Re: Error with XP Pro

On Mon, 2 May 2005 09:09:07 -0700, "Caleb" <Caleb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Hi everybody. This is the first time I've posted on this forum, so I'll give
>it my best.
>
>Just to lay down some background, I recently brought my laptop home from
>school and am trying to set it up on the home network. To do this I had to
>unplug one of the pc's and put mine in it's place(my sister probably isn't
>happy, but...oh well). Anyway, the computers on the home network here are
>all set to automatically obtain ip addresses and DNS servers, which works
>just fine for them. When I try to do this, I get the "limited or no
>connectivity" error message. Now, I found that the IP address that my PC was
>automatically picking up was absolutely wrong. All the pc's on the network
>are 192.168.1.x , while mine decides it likes 169.254.212.156 . The mask on
>the network is 255.255.255.0 while mine likes a mask of 255.255.0.0 . Now,
>I've tried to manually set the IP address to what it should be as well as
>entering the DNS servers that work on the other pc's, but to no avail.
>According to my computer it's hooked up to the LAN, but i'm not recieving any
>packets. The only thing that seems to be different, in this case, between my
>laptop and the others is that the others had DHCP enabled, while mine does
>not. So, as you can see, I'm at a loss. If any of you could help, it would
>be greatly appreciated. And before you start asking if the hardware's fine,
>it is. My laptop was working at school not 3 days ago, and the router and
>modem here are working just fine. Thanks again.

Caleb,

It sounds like whoever setup the router is careful with who uses it. I'd bet it
has a MAC filter for DHCP, and maybe for internet access too.

I think you better ask who owns the router if you can have connectivity. And
apologise to your sister - she may have to get you out of a jam sometime, so you
may need her on your side. ;)

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