Re: TCP/IP Issue

From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 06/05/04 

Date: 5 Jun 2004 09:32:06 -0500

On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 05:26:02 -0700, mihubb <*email_address_deleted*> wrote:

>I have having an issue with my desktop/laptop/laptop network. On both my laptops, I'm getting a address type of "Automatic private Address" instead of the "assigned by DHCP" type. Is there a way to config this type of issue?

A computer assigning itself an APIPA address is either a) Not connecting to the
DHCP server (router?), or b) The DHCP server (router?) has been instructed NOT
to issue an address to that computer (MAC address).

Is this a wired or wireless network? Can you tell for sure if you are
connecting to the router? Is the router employing MAC address filtering (a good
security measure for wireless networks).

Please provide make and model of router, and of network devices used by the
laptops.

And please don't contribute to the spread and success of email address mining
viruses. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a bit
safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - never post your address unmunged.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

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