I had a similar problem with my iBook(Dual USB) running 9.2.2 with an Airport card.
When I tried to get an IP from the wireless router at home, i would get gibberish.
Sometimes. Other times it worked just fine. The strange thing was, it was always the
same bad information. What I did was create a new set of settings with a valid fixed
IP. Just be sure to pick somethhing high enough that the DHCP server won't try to
assign it to a different computer when the 3400 isn't around. It doesn't address the
root of the problem, but it happened to me with 4 different models (3 different
brands) of wireless routers. It only happened under OS 9. OS X and all the PCs work
just fine. So I think it's an OS 9 problem.
If you are using DHCP and you get an IP address of 169.... it means the DHCP server was unreachable or had run out of addresses. The 169 address range is a default that gets used when the computer can't get an address from the server.
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