isp cannot assign ip address

7 Nov 2006 11:20 AM

baxtis

hello everybody,

in my university, everytime i try to connect using wifi card, i get the
message: cannot assign ip address, so i cant go online. this happens
only in my university, when i go to another places with hot spots, i
browse web wwithout any problem. i have asked my isp and they saiid me
that the couldnt help because there is some proble with my laptop....
what can i do?

thank you
Mike

7 Nov 2006 11:37 AM

Sooner Al [MVP]

Does your university require you to have a user account and password to log
onto their network? Some do so I would check with the university network
administrators/IT folks about this.

The bottom line is if your laptop is able to get on the internet at public
hotspots it comes down to an issue with authorized access to your university
network...

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<bax***@gmail.com> wrote in message

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news:1162898458.253198.241250@h54g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> hello everybody,
>
> in my university, everytime i try to connect using wifi card, i get the
> message: cannot assign ip address, so i cant go online. this happens
> only in my university, when i go to another places with hot spots, i
> browse web wwithout any problem. i have asked my isp and they saiid me
> that the couldnt help because there is some proble with my laptop....
> what can i do?
>
>
> thank you
> Mike
>

9 Nov 2006 3:50 PM

bxts

No, they doint need my username, just my MAC address..

thank you for attention.

Sooner Al [MVP] escreveu:
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> Does your university require you to have a user account and password to log
> onto their network? Some do so I would check with the university network
> administrators/IT folks about this.
>
> The bottom line is if your laptop is able to get on the internet at public
> hotspots it comes down to an issue with authorized access to your university
> network...
>
> --
>
> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>
> Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the
> mutual benefit of all of us...
> The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights...
>
> <bax***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1162898458.253198.241250@h54g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > hello everybody,
> >
> > in my university, everytime i try to connect using wifi card, i get the
> > message: cannot assign ip address, so i cant go online. this happens
> > only in my university, when i go to another places with hot spots, i
> > browse web wwithout any problem. i have asked my isp and they saiid me
> > that the couldnt help because there is some proble with my laptop....
> > what can i do?
> >
> >
> > thank you
> > Mike
> >

10 Nov 2006 7:43 AM

ato_zee

On 9-Nov-2006, "bxts" <bax***@gmail.com> wrote:

> > The bottom line is if your laptop is able to get on the internet at public
> > hotspots it comes down to an issue with authorized access to your university
> > network...

Most university networks will be secured, so maybe this is
the laptops response, can see the network but can't connect to it.
If universities were not secured they would be a hackers
paradise, all those departmental machines and networks
to roam through. Minimal or no monitoring of a weekend.
It's bad enough with the students to cope with, coming back
after a break with CD's full of viruses, the chain email that
brings the network to its knees. The fiddlers that change
settings.