I've decided to disable the DHCP server on my NetGear DG834N router because every now and again it seems to get into a random conflict with Windows Vista that causes the OS to hang and the router to need a full reboot.
It doesn't occur that often but I decided to do something about it and disable DHCP, which should have meant a simple Static IP assignment in its place. So I did the usual.. IPv4 properties and set as follows:
Computer IP: 192.168.0.2
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Gateway IP: 192.168.0.1
Primary DNS Server: 192.168.0.1
FYI - For those not familiar with disabling DHCP, the DNS is not my ISP's or even OpenDNS because that is normal for this setup. I tried them as well though but obviously they didn't work.
Now the thing is, this does work.. sort of, but I find that most websites will refuse to load. The network data/IPs all seems to be correct and, knowing the odd behaviour I’ve had with the router firewall before, I’ve also tried it with that disabled and it still occurs. Websites like ISPreview.co.uk come up and work fine, as does Google, but you can’t search on Google. Most USA based sites won't load.
I haven’t even begun testing this with other systems (e.g. XP) to narrow down the cause but maybe somebody else has a bright idea because I don’t have the time to do all the testing right now and will just re-enable DHCP instead. I have a feeling it’s either Vista being crap, again.. or my router being faulty.. again.
It doesn't occur that often but I decided to do something about it and disable DHCP, which should have meant a simple Static IP assignment in its place. So I did the usual.. IPv4 properties and set as follows:
Computer IP: 192.168.0.2
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Gateway IP: 192.168.0.1
Primary DNS Server: 192.168.0.1
FYI - For those not familiar with disabling DHCP, the DNS is not my ISP's or even OpenDNS because that is normal for this setup. I tried them as well though but obviously they didn't work.
Now the thing is, this does work.. sort of, but I find that most websites will refuse to load. The network data/IPs all seems to be correct and, knowing the odd behaviour I’ve had with the router firewall before, I’ve also tried it with that disabled and it still occurs. Websites like ISPreview.co.uk come up and work fine, as does Google, but you can’t search on Google. Most USA based sites won't load.
I haven’t even begun testing this with other systems (e.g. XP) to narrow down the cause but maybe somebody else has a bright idea because I don’t have the time to do all the testing right now and will just re-enable DHCP instead. I have a feeling it’s either Vista being crap, again.. or my router being faulty.. again.























