"Dilip" <rdil***@lycos.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have a very simply plain-vanilla DSL set up at home.  The DSL modem
> plugs into the WAN socket of my wireless router and one of the 4 open
> ports from the router connects to the Ethernet adapter endpoint on my
> desktop computer.
>
> With this setup I am able to access the Internet from my desktop
> computer.
>
> My laptop on the other hand isn't connecting properly to the router.
> It says its connected to my wireless network (signal strength is
> *excellent* and all that) but when I try to repair the connection the
> "Renewing your IP address" activity either fails or goes on non-stop.
> Trying
>
> ipconfig /renew *wireless*
>
> on the command prompt times out after a while saying "Unable to contact
> DHCP server".
> I also tried everything like ipconfig /flushdns, ipconfig /release etc
> (followed by ipconfig /renew) to no avail.
>
> Is there anything obvious I am missing?
>
> The funny thing is when I configured the router (on my desktop using
> http://IP_addr), even though I have a DSL connection at home I actually
> had to set the connection mode to
> Cable Modem under the router configuration to get the internet
> connection to work.  Leaving it as DSL doesn't work!  Doh!   The
> broadband router support guy tells me that you just have to perform
> some trial & error to choose the correct connection mode.
>
> Here are some details from ipconfig /all on my laptop:
>
> Autoconfiguration IP: 169.254.197.191
> Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
> Gateway: <blank>
>