Help hotspot not working.

[chronic99uk]

I hope someone has had this problem. My hotspot was working perfectly yesterday, (dsl died so I'm using it on a Windows 7 laptop) but this morning I wake up and it won't connect properly. It connects to the phone but say unidentified, no network access and limited access. Net works fine on phone as its what I'm typing on now.
This is really annoying as I haven't changed anything.
thanks

 

[SUroot]

Have you rebooted the phone or done a battery pull?

 

[chronic99uk]

Yeah, I've tried both, tried different encryption, different password. Tried Windows firewall off.
Luckily bt fixed my line today but would still like to work it out.

 

[chronic99uk]

Ok, an update because I have discovered the problem and solved it.
I noticed that it would work with a static IP and without one was not identifying to the network.
It took some googling to find that that is a common dchp problem, but I couldnt find an option to edit or change that in the hotspot options. I then noticed on an unrelated google thread, that if your press menu button whilst in certain menu options there is a further advance option.
Low and behold the DCHP tick box was unticked.

It has worked ever since.
Just though I'd leave this answer if anyone is googling for a similar problem.