DHCP give me bad ip address

[tstormchaser]

I recently set up a wireless network with a DL-514 router and I'm using a DWL-650 wireless card. This is on a laptop with XP pro installed. I went through all the instructions that came with the box and set up everything the way they said to. My wireless network shows that it's got a strong signal and is connected but I can't browse anything on the internet. I noticed that the DHCP is giving my laptop an ip address of 169.254.13.2 and I need it to be 192.168.0.xxx in order to be on the same network as the router. I'm not sure where to go from here. I can connect to the internet if I plug in the ethernet cable from the router to the laptop so I know I'm getting data through, it's just not happening across the wireless network. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Andyleates]

Windows is using Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA). When you boot
Windows, there is a delay coming up. Why? Because it can't resolve, for some
reason, the DHCP request for a IP address. In that case, Windows will
automatically make one up for you out of the 169.x.x.x range.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310089

Why not just set yourself a static IP address in the correct range until you can sort it out?


Andy Leates MCSE CCNA MCP+I

 

[bcastner]

On the router and the adapter card:

. set SSID the same (it can be case sensitive)
. Channel the same (change to 1 or 11 if you can on both)
. Mode: Infrastructure, the same
. Disable 802.1x authentication, the same
. Speed set the same, usually Auto
. For the moment, no WEP or other restrictions

Reset router after its changes.
Reboot worksation after its changes.