Re: [NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet

2007-04-19 Thread Chet Gardiner
Belan Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 2:11 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: [NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet 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

[NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet

2007-04-13 Thread Garry Bettle
On 4/13/07, Kent Belan wrote: I checked everything I could but the IP it reports is 169.254 ... instead of 192.168... Sounds like APIPA ... You can google it, or 169.254 for more information. I found the following: http://www.winnetmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=38840 If you have an

RE: [NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet

2007-04-13 Thread David Smith
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 8:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet I've seen this happen before. 1. Make sure you have dhcp selected on the laptop, if not it's going to try to connect to the hard ip which may

Re: [NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet

2007-04-13 Thread Garrett Fitzgerald
On 4/13/07, David Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If DHCP fails, set up a static IP based on a number within the address range being served by the router. My suggestion would be to use a number towards the outside of the range to help avoid conflicts. If you go to

RE: [NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet

2007-04-13 Thread Mike Wohlrab
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Garrett Fitzgerald Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 9:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet On 4/13/07, David Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If DHCP fails, set up a static IP based on a number within the address range being served

[NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet

2007-04-12 Thread Kent Belan
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

RE: [NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet

2007-04-12 Thread Scott Ramey
a wireless hangover. An annoyance that also happens to me once in awhile. Regards, Scott Ramey BDS Software -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kent Belan Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 2:11 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: [NF] Laptop

Re: [NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet

2007-04-12 Thread Chet Gardiner
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kent Belan Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 2:11 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: [NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet Hello, I just spent two hours at our church trying to help our paster get his laptop to connect to the internet

Re: [NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet

2007-04-12 Thread Jack Skelley
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

RE: [NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet

2007-04-12 Thread Kent Belan
: [NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet Did you try to repair the wireless connection it got? Did you try to refresh the list of available connections and then disconnect, reconnect? Sometimes the router can get hung up and needs rebooting. If all else fails, try rebooting the router

RE: [NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet

2007-04-12 Thread Scott Ramey
12, 2007 2:52 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: RE: [NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet Hello, Yes, I did the repair and it just kept saying invalid IP. I refreshed the list of routers ... there are 2 in the building and it sees both of them, just can not connect to them. I

RE: [NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet

2007-04-12 Thread Hal Kaplan
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Re: [NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet

2007-04-12 Thread Jean Laeremans
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RE: [NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet

2007-04-12 Thread Rick Quilhot
You could manually config the ip address. Rick Q -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kent Belan Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 5:11 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: [NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet Hello, I just spent two hours

Re: [NF] Laptop not connecting to the internet

2007-04-12 Thread Michael Madigan
I've seen this happen before. 1. Make sure you have dhcp selected on the laptop, if not it's going to try to connect to the hard ip which may be in use, or not in the proper IP range. 2. Make sure dhcp client services is turned on. 3. Turn off your firewall just in case. 4. Make sure the