Kent: Check 2 things: 1. Make sure the router does not have a MAC address filter installed; if it does add your MAC address getting access to your router from a working machine 2. If you have w WEP or WPA encryption turned on make sure the remote laptop has the same key and that you have properly selected shared or open as the options dedending on how the router is configured. Regards,
Jack Skelley Kent Belan wrote: > Hello, > I just spent two hours at our church trying to help our paster get his > laptop to connect to the internet. > It is a new Compaq laptop with a wireless connection and was working fine > last week. > > I don't have any wireless gear, so I am no expert. > > The connection reports "Limited or no connectivity" or "Unable to obtain an > IP" > > It sees the router and shows an Excelent signal strength, but will not get > an IP. > > I checked everything I could but the IP it reports is 169.254 ... instead of > 192.168... > > Other laptops have no problems connecting to the network and all the hard > wired computers work fine also. > > Anyone have this problem or know of a solution? > > Thanks, > Kent > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
