Windows 7 (and networking issues therein)
Just putting this out there in the unlikely chance that someone who reads it may be able to help me. I've been scouring Google for a while now trying to figure this out and have had no luck.

I've downloaded and have been trying out Windows 7 RTM (build 7600) 64-bit this week. So far I have not had any issues with it, and the things that annoyed me with the basic setup I was able to quickly find and change (unlike Vista where it took me two weeks to get to a state I could tolerate, by which point I had ordered a copy of XP and replaced Vista).

However, one issue I have been having is with DHCP and my wireless network. In XP my computer picks up the router's DHCP just fine, however in Win7 it is a pain in the butt. It will try to connect to my network for a while before giving up and assigning me a local IP address instead (the 169.x.x.x crap). If I reboot the router at this point the computer then finds the correct DHCP address and all is well. The only other way to fix the issue is to forgo DHCP and enter the address, gateway, and DNS information manually (which works, but I prefer to use DHCP).

Anyone have any idea what is going on here?
- posted by Nick @ 10/03/2009 04:53:00 PM | 0 comments