Connecting my notebook to internet..... DHCP....wrong IP...

[Camilo Plata]

Hello.
I´ve just bought a notebook Hewlett Packard ZE5537, and i´ve a cable
connection to the internet.
I expected to connect my new machine by simply pluging -in the cable
thant comes out of the modem. As i do with the other pc. (i want to
connect my notebook alone, not both of them at the same time)
The problem is that is does not go into internet. When i go to the
control panel everything seems to be right. It is configured to
obtain an IP adreess automaticly.
What is extrage is thet it gets an Ip address starting with 169....
when it should start with 200... and below it mentions something about
a private network. and nothing about DHCP.
I do not know what to do. How do i configure my new pc so It can go to
the internet?
I've tried that of configuring a home networking... and desabling the
security server (is it good to do that?)
I thank you any advice.

Juan Camilo..

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

quoted from http://www.ChicagoTech.net
Why do I get 169.254.x.x IP?

Symptom: The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has reserved
169.254.0.0-169.254.255.255 for Automatic Private IP Addressing. If the
computer can't get ip from DHCP, APIPA provides an address that is
guaranteed not to conflict with routable addresses.

Resolutions: 1) Make sure you have good connection.
2) Check the hardware and settings.
3) Make sure the DHCP is working.
4) For the test, you can assign static ip. If static ip works, it is
possible DHCP issue. If static ip doesn't work, check the hardware or
connection.


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