatar
    JamesGL
    Feb 06, 2018

    Hi ComputerTrouble,

     

    The adapter might be disconnected to the network that is why it assigns an IP to the laptop. Try to reset the adapter and reconfigure it.

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JamesGL
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Feb 06, 2018

Hi ComputerTrouble,

 

The adapter might be disconnected to the network that is why it assigns an IP to the laptop. Try to reset the adapter and reconfigure it.

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    JamesGL
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Feb 20, 2018

    Hi ComputerTrouble,

     

    We’d greatly appreciate hearing your feedback letting us know if you need further assistance.