Re: Wireless & DCHP & 169.254.

From: Colin Nash [MVP] (x_at_x)
Date: 05/30/04 

Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 18:45:13 -0400

You can certainly give it a static address. Go into Network Connections,
double-click the icon for the wireless card, click Properties and go under
TCP/IP and give it an IP (the subnet mask you are probably using would be
255.255.255.0)

However, this probably won't help you because the problem seems to be with
connectivity. Are you sure the WEP key matches the one used on the router?
A mismatched key will cause the symptoms you are describing... 

-- 
Colin Nash
Microsoft MVP
Windows Printing/Imaging/Hardware
"John Smith" <john@smith.com> wrote in message
news:c9dkph$s5t$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> Hi,
>
> I've bought a Netgear DG834g Router / ADSL Modem and a few card for
Laptops
> etc. also a PCI Card for my WIN2K Computer.
>
> The router works great as do the 2 wireless PCMCIA cards for the
> laptops........... Only problem is with the PCI card for the WIN2K
computer.
> For some unkown reason this connects to the router (well it can see the
SSID
> and i've given it a WEP key) but won't pick up a valid IP address from the
> DHCP server. It reverts to a standard 169.254.xxx.xxx IP address.
>
> Is there anyway that I can overide this and give it a 192.xxx.xxx.xxx IP
> Address ?
>
> Thanks
>
> J
>
>

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