Hey,
I've read a few posts on wireless laptops not connecting to DHCP, and that it might be router config, problems with the cards, or a couple other things. I haven't found anything on my issue, though.
~I have a network, using IPCop as the DHCP server, connected into a linksys router, that splits the network into wired and wireless portions. The wireless portion has an AP that talks to the wireless components. I have two laptops that work wirelessly, and two wi-fi nics. I know that the wifi Nics work, because the laptop that can connect to the computer has connected and received a DHCP from the router via both nics. The second laptop is the problem.
It's running Service Pack 1 on Windows XP. I tried:
1. Repairing network configuration
1r. This just gave me an error that it couldn't renew the IP Address
2. Tried going to command prompt and typing:
ipconfig/release (which didn't release the ip of 169.254.x.x)
ipconfig/renew (which gives me the error: "An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket."
3. Different NICs.
I'm going to try to do a little more with it and possibly upgrade to SP2, but any help would be appreciated. The laptop was working on the LAN for about 11-20 minutes, then was retrograded by a virus, so i'm told. Thanks.
I've read a few posts on wireless laptops not connecting to DHCP, and that it might be router config, problems with the cards, or a couple other things. I haven't found anything on my issue, though.
~I have a network, using IPCop as the DHCP server, connected into a linksys router, that splits the network into wired and wireless portions. The wireless portion has an AP that talks to the wireless components. I have two laptops that work wirelessly, and two wi-fi nics. I know that the wifi Nics work, because the laptop that can connect to the computer has connected and received a DHCP from the router via both nics. The second laptop is the problem.
It's running Service Pack 1 on Windows XP. I tried:
1. Repairing network configuration
1r. This just gave me an error that it couldn't renew the IP Address
2. Tried going to command prompt and typing:
ipconfig/release (which didn't release the ip of 169.254.x.x)
ipconfig/renew (which gives me the error: "An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket."
3. Different NICs.
I'm going to try to do a little more with it and possibly upgrade to SP2, but any help would be appreciated. The laptop was working on the LAN for about 11-20 minutes, then was retrograded by a virus, so i'm told. Thanks.
hope this helps anyone.