limited or no connectivity

[colleen medin]

Have 3 pc with wireless lan. Use an access point from one of the pc's. Since
we installed win pro sp2 we have been getting the above subject. Lan appears
to be working. Try to repair & am told that unable to assign an ip address.
Anyone got any ideas? TIA

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Have 3 pc with wireless lan. Use an access point from one of the pc's. Since
we installed win pro sp2 we have been getting the above subject. Lan appears
to be working. Try to repair & am told that unable to assign an ip address.
Anyone got any ideas? TIA

That message means that the network connection can't get an IP address
from a DHCP server. If there isn't a DHCP server on your network,
then the message doesn't indicate a problem. The computers will
automatically assign themselves compatible IP addresses in 169.254.x.x
and communicate just fine.

With no DHCP server, you have these choices:

1. Ignore the error message.

2. Disable the error message:

a. Right-click the network connection.
b. Click Properties.
c. Un-check "Notify me when this connection has
limited or no connectivity".

3. Assign a static IP address to each computer.

If you have an ad-hoc wireless network using an access point (not a
router), there probably isn't a DHCP server anywhere.
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[ted medin]

That message means that the network connection can't get an IP address
from a DHCP server. If there isn't a DHCP server on your network,
then the message doesn't indicate a problem. The computers will
automatically assign themselves compatible IP addresses in 169.254.x.x
and communicate just fine.

With no DHCP server, you have these choices:

1. Ignore the error message.

2. Disable the error message:

a. Right-click the network connection.
b. Click Properties.
c. Un-check "Notify me when this connection has
limited or no connectivity".

3. Assign a static IP address to each computer.

If you have an ad-hoc wireless network using an access point (not a
router), there probably isn't a DHCP server anywhere.

We are using infrastructure & the access point has dhcp disabled. I tried to
enable it but didnt know what to use for starting ip ... . Is there info &
what to use? TIA

 

[colleen medin]

Ok yes i forgot the wep from our access point is not as sofisticated as
windowsxp. It has only the hex keys :-(.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

We are using infrastructure & the access point has dhcp disabled. I tried to
enable it but didnt know what to use for starting ip ... . Is there info &
what to use? TIA

These IP addresses are reserved for use on private networks by the
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority:

10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255

The most commonly used addresses are 192.168.0.1-192.168.0.254, with
subnet mask 255.255.255.0.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
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