Acquring Network Address

[TMA]

Whenever I click Local Area Connection at my Network Connections window I
receive this "Acquiring Network Address" status for a while and then it
always becomes "limited or no conectivity".

The thing is that most of the times, I get stuck to this "Connecting
Miniport WAN" window when I try to click on my other icon to connect me to
the internet.

Aparently, it's a problem with this DHCP server which is not compatible with
this new SP2 I have installed here. But I'm not really sure about it. I read
an article about it which says that this DHCP is enabled by default through
the TCP/IP protocol and there's no way for you to disable it.

I'm not so good with all this network configurations, but I have an internet
connection here through a pppoe protocol using an Efficient Network ADSL
modem model SpeedStream 5200. I can't even get to the modem's configurations
like I did before when I typed http://speedstream on my IE.

Could anyone drop me a line about it?

 

[Chuck]

Whenever I click Local Area Connection at my Network Connections window I
receive this "Acquiring Network Address" status for a while and then it
always becomes "limited or no conectivity".

The thing is that most of the times, I get stuck to this "Connecting
Miniport WAN" window when I try to click on my other icon to connect me to
the internet.

Aparently, it's a problem with this DHCP server which is not compatible with
this new SP2 I have installed here. But I'm not really sure about it. I read
an article about it which says that this DHCP is enabled by default through
the TCP/IP protocol and there's no way for you to disable it.

I'm not so good with all this network configurations, but I have an internet
connection here through a pppoe protocol using an Efficient Network ADSL
modem model SpeedStream 5200. I can't even get to the modem's configurations
like I did before when I typed http://speedstream on my IE.

Could anyone drop me a line about it?

Can you post links to the articles that you've read?

You can disable the DHCP client on any computer that you wish, and assign a
fixed ip address. But a fixed ip address, if used on a computer with other
problems, won't necessarily correct the problems and provide connectivity.

The "... limited or no conectivity" error can be caused by a number of problems.

Provide ipconfig information for each computer, and we'll see if we can diagnose
the problems, not the symptoms.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open Notepad, make sure that Format - Word Wrap is NOT checked!, Open
c:\ipconfig.txt, copy and paste entire contents into your next post. Identify
operating system (by name, version, and SP level) with each ipconfig listing.
And describe what each computer connects to, and how.

--
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.

 

[Castor]

The "... limited or no conectivity" error can be caused by a number of

problems.

Provide ipconfig information for each computer, and we'll see if we can
diagnose
the problems, not the symptoms.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the
command
window - Open Notepad, make sure that Format - Word Wrap is NOT checked!,
Open
c:\ipconfig.txt, copy and paste entire contents into your next post.
Identify
operating system (by name, version, and SP level) with each ipconfig
listing.
And describe what each computer connects to, and how.

Hello Chuck,

I've exactly the same problem with 2 of my systems as I reported in an
other thread above:

I have problems to use myTtrend WiFi adapters with my 3 PCs under Win XP
SP1+SP2.

I have One AP Router SMC barricade 2804WBR running in 802.11 b+g mode /
Channel 13 / with WEP encription in 64bits
I'm using the latest TREND drivers downloaded from Trendware site.
I'm using the WiFi Windows Zero configuration on all systems under Win XP
SP2.

PC desktop 1: Win XP Home +SP2 (in an other room than AP/Router - very good
WiFi signal)
======================================================================
Wifi PCI card TREND TEW-423PI with the latest TREND drivers
WEP 64bitsbits

PC desktop 2 : Win XP pro SP1+SP2 (Few meters far from AP/Router, same room)
=============================================================
Wifi PCMCIA/CARDBUS card TREND TEW-421CB (802.11 g+b) with the latest TREND
drivers, in PCI/PCMCIA adapter.
WEP 64bits

Wifi PCMCIA/CARDBUS card ELSA MC-11 (802.11b) in PCI/PCMCIA adapter.
WEP 64bits

Ethernet SMC EZ 10/100 Mbits card

PC Laptop 3: Win XP Pro SP1+SP2 (Few meters far from AP/Router, same room)
=============================================================
Wifi PCMCIA/CARDBUS card TREND TEW-421CB (802.11 g+b) with the latest TREND
drivers, in PCMCIA slot.
WEP 64bits

Wifi PCMCIA/CARDBUS card ELSA MC-11 (802.11b), in PCMCIA slot .
WEP 64bits

Problems:
========

PC Desktop 1 with TEW-423PI works and connects pretty well with good WiFi
signal.

PC Desktop 2 and PC Laptop 3 with TEW-421CB doesn't connect to the
AP/Routeur , the radio connection is OK but it doen't conclude the
connection. I'm getting "Acquiring Network Address" status for a while and
then it
always becomes "limited or no conectivity". Net Stumbler is getting a good
signal on each machine, but no
connection...

If I use the ELSA WiFi cards (also present on each system) instead of TREND
cards, the 2 PC's connect very well to the AP/Router and everything is fine.

Withe same parameters, the ELSA WiFi card allows connecting while the TREND
card doesn't !!!

On the TREND Wifi adapters I checked everything seral times: Channel, SSID,
WEP keys, ... I've been working on that for days now and I can't find why
it's not working properly...

I'm now suspecting some incompatibility between the TREND drivers for
TEW421-CB with Win XP SP2 (I've dowloaded the lattest drvivers version)...

It seems SP2 has a very different way of doing than with XP origin or SP1
.....

So... can somebody help me to solve this problem ...

Hereunder is the IPconfig /all of my PC desktop 2:
================================

Configuration IP de Windows
Nom de l'hôte . . . . . . . . . . : OBELIX
Suffixe DNS principal . . . . . . :
Type de noud . . . . . . . . . . : Inconnu
Routage IP activé . . . . . . . . : Non
Proxy WINS activé . . . . . . . . : Oui
Liste de recherche du suffixe DNS : PETIBONUM



Carte Ethernet Connexion réseau sans fil ELSA--11b-CB1:
Suffixe DNS propre à la connexion : PETIBONUM
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ELSA Airlancer MC11 High Rate
Wireless LAN PC Card #3
Adresse physique . . . . . . . . .: 00-60-1D-F2-86-2B
DHCP activé. . . . . . . . . . . : Oui
Configuration automatique activée . . . . : Oui
Adresse IP. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.185.215
Masque de sous-réseau . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Passerelle par défaut . . . . . . : 192.168.185.14
Serveur DHCP. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.185.14
Serveurs DNS . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.185.14
Bail obtenu . . . . . . . . . . . : mardi 22 février 2005 19:05:48
Bail expirant . . . . . . . . . . : mardi 22 février 2005 19:35:48



Carte Ethernet Connexion réseau avec fil SMC-EZ-100-PCI:
Suffixe DNS propre à la connexion :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SMC EZ Card 10/100
(SMC1255TX-PF)
Adresse physique . . . . . . . . .: 00-04-E2-AE-B5-F5
DHCP activé. . . . . . . . . . . : Non
Adresse IP. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.185.110
Masque de sous-réseau . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Passerelle par défaut . . . . . . : 192.168.185.14
Serveurs DNS . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.185.14

Carte Ethernet Connexion réseau sans fil TREND-54g-CB1
Statut du média . . . . . . . . . : Média déconnecté
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : IEEE 802.11g Wireless
Cardbus/PCI Adapter
Adresse physique . . . . . . . . .: 00-40-F4-BA-B4-66

 

[Chuck]

Hello Chuck,

I've exactly the same problem with 2 of my systems as I reported in an
other thread above:

<SNIP>

Castor,

You may or may not be having the same problem (a brief read of your thread
probably denies that altogether).

Posting additional requests for help, in a thread started by someone else, won't
help you, or the Original Poster. Or the helpers who try to do what they can.
Please be patient - problems as complex as yours probably can't be answered in a
couple of days.

--
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.

 

[TMA]

Hi Chuck,

Here's my IPCONFIG answer:

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : tma
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-22-83-73-96
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.147.124
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
PPP adapter Velox:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 201.9.76.78
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 201.9.76.78
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 200.165.132.154
200.165.132.147
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Exact problem:

#1) I've noticed that after trying to enable my Local Area Connection 2
device, it goes on "Acquiring Network Address" for a long time and then it
comes with "Limited or no connectivity" message. PPP adapter Velox (the one
which connects me to the internet) sometimes gets stuck on "Connecting
Miniport WAN on PPPoE" and sometimes it goes on and succeed. If I ever get
to see this miniport wan thing, either I have to wait a looooong time to try
again or I have to reboot my PC in order to get it connected.
#2) My modem's manual (SpeedStream 5200) says i can type http://speedstream
to access it's web-like configurations. The thing is that I always get "The
Page Cannot Be Displayed" no matter if I'm connected or not.

Additional info:

I use this connection to get to the internet. My network card has a network
cable that goes to this SpeedStream 5200 modem (which I cannot access
anymore by typing http://speedstream). From this modem, there's a phone
cable to the phone socket on the wall. All I know about it is that it's a
broadband connection 256 kpbs ADSL. When I want to come online, I have to be
sure this "Local Area Connection 2" thingy is enabled, then I hit the icon
to connect me to this "PPP Adapter Velox" and then I have to go to a website
to log on.

Hint:

I recently downloaded SP2 and burned a new CD attaching it to a previous
WinXP SP1 I had following the procedures I found on the web. I formated the
HD and installed SP2 on an empty partition and had no problems. This
"connecting to miniport WAN pppoe" message started to happen after I hook up
this realtek PCI card and disabled the built-in card on my mother board. My
Local Area Connection disappeared and this Local Area Connection 2 came on
and now I have hard times to get connected.

I know I'm not good with all these network names, but any help would be
welcome.
Thanks for your attention.

 

[Chuck]

Hi Chuck,

Here's my IPCONFIG answer:

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : tma
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-22-83-73-96
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.147.124
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
PPP adapter Velox:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 201.9.76.78
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 201.9.76.78
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 200.165.132.154
200.165.132.147
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Exact problem:

#1) I've noticed that after trying to enable my Local Area Connection 2
device, it goes on "Acquiring Network Address" for a long time and then it
comes with "Limited or no connectivity" message. PPP adapter Velox (the one
which connects me to the internet) sometimes gets stuck on "Connecting
Miniport WAN on PPPoE" and sometimes it goes on and succeed. If I ever get
to see this miniport wan thing, either I have to wait a looooong time to try
again or I have to reboot my PC in order to get it connected.
#2) My modem's manual (SpeedStream 5200) says i can type http://speedstream
to access it's web-like configurations. The thing is that I always get "The
Page Cannot Be Displayed" no matter if I'm connected or not.

Additional info:

I use this connection to get to the internet. My network card has a network
cable that goes to this SpeedStream 5200 modem (which I cannot access
anymore by typing http://speedstream). From this modem, there's a phone
cable to the phone socket on the wall. All I know about it is that it's a
broadband connection 256 kpbs ADSL. When I want to come online, I have to be
sure this "Local Area Connection 2" thingy is enabled, then I hit the icon
to connect me to this "PPP Adapter Velox" and then I have to go to a website
to log on.

Hint:

I recently downloaded SP2 and burned a new CD attaching it to a previous
WinXP SP1 I had following the procedures I found on the web. I formated the
HD and installed SP2 on an empty partition and had no problems. This
"connecting to miniport WAN pppoe" message started to happen after I hook up
this realtek PCI card and disabled the built-in card on my mother board. My
Local Area Connection disappeared and this Local Area Connection 2 came on
and now I have hard times to get connected.

I know I'm not good with all these network names, but any help would be
welcome.
Thanks for your attention.

OK, TMA,

You seem to have a variety of problems here, so let's just look at each
individual issue.

So you're using PPPoE service from VeloxZone. It sounds like you use your
browser, to access their website, then login to your account so you can access
the internet. Did you install any software, maybe an add-in to your browser, to
get to their website?

Have you talked to VeloxZone Tech Support, and found out if their service (or
software) is known to have any problems with Windows XP SP2 clients?

Could this maybe be a Windows Firewall issue? I would NOT recommend disabling
WF for even a second, but try and find out if WF needs any special consideration
for their service to work properly.

Did you get SP2 compatible drivers from Realtek?

When you installed the Speedstream originally, did it come with a setup program,
which may have made an entry in your Hosts or LMHosts file to define
Speedstream, so you can access its setup page by name? Read the manual, find
out what ip address it uses, and see if you can access by ip address (for
instance, my modem has address 192.168.1.1, so I could type "http://192.168.1.1"
to access its setup page).

This might possibly be an LSP / Winsock problem. LSP / Winsock problems have
been known to affect DHCP clients acquiring ip addresses in mysterious ways.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=318584
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=811259

For XP SP2, Start - Run - "cmd". Type "netsh winsock reset catalog" into the
command window.

If no help from netsh, give LSP-Fix <http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm>,
WinsockFix <http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=257>, or WinsockXPFix
<http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html> a shot.

If no help yet, reset TCP/IP.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=299357

Start - Run - "cmd". Type "netsh int ip reset c:\netsh.txt" into the command
window.

I'll think about this a bit, so keep watching this thread.

BTW, TMA, posting your email address openly will get you more unwanted email,
than wanted email. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself
a bit safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - read this article.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

--
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.

 

[TMA]

Hi Chuck,

I've been reading some websites here and this thing seemed to have solved
the problem. I just ran the NETWORK SETUP WIZARD thing following the
instructions and it seems to be working fine now.
As for the http://SpeedStream thing, efficient website says it's only
available if my modem is configured as a rounter, which is not the case, so
that's why I cannot access it from my broweser.
For the e-mail thingy, this is not my real e-mail account. I just use it in
registrations and forums, so i dont get bothered by spam. I never get to
read it anyway. But thanks for your concern.
Again, thanks a lot spending your time trying to solve my problems.
Regarnds

TMA