Re: Configuring Internet Explorer for use with wireless LAN

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On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 15:48:29 +0200, "Gert Wiersema"
<gj_junior@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>> and report back with the results of the vxUtil and the ping tests.
>
>Running the Info function I get:
>
>Current IP:
> My_PDA
> 169.etcetera... (looks ok)

IP addresses (no need to hide this one) starting with 169.x.x.x are
addresses which mean "No DHCP server was found" : The IP address
remains at 169.x.x.x until your PDA is assigned an IP by the router,
at which point it will probably be a 192.168.x.x address instead.

>In Adapters there's the Loox built-in Wlan adapter:
>IP Address: 169.same.as.above
>Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
>Def gateway: 0.0.0.0

No gateway = no internet

>Primary DNS: -
>Sec DNS: -

No DNS = no lookup of names for websites like http://www.google.com
instead of http://66.249.87.99 (DNS does the 'friendly name' lookups)

>Primary WINS: -
>Sec Wins: -
>DHCP: 255.255.255.255
>Lease: today blahblah
>Expires: Idem as obtained?
>
>
>Pinging does not work. Strange enough the first ping does (for example
>192.168.0.1, which should be the router), but then it fails
>(192.168.0.1 as well).

Can't explain that. Could be a bug in the ping software, cause you
can't reach 192.168.0.1 (from 169.x.x.x with a subnet 255.255.0.0 ;-))

>I still can see the antenna icon in the "systray" and when I click on

It's possible to be 'connected' to the access point without ever
getting an IP address. All's happened is the AP is letting you see its
'beacon' to let you know it's there.

>it, it tells me I have a connection with the Airport and an IP address.

Your DHCP server ain't working otherwise you'd have a gateway, valid
IP address and most likely DNS servers listed. The problem is on the
Airport - can anything else connect ?

Cheers - Neil

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