auto assigning of IP add.

3 Mar 2007 12:18 AM

ludisgomes

i have a DSL internet connection at my hotel room. i am not able to connect
to the internet. it is supposed to assign an auto IP add to my comp. however,
every time i try to log in, its shows that there is limited or no
connectivity. the maintainence guy came over and checked my system. when he
connected his laptop, he connected immediately. he checked all my settings
but couldnt find any fault. he suggested that it was probably a virus that
prevented an automatic IP add being assigned to my comp by the network. i ran
an anti virus check with AVG and Mc Afee as also with a couple of free anti
spywares, but didnt find any fault. when you click the settings tab in the
local connection, its shows an IP add of 169.254.67.130 and a sub net mask of
255.255.0.0 which i think has been assigned by windows itself. the thing is
any other comp with the same settings is able to connect while i am not able
to. somebody, please help me...

3 Mar 2007 1:28 AM

Jim

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"ludisgomes" <u32206@uwe> wrote in message news:6e9a3b15262f6@uwe...
>i have a DSL internet connection at my hotel room. i am not able to connect
> to the internet. it is supposed to assign an auto IP add to my comp.
> however,
> every time i try to log in, its shows that there is limited or no
> connectivity. the maintainence guy came over and checked my system. when
> he
> connected his laptop, he connected immediately. he checked all my settings
> but couldnt find any fault. he suggested that it was probably a virus that
> prevented an automatic IP add being assigned to my comp by the network. i
> ran
> an anti virus check with AVG and Mc Afee as also with a couple of free
> anti
> spywares, but didnt find any fault. when you click the settings tab in the
> local connection, its shows an IP add of 169.254.67.130 and a sub net mask
> of
> 255.255.0.0 which i think has been assigned by windows itself. the thing
> is
> any other comp with the same settings is able to connect while i am not
> able
> to. somebody, please help me...
>

That is the address which XP uses when it cannot find a dhcp server.
Without the results from ipconfig/all, I can't help much more than that.
Jim

4 Mar 2007 12:40 AM

ludisgomes via WindowsKB.com

Jim wrote:

>>i have a DSL internet connection at my hotel room. i am not able to connect
>> to the internet. it is supposed to assign an auto IP add to my comp.
>[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
>> able
>> to. somebody, please help me...
>
>That is the address which XP uses when it cannot find a dhcp server.
>Without the results from ipconfig/all, I can't help much more than that.
>Jim

hi Jim,

thanks.
these are the results of the ipconfig /all results.

windows ip config

host name                                  : compaq
primary DNS suffix                      :
node type                                   : hybrid
ip routing enabled                        : no
wins proxy enabled                      : no

ethernet adapter local area connection

connection-specific DNS suffix      :
description                                  : realtek RTL8139 family PCI
Fast ethernet NIC
physical address                         : 00-C0-9F-87-46-EB
dhcp enabled                              : yes
autoconfig enabled                      : yes
autoconfig ip address                  : 169.254.67.130
subnet mask                              : 255.255.0.0
default gateway                          :

i am able to connect with another laptop with the same settings. the green
light of my RJ45 port is on. however the blinking yellow light is not on.
please check it out and let me know what i could do. i have tried
uninstalling and reinstalling the driver of the connection. the rollback of
the driver too didnt work out. everything seems to be in order.

thanks...

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