netgear wireless dsl + laptop problem

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From: Jim (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/08/04 

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 12:19:52 -0700

Simon,
  I don't have an answer for you, but I have noticed that
when I bring up one of my computers, if it is not in
contact with a DHCP server, it will show 169.254.95.183
As soon as the server is available, it will show a good
address such as 192.168.0.3 This may not help you any,
but it may give you something else to look at
 Jim
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>I am having problems with my netgear wirless router and
laptop, I can
>no long get the two to talk to each other properly no
matter what I
>try. When it sets the IP address via dhcp it is set to
some
>169.somthing value ( where as the assigned range in the
setup page
>starts with 198.somthing. When I set the IP setting
manually on my
>laptop to the correct settings then I still can not get
http traffic,
>although I can ping the router, I have tried re-setting
the router to
>defaults ( and re-loading my settings) and even done a
repair install
>on windows XP. Does anyone have any suggestions what to
do next ? So
>far as I'm aware nothing was changed before it stopped
working, I can
>test my laptop with our dhcp server at work but I have
not been able
>to do this just yet. One other thing, plugging my other
pc in via the
>cat5 cable works ok ( correct IP address via dhcp and
http works )
>where as the wirless and the cat5 connections to the
laptop both show
>the same problem.
>
>I'm at my wits end on this.. how can somthing just stop
working ?
>
>Simon
>.
>

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