Re: Limited or no connectivity @ school

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I doubt it is encryption on the access point anyhow. If that were the case
you would be unable to connect to the access point. Here, you are able to
connect to the access point but unable to get an IP address.

Here are my thoughts on the cause (none of which you can fix)
1. The access point you are connecting to is no longer connected to the
network (bad cable, etc.)
2. The DHCP server has been configured not to give you or unknown machines
an IP address.

If the cause is the first one, you may be able to verify that if you know
where the access point is. If you can, see if all the lights are
on/blinking. There should be one called LAN or LINK that will be the network
connection.

Again, because you are connecting to the access point and obtaining an APIPA
address (169.254.x.x) I don't think encryption is the issue. If that was the
case you would be seeing a "validating identity" message.

"JARUGGIERO" wrote:

dummy me... what would the wifi client program be?

I will contact the IT guys as well...

No encryption stuff before this week...

JAR

"Chuck" wrote:

On Tue, 2 May 2006 08:18:02 -0700, JARUGGIERO
<JARUGGIERO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have a HP laptop that I use both at my home office and at college...

My home network (two desktops and the laptop) works fine with auto assigned
DHCP...

For the entire year my wi-fi laptop worked fine at college, now I get the
error message "Limited or no connectivity"... The signal received is strong,
but I can't connect online...I did a network system scan that came back with
this IP address (which is not familiar) 169.254.254.120...

I do have SP2 Windows "Home Edition"...

Any help would be appreciated!

JAR

The 169.254.254.120 is an APIPA address.
<http://support.microsoft.com/?id=220874>
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=220874

You're not getting service from a DHCP server. Open the WiFi client program -
does it show an Access Point that you are associating with? Do you know whose
AP it is, and do you have permission to use it?

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
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