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JasonGibbs
Sep 03, 2011Novice
WN2000RPT with Android and iPhone problem
Just got a WN2000RPT. Set it up just fine. I can connect great with 2 different laptops (both running Windows 7)...HOWEVER, my phones don't work. I have an android and an iphone. Both of them have...
JasonGibbs
Sep 06, 2011Novice
OK, this is resolved. Turned out to not have anything to do with DNS.
The phones were using DHCP, but the router was configured to give them a static IP. I removed that, so they were handed a new DHCP lease when connecting to the "New" extended network. That fixed it. I'm not sure why (I'm guessing the router remembered some "Route" information to go along with the given MAC/static IP)?
The phones were using DHCP, but the router was configured to give them a static IP. I removed that, so they were handed a new DHCP lease when connecting to the "New" extended network. That fixed it. I'm not sure why (I'm guessing the router remembered some "Route" information to go along with the given MAC/static IP)?