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RainerBF

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January 10th, 2008 05:00

Gigabit express card wrong IP from DHCP?

Hi,
 
I tried to install a Linksys EC1000 gigabit express card in my Inspiron 1720. However it does not adopt the IP provided by the DHCP-server.
The server gives 192.168.178.32 to a device with the same MAC as the gigabit adapter has. (So I guess it actualle IS the gigabit adapter :-)
However when looking at the details of the network connection it says DHCP: Yes, IPv4: 169.254.110.120
 
Of course no connection to the local network or the internet can be established.
 
How can I make the gigabit adapter use the IP-adress provided by the DHCP-server?
 
I also tried to manually set the IP-adress to the adress provided by the server. There is also no success.
 
By the way, my OS is Vista Ultimate.
 
Thanks a lot in advance for your help!
 
Regards
 
_Rainer_

RainerBF

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January 21st, 2008 21:00

Hi,
 
problem is solved: The card didn´t pass its MAC-adress to the computer. I added the adress manually in the hardware-manager (systemmanager of windows). Now it works fine.
 
I´m not sure, but I guess this is a bug, as normally it should never forget its MAC-adress?!
 
Regards!
 
_RainerBF_

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