| mgmcc |
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| Wed Jul 01 2009 09:19 PM |
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Re: XP Vista conflict on internet access?
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Presumably the Edimax "wireless box" is actually a Wireless Access Point to implement wireless connectivity to the router?
A wireless router incorporates a Wireless Access Point, but the same result can be obtained by plugging a separate Wireless Access Point into a wired-only router. However, a separate Wireless Access Point will have its own IP address and it is possible that you have an IP address conflict, i.e. the Wireless Access Point has a fixed IP address which is the same as that being allocated by the router to another computer in the network. If the Vista PC was being given the same IP address by DHCP as that of the W.A.P. you could have the problem that you're experiencing - either the Vista PC can get online or the PCs connected to the W.A.P., but not both.