cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/34255100

Thought I’d create a distinct thread from the previous one asking about daily use, because I really do want to hear more on people’s pain points. Great to know people are generally sounding pretty positive in those posts who recently switched, but want to know your difficulties as well! This way old and new users can share their thoughts, hopefully to inspire a respectful discussion.

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2·
    9 hours ago

    What bothers me more is that the laptop doesn’t receive an IP address from my DHCP server over WiFi, while my wife’s Windows PC and my phone do. But that’s more likely due to a misconfigured DHCP server than the OS.

    Do you have static DHCP IPs being handed out or do you mean it’s just not getting an IP from the DHCP pool? Because for static IPs with machines that sometimes connect via hardwire and sometimes connect via WiFi I always make sure to provision two separate IPs with the MAC addresses for ethernet and WiFi each assigned to the different IPs.

    • mech@feddit.org
      2·
      8 hours ago

      It’s supposed to get an IP from the pool.
      But I have a wonky setup with a WiFi repeater that combines 2 SSIDs from the router (for 2G and 5G) into one.
      If I connect directly to the router’s WiFi I have no issues.

      • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        8 hours ago

        That sounds less like misconfigured DHCP and more like the wonky setup is preventing DHCP handshakes happening consistently, but could be several different issues, really.