AP1200 and Switch Cisco Express 500

Hi,
We have an AP1200 (port 1) attached to a switch cisco express 500,in this switch we are using a Vlan and we have a DHCP server.
The problem is when a new PC tries to connect to this AP, it takes to much time to assign the IP address, and in other cases the PC is disconnected from the System constantly. Do you know wich could be the problem ?

It sounds like it could be a problem with your wireless signal - have your tried doing a carrier busy test on the AP to check for interference?
Regardsd
Aaron
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jillesmiedema,
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