"nickspoon" wrote:

> I have a PC and a laptop, one with an Am1772 wireless PCI card, the other
> with the same card except it's PCMCIA. When I try to set up an ad-hoc
> wireless network, everything goes fine until I get to actually connecting.
> The connection gets stuck on "Acquiring Network Address" on both PCs. They
> both have "set IP automatically" on them and ICS is not used (yet). At one
> point I got a "Limited or No Connectivity" error on my laptop, but that's
> gone now. Both machines have XP SP2 on them. Also, when I do IPConfig when
> they're both stuck, both of them say their IP is 0.0.0.0! I did get them to
> connect once, but then the connection died and I couldn't get it again.

"jvargasq" wrote:

> Hi, I had a similar problem and the error appeared because I had the DHCP
> Client service in manual mode... I just started the service and turned it to
> automatic mode and solved the problem!
>
> Regards,
>
> "nickspoon" wrote:
>
> > I have a PC and a laptop, one with an Am1772 wireless PCI card, the other
> > with the same card except it's PCMCIA. When I try to set up an ad-hoc
> > wireless network, everything goes fine until I get to actually connecting.
> > The connection gets stuck on "Acquiring Network Address" on both PCs. They
> > both have "set IP automatically" on them and ICS is not used (yet). At one
> > point I got a "Limited or No Connectivity" error on my laptop, but that's
> > gone now. Both machines have XP SP2 on them. Also, when I do IPConfig when
> > they're both stuck, both of them say their IP is 0.0.0.0! I did get them to
> > connect once, but then the connection died and I couldn't get it again.

"Charlie" wrote:

> Yes, I've had a similar problem, and have checked the DHCP client service,
> which says it is both running and automatic. But still no joy :-(
>
> "jvargasq" wrote:
>
> > Hi, I had a similar problem and the error appeared because I had the DHCP
> > Client service in manual mode... I just started the service and turned it to
> > automatic mode and solved the problem!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > "nickspoon" wrote:
> >
> > > I have a PC and a laptop, one with an Am1772 wireless PCI card, the other
> > > with the same card except it's PCMCIA. When I try to set up an ad-hoc
> > > wireless network, everything goes fine until I get to actually connecting.
> > > The connection gets stuck on "Acquiring Network Address" on both PCs. They
> > > both have "set IP automatically" on them and ICS is not used (yet). At one
> > > point I got a "Limited or No Connectivity" error on my laptop, but that's
> > > gone now. Both machines have XP SP2 on them. Also, when I do IPConfig when
> > > they're both stuck, both of them say their IP is 0.0.0.0! I did get them to
> > > connect once, but then the connection died and I couldn't get it again.

> I have the same problem.  DHCP is OK, have tried restarting but still no joy.
>
> Is it worth removing SP2?
>
> "Charlie" wrote:
>
> > Yes, I've had a similar problem, and have checked the DHCP client service,
> > which says it is both running and automatic. But still no joy :-(
> >
> > "jvargasq" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, I had a similar problem and the error appeared because I had the DHCP
> > > Client service in manual mode... I just started the service and turned it to
> > > automatic mode and solved the problem!
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > "nickspoon" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have a PC and a laptop, one with an Am1772 wireless PCI card, the other
> > > > with the same card except it's PCMCIA. When I try to set up an ad-hoc
> > > > wireless network, everything goes fine until I get to actually connecting.
> > > > The connection gets stuck on "Acquiring Network Address" on both PCs. They
> > > > both have "set IP automatically" on them and ICS is not used (yet). At one
> > > > point I got a "Limited or No Connectivity" error on my laptop, but that's
> > > > gone now. Both machines have XP SP2 on them. Also, when I do IPConfig when
> > > > they're both stuck, both of them say their IP is 0.0.0.0! I did get them to
> > > > connect once, but then the connection died and I couldn't get it again.