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Self-Assigned IP Address - The Mystery Deepens
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<blockquote data-quote="Ratsima" data-source="post: 1833670" data-attributes="member: 402210"><p>My daughter happens to be working at that branch today. I asked her to send me a screenshot of her IP address to make sure she's using the same network and to see if she really does get an IP address. She is on the same network and she does have an IP address. I'll put the screenshot at the end of this post.</p><p></p><p>I also got clarification on the customer complaint issue. She said that people do complain about the throughput ("speed"), but no one complains about not being able to connect. I should note that this coffee shop is at the edge of town on the main highway to Bangkok. Many of the customers are business travelers who buy a cup of coffee, sit at a table with their laptop and work for a few hours. I don't think many of this sort of customer would put up with not having an Internet connection.</p><p></p><p>To repeat, here's what I've tried in the past:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><br /> [*lForget This Network - Dozens of times</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Manual Network Configuration - Dozens of times</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Reset Network Settings - Half a dozen times</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Factory Reset iPhone - Once</li> </ul><p></p><p>(I've done Forget This Network so many times that I have the password in a Note so I can quickly copy and paste it when I select their SSID.)</p><p></p><p>@MacInWin - Are you suggesting that I try something different?</p><p></p><p>@Raz0rEdge - It's really hard for me to believe that a short least time would affect only me and my two devices. Is it just some sort of amazing coincidence that every time I've walked into this shop over the past four years every single IP address has an unexpired lease? And also some sort of coincidence that the people who walked in before me managed to get an IP address and that everyone who walks in just after me also gets an IP address? Am I really that unlucky? Remember, their IT department declined to take my suggestion of shortening the lease time because they said they don't have any customer complaints.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]30538[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ratsima, post: 1833670, member: 402210"] My daughter happens to be working at that branch today. I asked her to send me a screenshot of her IP address to make sure she's using the same network and to see if she really does get an IP address. She is on the same network and she does have an IP address. I'll put the screenshot at the end of this post. I also got clarification on the customer complaint issue. She said that people do complain about the throughput ("speed"), but no one complains about not being able to connect. I should note that this coffee shop is at the edge of town on the main highway to Bangkok. Many of the customers are business travelers who buy a cup of coffee, sit at a table with their laptop and work for a few hours. I don't think many of this sort of customer would put up with not having an Internet connection. To repeat, here's what I've tried in the past: [LIST] [*lForget This Network - Dozens of times [*]Manual Network Configuration - Dozens of times [*]Reset Network Settings - Half a dozen times [*]Factory Reset iPhone - Once [/LIST] (I've done Forget This Network so many times that I have the password in a Note so I can quickly copy and paste it when I select their SSID.) @MacInWin - Are you suggesting that I try something different? @Raz0rEdge - It's really hard for me to believe that a short least time would affect only me and my two devices. Is it just some sort of amazing coincidence that every time I've walked into this shop over the past four years every single IP address has an unexpired lease? And also some sort of coincidence that the people who walked in before me managed to get an IP address and that everyone who walks in just after me also gets an IP address? Am I really that unlucky? Remember, their IT department declined to take my suggestion of shortening the lease time because they said they don't have any customer complaints. [ATTACH=FULL]30538[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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