Re: Trouble Establishing Wireless Connection

I had the same problem with a linksys router/modem. I was frustrated
because my wireless connector could connect with the network, but the
ip was 169.xxx.xxx.xxx "Automatic Private Address" like there was no
dhcp. Of course I had limited connectivity ie no internet! The most
bizzarre thing was that if I "wired" the laptop to the router, then
everything worked ok.

The problem solved when I reset the router to the factory settings.
Immediately the laptop took ip from DHCP and everything worked fine.


fripper wrote:
> *After several months of successful access to my residential gateway
> [RG]
> from a built-in wireless network adapter in my IBM T41 ThinkPad a
> problem
> has suddenly developed whereby I am unable to access the RG; I am
> able to
> access it from a second machine that I have ... also with a wireless
> network
> adapter. Now when I single click the icon in the task bar for the
> wireless
> connection on the failing machine the Wireless Network Connection
> Status
> window comes up and when I click on the Support tab the TCP/IP
> settings I
> see are all wrong. The Address Type is "Automatic Private Address"
> ... the
> IP address is "169.xxx.yyy.zzz" [the xxxx, yyy and zzz values are
> valid but
> I prefer not to display them here ... the Subnet Mask is 255.255.0.0
> and the
> Default Gateway is blank. These values are not correct ... but I
> don't
> know how to fix them. On my other (non-failing) machine these values
> are
> "Assigned by DHCP" ... 192.168.1.6 ... 255.255.255.0 and 192.168.1.1
> respectively. I have run hardware diagnostics on the wireless
> adapter in
> the failing machine [it is an Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini
> PCI
> Adapter] and all tests passed. Can someone suggest what
> properties/settings
> I should set that will correct these values? As near as I can see I
> have
> things set properly ... eg. Obtain an IP Address Automatically is
> selected,
> as is Obtain DNS Address Automatically.
>
> I am beginning to think that although the hardware diagnostics did
> not show
> a problem that indeed there IS a problem with the wireless adapter.
>
> Thanks for whatever assistance may be forthcoming. *



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