yet more wireless probs :(

I have an smc barricade SMC2804WBRP-G wireless router.
the wired part of it works fine, but the wireless does not.

the wireless will not seem to correctly assign an ip address to clients. (DHCP is working fine on the wired part of the network)

strangely, in the status part of the web interface (no telnet admin option :( ) the correct leases for the wireless clients show up, with the correct MAC addy and an appropriate IP. the clients still end up with 0.0.0.0
it seems as if the router is assigning the IP, but somehow not publishing it - i have no idea why it would do this however.

any ideas?

Has this always been happenning?
What about firmware upgrade?
This seems to be an issue with some variations of my Linksys model too, they're planning a firmware to fix it.

its new so yeah.
tried the firmware upgrade - no worky :(

looks like i will have to email smc - which i really hate as i always get a stupid automated reply back the first five times i send the email.

Have you enabled the wireless? It is turned off by default.
I am running the same router and have no issues with my wireless clients at home.


When you check available networks and tell it to connect to the smc and repair the connection do they get an IP?

Try the connection without the SSID hidden and no enctryption and run the network connection repair as suggested.

SSID is always enabled - as many people need to connect and disconnect it needs to be as easy as possible to access.
tried removing the encryption but no joy, and repairs just fail :(
unsure exactly how the dhcp server can assign an ip address but the client be unable to pick it up.


as static ips work, the actual wireless function isnt broken, its just not properly sending the ip.