just lately every time I try to connect to the internet I end up with an 169.xxx.xxx.xxx ip address with both wirless and wired. My other computers can still connect to the internet via the same router.
So far i've looked into the router settings and I can see the computer listed there with the correct ip (192.xxx.xxx.xxx)address I've tried ipconfig/renew etc. and a few other ideas from looking around on the internet but no luck so far.. I hope someone out there as some ideas plz
The 169.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx IP address is used when Windows is configured to use DHCP and it cannot find a DHCP server to get an IP Address from.
There are many causes for this but the most likely I've found is the network is not active because for instance the network cable is not connected between the computer or for wireless the signal strength is not good.
When you connect a network cable do you see the led on the router light up? Also how far is the laptop away from the router?
router is a dlink dir-635 and the laptop is a Toshiba satellite P200-17C I don't think the problem is with the router since I have the same problem when I tried to connect to an other router I have. This started just after I installed IE 8, I have since uninstalled this just in case that was the cause of the problem.
thanks you trying to help with this.. I off to bed now since it's 2:00am here i'll check back in the morning cheers
I sorry it's taken so long for me to replay took some time for me find a flash drive to copy the output from ipconfix/all over to my other computer since even using a static ip address didn't work.
I hope this helps
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Steven Gibbs>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : StevenGibbs-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 . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Con
nection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-77-94-3E-75
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::85f2:2031:3e3d:3012%10(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.48.18(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast Ethern
et NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-38-19-20-74
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{70D807BF-6081-4009-AE5F-1FE1AF01F
08F}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{E113DB19-5B42-4EF7-AFA3-3A907AB2C
2F2}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
C:\Users\Steven Gibbs>
if one of your system is working with the same router, and other systen is giving 169 ip... if u have tried all basic troubleshooting then that means... their is a problem with the NID (network interface device) of the sytem .. thats why it is not able to communicate with the router.
you can go to device manager, under network adapters if u see any yellow exclamation mark, then right click on it.. select update driver.
if you do not see any yellow exclamation mark under network adapters. then contact your system vendor.
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