That Phony Nickel Posted June 4, 2006 CID Share Posted June 4, 2006 Having exhausted my brain trying to figure this one, out, I'm turning to the pros for advice. Yesterday my wireless internet quit on me on my PC. I'm on a network with two PCs and my laptop, using a D-Link router and adaptor. My PC still attempts to connect to the internet, but always stalls at "Acquiring Network Address", occasionally showing itself as connected with limited or no connectivity. The wireless signal is strong and obviously coming through, and my internet is not affected on any of the other computers. When I check the details of the connection, it always say my IP Address is 0.0.0.0, which I'm pretty sure might be the source of the problem. It was always happy automatically connecting before, and I'm not really sure how to manually set up an IP address properly. When I tried IPConfig /release and /renew, it said something about the DHCP client not being able to assign a new IP. Confused? Yes, I am. Anyone have suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted June 4, 2006 CID Share Posted June 4, 2006 Welcome to the forum That Phony Nickel is you connection behind a WEP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Phony Nickel Posted June 4, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 4, 2006 Tragically, no. Every time I tried to set that up, it reverted to open/disabled as soon as anyone connected. I wondered if that might be part of the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted June 4, 2006 CID Share Posted June 4, 2006 what type of router do you have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Phony Nickel Posted June 4, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 4, 2006 A D-Link AirPlus Extreme G wireless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted June 4, 2006 CID Share Posted June 4, 2006 well i have a D-link air plus G as well but not the extreme. I also had some problems at one time like that. Im trying to remember what i did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Phony Nickel Posted June 4, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 4, 2006 It's given me issues before, but usually I just cycle the power and it shapes up. I've never had it do this before, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted June 4, 2006 CID Share Posted June 4, 2006 I had a dell Imsperion 9200 with intel wireless pro on it i want to say is i just disabled the device then reinabled it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted June 4, 2006 CID Share Posted June 4, 2006 Are you able to obtain an IP with an ethernet connection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Phony Nickel Posted June 4, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 4, 2006 My router's too far away to hook it directly up to my computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted June 4, 2006 CID Share Posted June 4, 2006 Have you tried another adapter? What is the exact error you receive from the IPCONFIG/RENEW command? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted June 4, 2006 CID Share Posted June 4, 2006 try start-> run type cmd press enter -> ipconfig /release press enter -> ipconfig /renew I have the same type of problem every once in a while on a dink 624+.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted June 4, 2006 CID Share Posted June 4, 2006 Have you tried reloading/updating the drivers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motoxxx Posted June 4, 2006 CID Share Posted June 4, 2006 Ok, your main computer will connect to the net right? Sounds to me like you need to set up a static IP address. I had your exact same problem and set up an IP address and everything was fine. If you dont know how, refer to this page... http://www.portforward.com/networking/staticip.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted June 4, 2006 CID Share Posted June 4, 2006 A static IP will reserve that IP address for that MAC address and remove it from the pool of available address.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammolo Posted June 4, 2006 CID Share Posted June 4, 2006 If the winsock file is corrupted or damaged you can have this exact problem, look at Microsoft Knowledge Base for a patch that corrects this problem, you may also want to search google for "limited or no connectivity", it also ends up for a non MS patch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted June 4, 2006 CID Share Posted June 4, 2006 I would suggest against using a static IP. It makes it harder to troubleshoot an intermittent or ongoing connectivity issue. For simplicity's sake, turn off all security on your router (WEP, MAC filtering, etc) to troubleshoot this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Phony Nickel Posted June 4, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 4, 2006 Thanks, folks. I manually entered an IP (had to fool around with a couple of options) and got it back online. I appreciate all the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubaseball727 Posted June 4, 2006 CID Share Posted June 4, 2006 Stay around the forum and tell your friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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