On Apr 5, 10:32 pm, John Navas <spamfilt...@navasgroup.com> wrote:
> 1. See if your laptop will work with DHCP on a different wireless
> network (e.g., public hotspot).
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> 2. Try a different wireless router.
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> On 4 Apr 2007 21:35:15 -0700, keethyanan...@gmail.com wrote in
> <1175747715.642025.224...@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups .com>:
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> >Hi All,
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> >I have a COMPUSA 54 MBPS wireless broadband router. I didn't have any
> >problems connecting to it till now.
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> >Suddenly the connection on my laptop showed limited / no connectivity.
> >I was not able to connect to the admin opage of the router as well.
>
> >When I tried repairing it using the Windows option, it showed that the
> >router is unable to assign an IP to the laptop. So I went ahead and
> >manually configured an IP as 192.168.2.100 (same as the router would
> >have assigned in the usual case) and default gateway as 192.168.2.1.
> >When I did this, I was able to connect to the admin page of the
> >router, but then again it didn't help.
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> >Right now I am connected to my Cable modem directly and its working
> >absolutely fine. So its not the modem thats an issue. Als since the
> >wireless adaptor shows full strength signal and tries to connect to
> >the router I am assuming that the hardware is not an issue. So I tried
> >to upgrade the firmware, but that didn't help too. Here's my ipconfig
> >output when connected to the wireless router. I get the same when I
> >connect to the ethernet cable through the router.:
>
> >Windows IP Configuration
>
> > Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : keethy-kuty
> > Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> > Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
> > IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> > WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
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> >Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection Physical:
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> > Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> > Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100
> >Integrated Cont
> >roller
> > Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-22-AC-01-59
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> >Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
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> > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> > Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless
> >2200BG Network
> > Connection
> > Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-6F-95-6D-80
> > Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> > Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> > Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.158.198
> > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
> > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
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> > I guess the DHCP has a problem on the router, but what can I do abt.
> >it. Can anyone help?
>
> >Thanks,
> >Anand.
>
> --
> Best regards, FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://Wireless.wikia.com>
> John Navas FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi>
> Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_How_To>
> Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes>- Hide quoted text -
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I tried that, but got the same response. My laptop doesn't find an IP
address through the DHCP of the router. Now I guess the problem is not
with my wireless router but with my wireless network card. I have a
Intel (R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Wireless card. Incidently, when I
checked the properties of the card, it shows a MAC address of
00-00-00-00-00-00. Is this normal ? Or has my network card flipped off
suddenly?

Regards,
Anand.