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Wireless Connection Problem on 8600
I'm having a problem with my wireless connection. I have the Dell 1300 LAN card in my 8600. I can't seem to grab a 192.xxx.x.x IP from my DHCP server. My current IP is 169.xxx.xx.x. I've tried
ipconfig /release and /renew and it doesn't do anything. I thought it may have been the LAN card driver so I uninstalled it and installed it and nothing. My card detects my network but it won't grab an IP from the DHCP server. I've also reset my router a few times and still have the same problem. Any ideas will great help?? Its funny because it was working 2 days ago. I brought my laptop to my friends wirless network and it worked fine. The next morning I went to turn it on, I started having this problem. I thought maybe it was his network, but when I got home I was having the same issue. Please help.
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Posted September 23rd, 2004 21:00
You mean connect using cable?regmeyster
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Posted September 23rd, 2004 23:00
I connected my laptop to a cable on my network and it worked fine. It was able to grab an IP address, however I cannot get one once I go wireless. I was having this same issue my gf's network, it would not grab an IP. I'm starting to guess this is a PC Card issue. I just bought this pc card from dell a few months ago, so I hope they can fix it for me it that is what the case is. Any other ideas I can try?BeowulfSmith
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Posted September 26th, 2004 17:00
I am having this same exact problem. At home, I can connect to my netgear wireless router without any problems. However, when go I on campus, it absolutely refuses to pick up an IP address from the cisco AP's they use for the their campus-wide wireless networks. This problem just started a few days ago. At first I thought it must be the campus AP's screwing up, since it would work at home. However, I can't seem to see any setting on my wireless config that would allow me to connect at home using DHCP and not on campus, with the same settings.
So to summarize:
At Home: I can connect to the wireless router and get an IP address
On Campus: I can detect the wireless AP's, but cannot gain an IP address from them (instead getting a 169 address, instead of a 128, which is what it should be).
I never had to change any settings before in going between the two. I tried renewing the IP address (ipconfig), clearing all the settings and resetting them. I upgraded the wireless drivers. None of it worked at all.
Message Edited by BeowulfSmith on 09-26-2004 01:15 PM
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Posted September 23rd, 2004 19:00
Baldie,
Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.
Try connecting without the router to see if the computer picks up the IP address.