Weird IP

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My Xp machine can't connect to my router... when I do IPCONFIG I find the IP
69.X.X.XX. I don't know where this IP is coming from? Anyone have idea?
 
Did you mean 169 ? - Whenever a NIC initializes at boot it seeks a
DNS server to configure it's settings. (If set to Automatic in the LAC).
When no DNS server is found, it uses a AutoConfiguration value that
starts with 169.

I would start by checking cabling and perhaps power-cycle the router.
 
JoeO said:
My Xp machine can't connect to my router... when I do IPCONFIG I find the
IP
69.X.X.XX. I don't know where this IP is coming from? Anyone have idea?
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Somebody else's DHCP router.
Jim
 
Yes it is 169.x.x.x... How do I change the LAC to not to not have that IP?
Thanks in advance
 
You can manually assign an address from your Router's range. The
manual will tell you the Routers LAN IP. It varies from vendor to
vendor. So if your Router is 192.168.1.1, then you would set your
NIC to an IP of 192.168.1.2, for Gateway and DNS server you
set those values to the Router's IP (192.168.1.1). The SubNet mask
value is 255.255.255.0
Most Routers have a web-interface for configuration. By default all
of them should have their DNS enabled. Is this a traditional NIC that
uses a cable or are you trying to connect via Wireless ? If the Router
hasn't be configured, you should do that with a wired Ethernet link.
 
R. McCarty said:
Did you mean 169 ? - Whenever a NIC initializes at boot it seeks a
DNS server to configure it's settings.
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No, not a DNS router, that's not what the DNS system does. Nearly all
computers nowadays send a request to a DHCP (Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol) server as soon as they detect a network
connection. The DHCP server returns an IP address, DNS server
addresses, network submask, everything needed to use the IP network.

DNS is Domain Name System. That's the worldwide, distributed database
that translates domain names (like www.microsoft.com) into IP
addresses.
 
What is your setup?. How are you connected? If you are not connected to a
dhcp source router etc. then your net adapter will be assigned that address
by windows. That address is an indication that the machine is not getting an
address for dhcp source. Your can change your network adapter to any address
if you configure it in local area connections properties to use a specific
address instead of, obtaining an ip address automatically.
 
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