Dell E6400 wireless issues

nightroamer · 20 Jun 2010 at 14:58

Hi guys,

I am having problems with my laptop.

I have a home network just for internet use, its setup to DCHP between 192.128.0.50 and 192.168.0.75

For some unknown reason my E6400 is using an ip of 169.254.154.144 and showing limited connectivity. It is setup for auto ip etc.

any ideas?

thanks

tolien · 20 Jun 2010 at 17:46

The two are related. 169.254 etc is an autoconfiguration IP that your OS will use if it doesn't get an answer from a DHCP server (at which point it'll say it has limited/no connectivity because it won't be able to ping your router or a host on the internet).
Is it the same with a cable? Has it just started happening or have you changed something?

nightroamer · 20 Jun 2010 at 20:52

tolien said:
The two are related. 169.254 etc is an autoconfiguration IP that your OS will use if it doesn't get an answer from a DHCP server (at which point it'll say it has limited/no connectivity because it won't be able to ping your router or a host on the internet).
Is it the same with a cable? Has it just started happening or have you changed something?

cable connection works perfectly, nothing changed.
Just occured suddenly.
other wireless machines having no problems.

tolien · 20 Jun 2010 at 21:35

What OS is it running? If it's some version of Windows at or above Vista, try deleting the profile and setting it up again and/or manually setting an IP/subnet mask et al.

nightroamer · 20 Jun 2010 at 21:36

tolien said:
What OS is it running? If it's some version of Windows at or above Vista, try deleting the profile and setting it up again and/or manually setting an IP/subnet mask et al.

hi, it runs XP SP3