Acquire networking address

Hi: there
HI; there
I had some problems on my p4 256mb window xp professional edition recently.
Since I installed Netgear pre-n wg 511 wireless card on laptop, it almost
everytime there is a little ball wonder around on little computer icon on
right bottom corner with message said: Acquired networking address! I did
everything to solve this problem, turned off fire
wall,ping127.0..0.1,ipconfig /all, ipconfig /release,/renew and manully
assigned ip address,but it just did not work.Its seem like connect to
networking,but it don't have internet access!!!!! However, I found out in
Netgear properties at support section, I see assigned by DHCP: invaild IP
address. Although I shared wireless with roomate who has wire networking
direct hooked up on that router, my roomate works fine but me! I need some
urgent help! I have automaitic private address which is 169.254.0.0, its
good! i don' know hwat is going on?

thank you in advance!

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snowman6577 wrote:

> Hi: there
> HI; there
> I had some problems on my p4 256mb window xp professional edition
> recently. Since I installed Netgear pre-n wg 511 wireless card on
> laptop, it almost everytime there is a little ball wonder around on
> little computer icon on right bottom corner with message said:
> Acquired networking address! I did everything to solve this problem,
> turned off fire wall,ping127.0..0.1,ipconfig /all, ipconfig
> /release,/renew and manully assigned ip address,but it just did not
> work.Its seem like connect to networking,but it don't have internet
> access!!!!! However, I found out in Netgear properties at support
> section, I see assigned by DHCP: invaild IP address. Although I shared
> wireless with roomate who has wire networking direct hooked up on that
> router, my roomate works fine but me! I need some urgent help! I have
> automaitic private address which is 169.254.0.0, its good! i don' know
> hwat is going on?

The 169.254.0.0 address indicates that your computer is expecting to get
its IP address from a DHCP server and is not finding one. Try disabling
any connectivity manager that came with the Netgear card and using
Windows Wireless instead. Here are links to help you:

Wireless Network Setup Wizard SP2
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg0604.mspx

Windows Zero Configuration (SP1)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg1102.mspx

Windows Zero Configuration (SP2)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg0804.mspx

How to troubleshoot wireless network connections in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;313242

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Malke

hi,

if your computer worked with the ip address "169.254.0.0" you could make
that the perminant ip address for your computer by giving it a static ip.

before you do it you need to find out your dns server addresses and your
router's ip address. you can do that by clicking on the wireless icon on
your taskbar and then click Status. then click on the Support tab. then
click Details, under where it lists the ip address you have currently.

in the details window you will need to write down the Subnet Mask, the
Default Gateway, and the DNS Servers.

then go back to the Status window and click on the General tab. and then
click on properties at the bottom.

in that window, scroll down in the list and then click on Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP).
there, click "Use the following ip address:"
then type in the ip address you said worked where indicated, same thing with
the subnet mask, and the default gateway. Then type in the DNS servers in
that you wrote down. if you wrote down three only put in the first two.

after that it should work.

"snowman6577" <> wrote in message
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> Hi: there
> HI; there
> I had some problems on my p4 256mb window xp professional edition
> recently.
> Since I installed Netgear pre-n wg 511 wireless card on laptop, it almost
> everytime there is a little ball wonder around on little computer icon on
> right bottom corner with message said: Acquired networking address! I did
> everything to solve this problem, turned off fire
> wall,ping127.0..0.1,ipconfig /all, ipconfig /release,/renew and manully
> assigned ip address,but it just did not work.Its seem like connect to
> networking,but it don't have internet access!!!!! However, I found out in
> Netgear properties at support section, I see assigned by DHCP: invaild IP
> address. Although I shared wireless with roomate who has wire networking
> direct hooked up on that router, my roomate works fine but me! I need some
> urgent help! I have automaitic private address which is 169.254.0.0, its
> good! i don' know hwat is going on?
>
> thank you in advance!
>
>
>

Andrew C