T61/P WiFi Connection Delay

[Harryc]

I am scratching my head on a problem under XP network connection management. It takes 2 to 3 minutes for the WiFi adapter in my T61P to acquire an IP address after I'm booted to the desktop. This is a fresh install and it worked fine under Vista. Below are the relevent settings, and I can't see anything obvious. Can you? (I x'd out the Mac address). I haven't tried any other drivers beside the IBM/Atheros 5.3.0.85. The adapter is an IBM 11a/b/g Atheros card and I don't have this issue on any other XP laptops. I am running DHCP and my wireless router in a Linksys/Cisco WRT54G. I do not use access connections, windows manages the connection. I see DHCPLeaseExpires in 24 hours, could that be it?

[00000001] 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter (PASSED)
Caption = [00000001] 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter
DatabasePath = %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc
DefaultIPGateway = 192.168.1.1(Same Subnet) (PASSED)
Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=60
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=4
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=2
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=19
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss)
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 2ms, Maximum = 60ms, Average = 21ms
DefaultTTL = 128
Description = 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport
DHCPEnabled = TRUE
DHCPLeaseExpires = 7:04:44 AM 1/23/2008
DHCPLeaseObtained = 7:04:44 AM 1/22/2008
DHCPServer = 192.168.1.1 (PASSED)
Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=2
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=81ms TTL=81
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=1
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=2
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss)
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 81ms, Average = 21ms
DNSEnabledForWINSResolution = FALSE
DNSHostName = LENOVO-D58276A3
DNSServerSearchOrder (PASSED)
68.237.161.12 (PASSED)
Pinging 68.237.161.12 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 68.237.161.12: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=27
Reply from 68.237.161.12: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=61
Reply from 68.237.161.12: bytes=32 time=139ms TTL=139
Reply from 68.237.161.12: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=27
Ping statistics for 68.237.161.12:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss)
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 27ms, Maximum = 139ms, Average = 63ms
71.250.0.12 (PASSED)
Pinging 71.250.0.12 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 71.250.0.12: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=27
Reply from 71.250.0.12: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=27
Reply from 71.250.0.12: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=30
Reply from 71.250.0.12: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=60
Ping statistics for 71.250.0.12:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss)
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 27ms, Maximum = 60ms, Average = 36ms
DomainDNSRegistrationEnabled = FALSE
FullDNSRegistrationEnabled = TRUE
GatewayCostMetric = 25
Index = 1
IPAddress = 192.168.1.110 (PASSED)
Pinging 192.168.1.110 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.110: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=0
Reply from 192.168.1.110: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=0
Reply from 192.168.1.110: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=0
Reply from 192.168.1.110: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=0
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.110:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss)
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
IPConnectionMetric = 25
IPEnabled = TRUE
IPFilterSecurityEnabled = FALSE
IPSecPermitIPProtocols = 0
IPSecPermitTCPPorts = 0
IPSecPermitUDPPorts = 0
IPSubnet = 255.255.255.0
IPXEnabled = FALSE
MACAddress = xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
PMTUBHDetectEnabled = FALSE
PMTUDiscoveryEnabled = TRUE
ServiceName = AR5211
SettingID = {D4229A29-EEED-4BE8-8A78-3919952A8DD3}
TcpipNetbiosOptions = 0
TcpWindowSize = 64240
WINSEnableLMHostsLookup = TRUE

[jdhurst]

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1. Below are the relevent settings, and I can't see anything obvious. Can you?
2. I see DHCPLeaseExpires in 24 hours, could that be it?
3. DNSHostName = LENOVO-D58276A3
4. WINSEnableLMHostsLookup = TRUE

1. No
2. My leases expire in a week, not a day, but I do not think this is the reason.
3. Why this? DNS host should be a local DNS provider, or a server if you are working behind a server.
4. Did you check your hosts file for strange entries?

... JDH

[Harryc]

JDH, thanks for the reply. The only entry in my hosts file is;
127.0.0.1 localhost

My ISP does DNS using (2) seperate servers out on their Network. I know the IP addresses of those servers. Where would I find and change 'DNSHostName = LENOVO-D58276A3' on my machine, and what would I change it to? Just the DNS servers IP address? I have no idea what the hostname would be for their servers. This is something I've never had to mess with in 30 years of computing. As a side note I installed 'Access Connections' and the problem went away. It's not my favorite tool but it came in handy this time.

Edit: I see LENOVO-D58276A3 in 'system properties' under the 'computer name' field. This must get assigned to the DNS hostname automatically. I've never messed with it and it never caused this problem.

[jdhurst]

I haven't seen my computer name associated with DNS, but then maybe I haven't looked in the right place. In any event, I rename my machines on birth, and I forgot about the Lenovo name.

Let's come at this a different way. So long as you are using DHCP and authomatic DNS, then that should not be a problem, and so nothing I identified was a cause.

I don't know, as your setup looks fine.
... JDH