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[Live2Ride]

I am setting a DIR-655 up for a friend and it will not assign IP's over wireless connections?  It does assign an IP when it's wired though.

I have tried different security settings with WEP, WPA, etc.. but am not having any luck.  The laptop connection errors out with limited connectivity.  The wireless connection appears to be made but I get the default 169 IP address.

Now if I power down the Dlink and bring up my Netgear I can connect no problem from this same laptop, even with using WEP security settings etc..

Is there something I'm missing? I have been through the menus, and I'm not using filtering etc...

Live2Ride

[Lycan]

Are the laptops drivers and operating system up to date?

[thecreator]

I am setting a DIR-655 up for a friend and it will not assign IP's over wireless connections?  It does assign an IP when it's wired though.

I have tried different security settings with WEP, WPA, etc.. but am not having any luck.  The laptop connection errors out with limited connectivity.  The wireless connection appears to be made but I get the default 169 IP address.

Now if I power down the Dlink and bring up my Netgear I can connect no problem from this same laptop, even with using WEP security settings etc..

Is there something I'm missing? I have been through the menus, and I'm not using filtering etc...

Live2Ride

Hi Live2Ride,

Have you rebooted the Router to make sure that when you changed the Security Settings, the settings are locked in into the Router?

Have you changed the default SSID Signal Name in the Router? You want to change the default name, because others may also be lazy or have a Router with the same SSID Signal Name and the Computer is blocked from connecting to that Router.

Is your friend using Network Magic software which comes with the DIR-655 Router or used to?

What is the 802.11 mode that the Router is using? n ; n and g ; n, g and b; g; b?

What is the transmission mode for the Laptop?

[EddieZ]

Looks like your clients are not authenticated. See your router log for messages and post them.

[Lycan]

No auth with encryption off?

[Live2Ride]

Are the laptops drivers and operating system up to date?

They are brand new Toshiba laptops running Vista Home Premium.  I have not verified that the wireless drivers are current. I figured they were OK because they connect right up to the wireless at our house.

[Live2Ride]

Looks like your clients are not authenticated. See your router log for messages and post them.

I will check the logs, are they already on or do I have to enable them?  I have reset the router in between all configuration changes to ensure I was using the new settings. I know it is not the ssid, I changed that to something other than the default etc...

Thanks

[tipstir]

I am setting a DIR-655 up for a friend and it will not assign IP's over wireless connections?  It does assign an IP when it's wired though.

I have tried different security settings with WEP, WPA, etc.. but am not having any luck.  The laptop connection errors out with limited connectivity.  The wireless connection appears to be made but I get the default 169 IP address.

Now if I power down the Dlink and bring up my Netgear I can connect no problem from this same laptop, even with using WEP security settings etc..

Is there something I'm missing? I have been through the menus, and I'm not using filtering etc...

Live2Ride

1. uninstall the drivers for each wireless NIC
2. scan for new hardware and the drivers should re-install if not install them yourself
3. On those wireless nic makes sure power saving mode is disabled.
4. You might have to set them to static IP at first and then reboot them  to see if they can hold the connection.

5. Try using 20Hz instead of Auto 20/40Hz. 
6. Use WPA instead of WP2 AES.

Once you make them static IP go into the router and have it reserved computer name, ip and mac with that wireless device. Once you do that. Remove the static IP address from each unit and see if it can pull it up on it's own using DHCP.