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Guest
Hi,
I have 3 PCs on my home network. The 2 desktops work fine and the notebook
did until the last few days. It is a Dell Inspiron 6000. I have a wired
network (Linksys BEFSR41 router/switch) and the PCs pick up a dynamic IP when
they start up.
A few days ago we started up the notebook and got the "limited or no
connectivity" message for the first time in almost two years. Since the
other PCs were working fine, I thought that jack might be suspect, brought
the notebook PC to a different jack and it picked up a dynamic IP from my
router. I unplugged, went back to the original jack and the IP stuck. This
stayed fine for a few days and I thought it was just a fluke. But today I
got the same message again. This time I couldn't get it to pick up an IP
from my router. I tried "repair", "ipconfig /release", and "ipconfig /renew"
with no luck.
After poking around a bit, I discovered it had picked up a completely
foreign IP address. I checked and found out that it was sensing a weak
wireless network. Is it possible that I'm picking up an IP from a neighbor's
wireless network that's preventing my own wired network from assigning an IP?
To sorta test that theory, I assigned a static IP in the normal range for my
router. I was able to connect to my home network and see files on the other
PCs. I would have accepted that solution but I still couldnt get to the
internet (or ping outside my own network). So I attempted to disable the
wireless function on the PC (don't know if that really worked) and blocked an
IP range on the (McAfee) firewall. I went back to DHCP and tried to restart,
but the bad IP is still coming up, and I'm still getting the "limited or no
connectivity" message.
I don't think it's the router, since the other PCs continue to function just
fine. Any thoughts on how to completely disable the wireless function?
Sorry for the long story, but does anyone have any suggestions how to get
the notebook PC to work only with my wired network?
Thanks.
Dan
I have 3 PCs on my home network. The 2 desktops work fine and the notebook
did until the last few days. It is a Dell Inspiron 6000. I have a wired
network (Linksys BEFSR41 router/switch) and the PCs pick up a dynamic IP when
they start up.
A few days ago we started up the notebook and got the "limited or no
connectivity" message for the first time in almost two years. Since the
other PCs were working fine, I thought that jack might be suspect, brought
the notebook PC to a different jack and it picked up a dynamic IP from my
router. I unplugged, went back to the original jack and the IP stuck. This
stayed fine for a few days and I thought it was just a fluke. But today I
got the same message again. This time I couldn't get it to pick up an IP
from my router. I tried "repair", "ipconfig /release", and "ipconfig /renew"
with no luck.
After poking around a bit, I discovered it had picked up a completely
foreign IP address. I checked and found out that it was sensing a weak
wireless network. Is it possible that I'm picking up an IP from a neighbor's
wireless network that's preventing my own wired network from assigning an IP?
To sorta test that theory, I assigned a static IP in the normal range for my
router. I was able to connect to my home network and see files on the other
PCs. I would have accepted that solution but I still couldnt get to the
internet (or ping outside my own network). So I attempted to disable the
wireless function on the PC (don't know if that really worked) and blocked an
IP range on the (McAfee) firewall. I went back to DHCP and tried to restart,
but the bad IP is still coming up, and I'm still getting the "limited or no
connectivity" message.
I don't think it's the router, since the other PCs continue to function just
fine. Any thoughts on how to completely disable the wireless function?
Sorry for the long story, but does anyone have any suggestions how to get
the notebook PC to work only with my wired network?
Thanks.
Dan