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Acquiring Network Address
Name: rob_in_oz2003 Date: October 19, 2006 at 03:09:36 Pacific OS: Win XP Media Centre CPU/Ram: Intel Centrino Duo Product: Dell Inspiron 6400
Comment:
Hello,
Im having a bit of trouble with my wireless network connection. I had the same problem a few months ago and managed to fix it but I can’t remember how. When my internal network card finds the network it connects but then says 'Acquiring Network Address' and gets no further. I remember it had something to do with IP addresses but I can’t remember what or how to change it.
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Name: don2006 Date: October 19, 2006 at 05:34:46 Pacific
Reply:
Have you tried static IP adresses? Where is the router in relation to the PC? I heard a customer in a store tell the employee 11 miles away when he asked him that question.
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Response Number 2
Name: Richard59 Date: October 19, 2006 at 13:48:32 Pacific
Reply:
Are you able to log into the router admin from a wired PC? Possibly something in the router settings has changed and resetting that might solve the issue.
I used to have a signature but it disappeared and I just couldn't be bothered writing another so please feel free to ingore this.
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Response Number 3
Name: retroguy Date: October 23, 2006 at 02:48:41 Pacific
Reply:
this is likely due to the fact that the DHCP client service is turned off.
Run > services.msc
find it, and right click it. choose start.
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