Re: Help! SSID connecting, no IP address

beerdini@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I'm working in a small medical office of 5 computers, 3 desktops, 2
laptops. The laptops connect to the network via wireless which has an
extremely tempermental connection. The wireless application
connectors, Windows, Intel and McAfee are all showing a successful
connection to the Avaya (sorry no model number at this time) access
point, but they are stubbornly giving me a connection error when they
try to get an IP address and give me a 169. number. Now I can give
them static IP's and they'll see the network and do everything just
fine, that will work fine at the office, but since they are laptops the
do want to take them to other wireless points at home and around town
to work as well. I've never worked with Avaya access points before,
and from what I can tell everything is working, when I go to the built
in maintenance page I can see a list of all of the connected
workstations and get the IP addresses from them, I can ping the access
point from the laptops when I static IP them, it says it connects to
the wireless network when I DHCP them, but like I said they aren't
pulling IP addresses and IPCONFIG /release & /renew keep timing out. I
am a new tech being called in on this job since the one that they have
been using has been working for a few weeks on this and other issues
and hasn't resolved any outstanding issues, so I'm not entirely sure
how the system is configured.


Any suggestions on what I should look at
next? I'm thinking checking firmware updates. Thanks.


You do a hard reset of the router? Maybe, that will correct the DHCP IP problem with wireless machine obtaining a DHCP IP from the router.

Maybe, by installing newer firmware or the current firmware the router is using, may fix the router's problems with DHCP. The firmware could be sick and needs to be reinstalled/flashed.

The 169 IP means that the O/S couldn't get an IP from a DHCP server and it timed out. The O/S assigns the 169 IP to the NIC. The 169 IP will allow the IP to access other machines on the LAN and other machines can access it. But the IP will not allow Internet access, because it's not using an IP on the router, as you know.

For all you know, the router could be defective.

Duane :)





.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: TV service query ? ? ?
    ... a wireless router. ... a router with extended coverage. ... cable and a wireless connection that you can not see. ... is to have users downloading r/t video, large video files, or other ...
    (alt.home.repair)
  • Re: Xbox 360 and Media Center Connectivity Problems
    ... between the media center pc and the xbox 360.... ... will have to try and research a wireless router/access point that will not ... deter the extender and media center from holding a connection... ... via the router, with the MCE ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter)
  • Re: My Network Places
    ... What you want is to set your router's IP, and thus your router's DHCP server, to use a subnet that is different than the one being used by your provider's router. ... I'm not sure why you are using a bridge and separate wireless router rather than merely wirelessly connecting direct to your "provider's" router, but there is a definite plus: because you have your own wireless router, you can effectively isolate yourself from the other users on your provider's router. ... As soon as you click the "Save Settings" button, you will lose your connection, because your computer will now be on a different subnet. ... It does not provide any security and it may cause problems, ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)
  • Re: wireless download speed
    ... Also, if this was done using a wireless connection, you can get a very ... In the case of a cable modem, ... and router rules can slow the router down. ...
    (alt.internet.wireless)
  • Re: Xbox 360 and Media Center Connectivity Problems
    ... After much mucking about trying to get the router to provide the wireless ... connection to my primary wireless modem/router... ... "Chris H." ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter)