Connection problem

mtnorris

mtnorris

mtnorris

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Hi all, got my new shiney computer today. Got the OS installed etc but I cant connect to the internet. The wireless recognises the network but gives me limited access.

My ipconfig is going me an ip address starting with 169. which i understand means thats the computer making it up and not the wireless giving it to me.

Any ideas guys?
 
Is your router using DHCP? If so, you need to go into your network adapters settings and set both the IP and DNS to automatic.
 
C:\Users\Matthew>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Matthew-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Wireless-N PCI Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-B0-8C-01-0D-53
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::113a:b292:19aa:91a0%11(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.145.160(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 184594572
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-13-F5-BA-53-00-B0-8C-01-0D-53

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{35D2EF86-B314-4170-98B5-5DB020A89F31}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
 
Hmm. OK, you may need to set the IP settings yourself.

Under IPv4 Properties on your network adapter enter the following:

IP: 192.168.0.100
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1

DNS: 8.8.8.8
DNS: 8.8.4.4

The above assumes your router's IP is 192.168.0.1 [obviously you will need to alter the above if your network is on a different subnet, 192.168.1.x for example.]
 
Well pretty sure, the PCI card is in the same slot as is coming up on the screen, its picking up the wireless etc but just has limited access. I tryed googling it obviously but theres so many different answers...I just wanna get my new pc all set up :(
 
Not getting a DHCP response is probably a sign of a bigger issue that manually configuring an IP won't fix.
What security are you using - encryption? MAC filtering? Have you tried with whatever you have disabled?
 
I got the same problem, it was to do with my wirelss router and adapter not talking to each other if I set the wireless channel over 4
 
tolien said:
Not getting a DHCP response is probably a sign of a bigger issue that manually configuring an IP won't fix.
What security are you using - encryption? MAC filtering? Have you tried with whatever you have disabled?
Click to expand...

I am using WEP. I'll have a go tomorrow without it and with a different wireless channel.
 
I just got it working on my last try of the evening! typical lol. I just reset the pass key and played with the settings.

Note to self, don't try and fix computer when very tired.

Thanks for all your help guys, further proof ocuk is awesome x
 
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