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another failure to renew IP address
Wireless connection died yesterday after working fine.
I've tried every solution mentioned in virtually all postings about the failure to renew an IP address for a wireless connection. Any other suggestions?
Have placed cable modem and wireless router next to desktop. Cable from either the modem or router works. Desktop can connect to wireless router but not renew the IP address. My Palm Pre can connect and works with the wireless router. No recent software installed. Have had Internet Explorer 8 for awhile. Windows & PC-cillin antivirus are set for auto updates. Swaped cables.
Dell XPS-200
Windows XP-SP3
Linksys WRT54G
Linksys cable modem
From ipconfig /all:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Rick>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DH4JLN91
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-72-B5-98-FF
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.73.246
68.87.71.230
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, July 27, 2009 8:53:05 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, July 28, 2009 8:53:05 PM
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1450 Dual-band (802.11
a/b/g) USB2.0 Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-A5-5D-8C-7F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.185.154
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Thanks
Rick
Rick412
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July 28th, 2009 11:00
For anyone with this issue: the one solution I didn't find in the Dell Forums and the only one I didn't try was to redo the set up for the wireless router - push in the reset button on the back of the wireless router and create a new SSID, new encryption password/key, etc. Don't know what went wrong with the orginal set up, but this worked.
Rebel9
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July 29th, 2009 12:00
I have no idea whether or not this might be your problem, but with my Linksys router (same model), whenever there is even the briefest power interruption, the router seems to lose its configuration, and I have to reload it. This is basically what you have done by resetting the router and then entering all of the required settings.
Open your router software (configuration), click on Administration and then on Config Management. If you have NOT backed up the current configuration, do so by clicking on the "Backup" button. Save the file to wherever is convenient for you. Then, if this happens again, follow the same procedure, only this time select the "Restore" button. Direct the restore to the file you saved previously.
As I said, this may not be your problem but it's worth a try.