Wireless Laptop obtaining IP address but not allowed to get on Int

10 Nov 2006 8:54 PM

Swally

I have recently purchased a Dell laptop inspirion that has wireless
capability. I recently installed netgear wireless router and connected to my
desktop. Everything works fine there. The laptop worked fine with the router
until I installed or changed something (not sure). Now what happens is that
my laptop obtains an IP address but will not allow me to get onto the
internet. I've noticed that when I "ipconfig /all", it gives me the ip
address and subnet mask but not the default gateway. I've set properties in
the IP Protocol pages to all automatically obtain all ip address information
(This is the way it has always been). I've tried the "Repair" function but it
will not work. So how does the laptop obtain an ip address from the router
and then not let the "repair" function? Do I need to reinstall the wireless
router all together or is there a way to re-initialize wireless networking
on my laptop?

10 Nov 2006 9:07 PM

Jack (MVP-Networking).

Hi

My guess would be that it obtaining an IP like this 169.xxx.xxx.xxx

Which means that the Wireless card cannot connect to the Router and get an
IP, so it assigns the internal Windows Default IP.

You have to put the laptop close to the Wireless Router and make sure that
all the settings are configured correctly.

May be this can further Help.

My New Wireless does not work - http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html

Wireless, Basic Configuration - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html

Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html

Jack (MVP-Networking).

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"Swally" <Swa***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:04960194-6C77-4DD0-A91E-451BDF15DE7C@microsoft.com...
>I have recently purchased a Dell laptop inspirion that has wireless
> capability. I recently installed netgear wireless router and connected to
> my
> desktop. Everything works fine there. The laptop worked fine with the
> router
> until I installed or changed something (not sure). Now what happens is
> that
> my laptop obtains an IP address but will not allow me to get onto the
> internet. I've noticed that when I "ipconfig /all", it gives me the ip
> address and subnet mask but not the default gateway. I've set properties
> in
> the IP Protocol pages to all automatically obtain all ip address
> information
> (This is the way it has always been). I've tried the "Repair" function but
> it
> will not work. So how does the laptop obtain an ip address from the router
> and then not let the "repair" function? Do I need to reinstall the
> wireless
> router all together or is there a way to re-initialize wireless
> networking
> on my laptop?

11 Nov 2006 3:20 PM

Swally

You were right in that the IP address starts wit 169...... But my laptop sits
right next to my wireless while working on this issue. I am using Windows to
configure instead of the Proset Wireless that I was using before. The Proset
does not work either (in that it is unable to connect successfully).
Although, when I use windows or Proset the Wireless Network Connection screen
says that I am connected and that the signal is all 5 bars (max) but then it
has another message on the same screen that says "Limited or no
connectivity". Maybe I need to start over and re-initialize the wireless
portion on my laptop, but, I do not know how to remove all the setup
information that exists.... What are your thoughts......?

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"Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:

> Hi
>
> My guess would be that it obtaining an IP like this 169.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
> Which means that the Wireless card cannot connect to the Router and get an
> IP, so it assigns the internal Windows Default IP.
>
> You have to put the laptop close to the Wireless Router and make sure that
> all the settings are configured correctly.
>
> May be this can further Help.
>
> My New Wireless does not work - http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html
>
> Wireless, Basic Configuration - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html
>
> Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
>
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
>
>
> "Swally" <Swa***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:04960194-6C77-4DD0-A91E-451BDF15DE7C@microsoft.com...
> >I have recently purchased a Dell laptop inspirion that has wireless
> > capability. I recently installed netgear wireless router and connected to
> > my
> > desktop. Everything works fine there. The laptop worked fine with the
> > router
> > until I installed or changed something (not sure). Now what happens is
> > that
> > my laptop obtains an IP address but will not allow me to get onto the
> > internet. I've noticed that when I "ipconfig /all", it gives me the ip
> > address and subnet mask but not the default gateway. I've set properties
> > in
> > the IP Protocol pages to all automatically obtain all ip address
> > information
> > (This is the way it has always been). I've tried the "Repair" function but
> > it
> > will not work. So how does the laptop obtain an ip address from the router
> > and then not let the "repair" function? Do I need to reinstall the
> > wireless
> > router all together or is there a way to re-initialize wireless
> > networking
> > on my laptop?
>
>
>