Assigning Invalid IP address???

I've run into a problem with my wireless laptop connection. Things were
working fine until a few days ago. My set up is as follows -

I have a cable modem connected to a DLink DI-624 wireless router. My home
desktop is a LAN connection to the router. I also have a Compaq laptop with
a built in wireless adapter, which connects into the network & I have been
successful in file & print sharing. I also use my laptop at my office which
has a very similar setup. The office desktop is connected to a DI-624 router
by LAN, plus I have an office laptop & my personal laptop both connected
wirelessly. The workgroup name on all of the computers is the same, so if I
have my personal laptop at home, I can file share with my home desktop. If I
have my personal laptop at the office I can file share with my office desktop
or office laptop. It has all worked fine until a few days ago...

Before Christmas I purchased a new home desktop computer (replaced my
previous one) & did not have any difficulties connecting it to the network &
was able to file share between the laptop & desktop. Last week, I got a new
printer which I installed on my home desktop. I went to set it up to print
share with my wireless laptop (which I was able to do before) & that's when I
realized I no longer had file or print sharing at home. I was a bit confused
but did some fiddeling around (mainly just ran network connection wizard on
each computer) & managed to get things connected again. It was late at night
& I was tired when all this occured so I figured I probably could have
problem solved a bit better if I wasn't as tired, but under the circumstances
the network wizard got everything fix.

But, I took my laptop to the office today, now I cannot connect at all to my
office network. The office desktop (LAN) & office laptop (wireless) are
connecting fine & I have file/print sharing between those two computers, but
I cannot get my personal laptop linked in in any way - not even to share
internet. When I boot the computer the wireless icon displays it is
connected to 'NFWC', the name of the network & signal strength, but then it
has the dot going back and forth 'aquireing network address'. After a minute
or so I get the limited or no connectivity balloon. I've tried repairing the
connection, but still get the same result. If I open the wireless network
status window & go to support it shows the IP address as 'invalid IP
address'. I ran a ipconfig command & the displayed IP address was
169.254.131.27. My IP address has always been 192.168.0.1xx . I checked
the other computers at the office & they both have 192 addresses. Similarly
I checked my desktop at home, its a 192 address. My laptop is connecting
fine at home (with a 192 address). So what is causing my laptop to now get
this invalid 169. address when I go to the office?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

My guess is in playing with the connections you broke the security setting
for the office network. Try deleting the office network on your laptop and
recreating it again on the laptop.

--
David Hettel

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone
to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in
E-mail or news groups.

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"Bonnie." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:AC37C7BC-2E05-4DA2-92BC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've run into a problem with my wireless laptop connection. Things were
> working fine until a few days ago. My set up is as follows -
>
> I have a cable modem connected to a DLink DI-624 wireless router. My home
> desktop is a LAN connection to the router. I also have a Compaq laptop
> with
> a built in wireless adapter, which connects into the network & I have been
> successful in file & print sharing. I also use my laptop at my office
> which
> has a very similar setup. The office desktop is connected to a DI-624
> router
> by LAN, plus I have an office laptop & my personal laptop both connected
> wirelessly. The workgroup name on all of the computers is the same, so if
> I
> have my personal laptop at home, I can file share with my home desktop.
> If I
> have my personal laptop at the office I can file share with my office
> desktop
> or office laptop. It has all worked fine until a few days ago...
>
> Before Christmas I purchased a new home desktop computer (replaced my
> previous one) & did not have any difficulties connecting it to the network
> &
> was able to file share between the laptop & desktop. Last week, I got a
> new
> printer which I installed on my home desktop. I went to set it up to
> print
> share with my wireless laptop (which I was able to do before) & that's
> when I
> realized I no longer had file or print sharing at home. I was a bit
> confused
> but did some fiddeling around (mainly just ran network connection wizard
> on
> each computer) & managed to get things connected again. It was late at
> night
> & I was tired when all this occured so I figured I probably could have
> problem solved a bit better if I wasn't as tired, but under the
> circumstances
> the network wizard got everything fix.
>
> But, I took my laptop to the office today, now I cannot connect at all to
> my
> office network. The office desktop (LAN) & office laptop (wireless) are
> connecting fine & I have file/print sharing between those two computers,
> but
> I cannot get my personal laptop linked in in any way - not even to share
> internet. When I boot the computer the wireless icon displays it is
> connected to 'NFWC', the name of the network & signal strength, but then
> it
> has the dot going back and forth 'aquireing network address'. After a
> minute
> or so I get the limited or no connectivity balloon. I've tried repairing
> the
> connection, but still get the same result. If I open the wireless network
> status window & go to support it shows the IP address as 'invalid IP
> address'. I ran a ipconfig command & the displayed IP address was
> 169.254.131.27. My IP address has always been 192.168.0.1xx . I checked
> the other computers at the office & they both have 192 addresses.
> Similarly
> I checked my desktop at home, its a 192 address. My laptop is connecting
> fine at home (with a 192 address). So what is causing my laptop to now
> get
> this invalid 169. address when I go to the office?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

OK, that idea makes sense to me & that is what I was thinking/hoping to do,
but I don't understand how I delete the office network. Could you give a bit
more direction please. Thanks for your help in advance.

"David Hettel" wrote:

> My guess is in playing with the connections you broke the security setting
> for the office network. Try deleting the office network on your laptop and
> recreating it again on the laptop.
>
> --
> David Hettel
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone
> to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in
> E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranty of any kind,
> either expressed or implied, made in relation to the accuracy, reliability
> or content of this post. The author shall not be liable for any direct,
> indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or
> inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this post and confers
> no rights.
>
>
>
> "Bonnie." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:AC37C7BC-2E05-4DA2-92BC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I've run into a problem with my wireless laptop connection. Things were
> > working fine until a few days ago. My set up is as follows -
> >
> > I have a cable modem connected to a DLink DI-624 wireless router. My home
> > desktop is a LAN connection to the router. I also have a Compaq laptop
> > with
> > a built in wireless adapter, which connects into the network & I have been
> > successful in file & print sharing. I also use my laptop at my office
> > which
> > has a very similar setup. The office desktop is connected to a DI-624
> > router
> > by LAN, plus I have an office laptop & my personal laptop both connected
> > wirelessly. The workgroup name on all of the computers is the same, so if
> > I
> > have my personal laptop at home, I can file share with my home desktop.
> > If I
> > have my personal laptop at the office I can file share with my office
> > desktop
> > or office laptop. It has all worked fine until a few days ago...
> >
> > Before Christmas I purchased a new home desktop computer (replaced my
> > previous one) & did not have any difficulties connecting it to the network
> > &
> > was able to file share between the laptop & desktop. Last week, I got a
> > new
> > printer which I installed on my home desktop. I went to set it up to
> > print
> > share with my wireless laptop (which I was able to do before) & that's
> > when I
> > realized I no longer had file or print sharing at home. I was a bit
> > confused
> > but did some fiddeling around (mainly just ran network connection wizard
> > on
> > each computer) & managed to get things connected again. It was late at
> > night
> > & I was tired when all this occured so I figured I probably could have
> > problem solved a bit better if I wasn't as tired, but under the
> > circumstances
> > the network wizard got everything fix.
> >
> > But, I took my laptop to the office today, now I cannot connect at all to
> > my
> > office network. The office desktop (LAN) & office laptop (wireless) are
> > connecting fine & I have file/print sharing between those two computers,
> > but
> > I cannot get my personal laptop linked in in any way - not even to share
> > internet. When I boot the computer the wireless icon displays it is
> > connected to 'NFWC', the name of the network & signal strength, but then
> > it
> > has the dot going back and forth 'aquireing network address'. After a
> > minute
> > or so I get the limited or no connectivity balloon. I've tried repairing
> > the
> > connection, but still get the same result. If I open the wireless network
> > status window & go to support it shows the IP address as 'invalid IP
> > address'. I ran a ipconfig command & the displayed IP address was
> > 169.254.131.27. My IP address has always been 192.168.0.1xx . I checked
> > the other computers at the office & they both have 192 addresses.
> > Similarly
> > I checked my desktop at home, its a 192 address. My laptop is connecting
> > fine at home (with a 192 address). So what is causing my laptop to now
> > get
> > this invalid 169. address when I go to the office?
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>

Hi

It is not a day to day usual occurrence, but settings of a computer can
suddenly change, it can be done inadvertently by the user, or and, by
applications and process that affect one the other due to programming
mistakes, or in case of temporary malfunction.

While running the Wizards is a good idea when setting new "stuff" on the
computer it is not a good idea to keep running it when some thing goes wrong
and need to be fixed. By running the wizard on top of already configured
Network, it does not necessarily erasing the current none functional
settings, but might add more entries to the registry and configuration
files, and thus add more confusion.

When a system is working OK and suddenly gets out of control the way to deal
with it is to find what is not functioning correctly and "Fix" it.

As David said above, your description might indicate that the Laptop's
Wireless settings does not match any more to the Wireless Router and thus
can not establish a connection and be assigned with am IP. As a result it
defaults to the Windows OS setting its own default IP 169.xxx.xxx.xxx

Disable temporarily the security measures that you have on the Laptop, log
to the Router with a functional computer, (or connect the laptop with a wire
to the Router) write down the Wireless setting and duplicate them to the
laptop.

Jack (MVP-Networking).



"Bonnie." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news688DCBA-7EC0-4658-8E66-(E-Mail Removed)...
> OK, that idea makes sense to me & that is what I was thinking/hoping to
> do,
> but I don't understand how I delete the office network. Could you give a
> bit
> more direction please. Thanks for your help in advance.
>
> "David Hettel" wrote:
>
>> My guess is in playing with the connections you broke the security
>> setting
>> for the office network. Try deleting the office network on your laptop
>> and
>> recreating it again on the laptop.
>>
>> --
>> David Hettel
>>
>> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for
>> everyone
>> to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me
>> in
>> E-mail or news groups.
>>
>> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>
>> DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranty of any
>> kind,
>> either expressed or implied, made in relation to the accuracy,
>> reliability
>> or content of this post. The author shall not be liable for any direct,
>> indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of,
>> or
>> inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this post and
>> confers
>> no rights.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Bonnie." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:AC37C7BC-2E05-4DA2-92BC-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > I've run into a problem with my wireless laptop connection. Things
>> > were
>> > working fine until a few days ago. My set up is as follows -
>> >
>> > I have a cable modem connected to a DLink DI-624 wireless router. My
>> > home
>> > desktop is a LAN connection to the router. I also have a Compaq laptop
>> > with
>> > a built in wireless adapter, which connects into the network & I have
>> > been
>> > successful in file & print sharing. I also use my laptop at my office
>> > which
>> > has a very similar setup. The office desktop is connected to a DI-624
>> > router
>> > by LAN, plus I have an office laptop & my personal laptop both
>> > connected
>> > wirelessly. The workgroup name on all of the computers is the same, so
>> > if
>> > I
>> > have my personal laptop at home, I can file share with my home desktop.
>> > If I
>> > have my personal laptop at the office I can file share with my office
>> > desktop
>> > or office laptop. It has all worked fine until a few days ago...
>> >
>> > Before Christmas I purchased a new home desktop computer (replaced my
>> > previous one) & did not have any difficulties connecting it to the
>> > network
>> > &
>> > was able to file share between the laptop & desktop. Last week, I got
>> > a
>> > new
>> > printer which I installed on my home desktop. I went to set it up to
>> > print
>> > share with my wireless laptop (which I was able to do before) & that's
>> > when I
>> > realized I no longer had file or print sharing at home. I was a bit
>> > confused
>> > but did some fiddeling around (mainly just ran network connection
>> > wizard
>> > on
>> > each computer) & managed to get things connected again. It was late at
>> > night
>> > & I was tired when all this occured so I figured I probably could have
>> > problem solved a bit better if I wasn't as tired, but under the
>> > circumstances
>> > the network wizard got everything fix.
>> >
>> > But, I took my laptop to the office today, now I cannot connect at all
>> > to
>> > my
>> > office network. The office desktop (LAN) & office laptop (wireless)
>> > are
>> > connecting fine & I have file/print sharing between those two
>> > computers,
>> > but
>> > I cannot get my personal laptop linked in in any way - not even to
>> > share
>> > internet. When I boot the computer the wireless icon displays it is
>> > connected to 'NFWC', the name of the network & signal strength, but
>> > then
>> > it
>> > has the dot going back and forth 'aquireing network address'. After a
>> > minute
>> > or so I get the limited or no connectivity balloon. I've tried
>> > repairing
>> > the
>> > connection, but still get the same result. If I open the wireless
>> > network
>> > status window & go to support it shows the IP address as 'invalid IP
>> > address'. I ran a ipconfig command & the displayed IP address was
>> > 169.254.131.27. My IP address has always been 192.168.0.1xx . I
>> > checked
>> > the other computers at the office & they both have 192 addresses.
>> > Similarly
>> > I checked my desktop at home, its a 192 address. My laptop is
>> > connecting
>> > fine at home (with a 192 address). So what is causing my laptop to now
>> > get
>> > this invalid 169. address when I go to the office?
>> >
>> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>

Thanks for the advice. Before I recieved you message, I actually tried
something different & it worked. I probably didn't have to do both of these
things, but at any rate it work. First I opened the Wireless Network Connect
& delected the network from the preferred network. Then (this is the part
that probably wasn't necessary) I deleted the wireless network adapater from
the device manager. Rebooted the system & let it redetect the wireless
adapter & network, re-entered the network key & everything works.

"Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:

> Hi
>
> It is not a day to day usual occurrence, but settings of a computer can
> suddenly change, it can be done inadvertently by the user, or and, by
> applications and process that affect one the other due to programming
> mistakes, or in case of temporary malfunction.
>
> While running the Wizards is a good idea when setting new "stuff" on the
> computer it is not a good idea to keep running it when some thing goes wrong
> and need to be fixed. By running the wizard on top of already configured
> Network, it does not necessarily erasing the current none functional
> settings, but might add more entries to the registry and configuration
> files, and thus add more confusion.
>
> When a system is working OK and suddenly gets out of control the way to deal
> with it is to find what is not functioning correctly and "Fix" it.
>
> As David said above, your description might indicate that the Laptop's
> Wireless settings does not match any more to the Wireless Router and thus
> can not establish a connection and be assigned with am IP. As a result it
> defaults to the Windows OS setting its own default IP 169.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
> Disable temporarily the security measures that you have on the Laptop, log
> to the Router with a functional computer, (or connect the laptop with a wire
> to the Router) write down the Wireless setting and duplicate them to the
> laptop.
>
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
>
>
> "Bonnie." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news688DCBA-7EC0-4658-8E66-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > OK, that idea makes sense to me & that is what I was thinking/hoping to
> > do,
> > but I don't understand how I delete the office network. Could you give a
> > bit
> > more direction please. Thanks for your help in advance.
> >
> > "David Hettel" wrote:
> >
> >> My guess is in playing with the connections you broke the security
> >> setting
> >> for the office network. Try deleting the office network on your laptop
> >> and
> >> recreating it again on the laptop.
> >>
> >> --
> >> David Hettel
> >>
> >> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for
> >> everyone
> >> to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me
> >> in
> >> E-mail or news groups.
> >>
> >> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> >>
> >> DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranty of any
> >> kind,
> >> either expressed or implied, made in relation to the accuracy,
> >> reliability
> >> or content of this post. The author shall not be liable for any direct,
> >> indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of,
> >> or
> >> inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this post and
> >> confers
> >> no rights.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Bonnie." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:AC37C7BC-2E05-4DA2-92BC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > I've run into a problem with my wireless laptop connection. Things
> >> > were
> >> > working fine until a few days ago. My set up is as follows -
> >> >
> >> > I have a cable modem connected to a DLink DI-624 wireless router. My
> >> > home
> >> > desktop is a LAN connection to the router. I also have a Compaq laptop
> >> > with
> >> > a built in wireless adapter, which connects into the network & I have
> >> > been
> >> > successful in file & print sharing. I also use my laptop at my office
> >> > which
> >> > has a very similar setup. The office desktop is connected to a DI-624
> >> > router
> >> > by LAN, plus I have an office laptop & my personal laptop both
> >> > connected
> >> > wirelessly. The workgroup name on all of the computers is the same, so
> >> > if
> >> > I
> >> > have my personal laptop at home, I can file share with my home desktop.
> >> > If I
> >> > have my personal laptop at the office I can file share with my office
> >> > desktop
> >> > or office laptop. It has all worked fine until a few days ago...
> >> >
> >> > Before Christmas I purchased a new home desktop computer (replaced my
> >> > previous one) & did not have any difficulties connecting it to the
> >> > network
> >> > &
> >> > was able to file share between the laptop & desktop. Last week, I got
> >> > a
> >> > new
> >> > printer which I installed on my home desktop. I went to set it up to
> >> > print
> >> > share with my wireless laptop (which I was able to do before) & that's
> >> > when I
> >> > realized I no longer had file or print sharing at home. I was a bit
> >> > confused
> >> > but did some fiddeling around (mainly just ran network connection
> >> > wizard
> >> > on
> >> > each computer) & managed to get things connected again. It was late at
> >> > night
> >> > & I was tired when all this occured so I figured I probably could have
> >> > problem solved a bit better if I wasn't as tired, but under the
> >> > circumstances
> >> > the network wizard got everything fix.
> >> >
> >> > But, I took my laptop to the office today, now I cannot connect at all
> >> > to
> >> > my
> >> > office network. The office desktop (LAN) & office laptop (wireless)
> >> > are
> >> > connecting fine & I have file/print sharing between those two
> >> > computers,
> >> > but
> >> > I cannot get my personal laptop linked in in any way - not even to
> >> > share
> >> > internet. When I boot the computer the wireless icon displays it is
> >> > connected to 'NFWC', the name of the network & signal strength, but
> >> > then
> >> > it
> >> > has the dot going back and forth 'aquireing network address'. After a
> >> > minute
> >> > or so I get the limited or no connectivity balloon. I've tried
> >> > repairing
> >> > the
> >> > connection, but still get the same result. If I open the wireless
> >> > network
> >> > status window & go to support it shows the IP address as 'invalid IP
> >> > address'. I ran a ipconfig command & the displayed IP address was
> >> > 169.254.131.27. My IP address has always been 192.168.0.1xx . I
> >> > checked
> >> > the other computers at the office & they both have 192 addresses.
> >> > Similarly
> >> > I checked my desktop at home, its a 192 address. My laptop is
> >> > connecting
> >> > fine at home (with a 192 address). So what is causing my laptop to now
> >> > get
> >> > this invalid 169. address when I go to the office?
> >> >
> >> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Hi

Glad that you solved it.

By deleting the Wireless card from the Device manager, the old settings are
out, and Windows installed a new TCP/IP stack (a good idea that might help
cleaning some of the junk that repetitive running of the wizard could
create). If you look at the Control Pane/Network Connections, you would see
that there is new Local Area Connection with advanced number for the
connection (If it was #2 it would be now #3 etc).

Fresh TCP/IP Stack with the right Wireless settings is as good as new .

Jack (MVP-Networking).


"Bonnie." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E25D55E4-C230-4208-81B5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for the advice. Before I recieved you message, I actually tried
> something different & it worked. I probably didn't have to do both of
> these
> things, but at any rate it work. First I opened the Wireless Network
> Connect
> & delected the network from the preferred network. Then (this is the part
> that probably wasn't necessary) I deleted the wireless network adapater
> from
> the device manager. Rebooted the system & let it redetect the wireless
> adapter & network, re-entered the network key & everything works.
>
> "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> It is not a day to day usual occurrence, but settings of a computer can
>> suddenly change, it can be done inadvertently by the user, or and, by
>> applications and process that affect one the other due to programming
>> mistakes, or in case of temporary malfunction.
>>
>> While running the Wizards is a good idea when setting new "stuff" on the
>> computer it is not a good idea to keep running it when some thing goes
>> wrong
>> and need to be fixed. By running the wizard on top of already configured
>> Network, it does not necessarily erasing the current none functional
>> settings, but might add more entries to the registry and configuration
>> files, and thus add more confusion.
>>
>> When a system is working OK and suddenly gets out of control the way to
>> deal
>> with it is to find what is not functioning correctly and "Fix" it.
>>
>> As David said above, your description might indicate that the Laptop's
>> Wireless settings does not match any more to the Wireless Router and thus
>> can not establish a connection and be assigned with am IP. As a result it
>> defaults to the Windows OS setting its own default IP 169.xxx.xxx.xxx
>>
>> Disable temporarily the security measures that you have on the Laptop,
>> log
>> to the Router with a functional computer, (or connect the laptop with a
>> wire
>> to the Router) write down the Wireless setting and duplicate them to the
>> laptop.
>>
>> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>>
>>
>>
>> "Bonnie." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news688DCBA-7EC0-4658-8E66-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > OK, that idea makes sense to me & that is what I was thinking/hoping to
>> > do,
>> > but I don't understand how I delete the office network. Could you give
>> > a
>> > bit
>> > more direction please. Thanks for your help in advance.
>> >
>> > "David Hettel" wrote:
>> >
>> >> My guess is in playing with the connections you broke the security
>> >> setting
>> >> for the office network. Try deleting the office network on your laptop
>> >> and
>> >> recreating it again on the laptop.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> David Hettel
>> >>
>> >> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for
>> >> everyone
>> >> to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to
>> >> me
>> >> in
>> >> E-mail or news groups.
>> >>
>> >> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
>> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>> >>
>> >> DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranty of any
>> >> kind,
>> >> either expressed or implied, made in relation to the accuracy,
>> >> reliability
>> >> or content of this post. The author shall not be liable for any
>> >> direct,
>> >> indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use
>> >> of,
>> >> or
>> >> inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this post and
>> >> confers
>> >> no rights.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Bonnie." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:AC37C7BC-2E05-4DA2-92BC-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> > I've run into a problem with my wireless laptop connection. Things
>> >> > were
>> >> > working fine until a few days ago. My set up is as follows -
>> >> >
>> >> > I have a cable modem connected to a DLink DI-624 wireless router.
>> >> > My
>> >> > home
>> >> > desktop is a LAN connection to the router. I also have a Compaq
>> >> > laptop
>> >> > with
>> >> > a built in wireless adapter, which connects into the network & I
>> >> > have
>> >> > been
>> >> > successful in file & print sharing. I also use my laptop at my
>> >> > office
>> >> > which
>> >> > has a very similar setup. The office desktop is connected to a
>> >> > DI-624
>> >> > router
>> >> > by LAN, plus I have an office laptop & my personal laptop both
>> >> > connected
>> >> > wirelessly. The workgroup name on all of the computers is the same,
>> >> > so
>> >> > if
>> >> > I
>> >> > have my personal laptop at home, I can file share with my home
>> >> > desktop.
>> >> > If I
>> >> > have my personal laptop at the office I can file share with my
>> >> > office
>> >> > desktop
>> >> > or office laptop. It has all worked fine until a few days ago...
>> >> >
>> >> > Before Christmas I purchased a new home desktop computer (replaced
>> >> > my
>> >> > previous one) & did not have any difficulties connecting it to the
>> >> > network
>> >> > &
>> >> > was able to file share between the laptop & desktop. Last week, I
>> >> > got
>> >> > a
>> >> > new
>> >> > printer which I installed on my home desktop. I went to set it up
>> >> > to
>> >> > print
>> >> > share with my wireless laptop (which I was able to do before) &
>> >> > that's
>> >> > when I
>> >> > realized I no longer had file or print sharing at home. I was a bit
>> >> > confused
>> >> > but did some fiddeling around (mainly just ran network connection
>> >> > wizard
>> >> > on
>> >> > each computer) & managed to get things connected again. It was late
>> >> > at
>> >> > night
>> >> > & I was tired when all this occured so I figured I probably could
>> >> > have
>> >> > problem solved a bit better if I wasn't as tired, but under the
>> >> > circumstances
>> >> > the network wizard got everything fix.
>> >> >
>> >> > But, I took my laptop to the office today, now I cannot connect at
>> >> > all
>> >> > to
>> >> > my
>> >> > office network. The office desktop (LAN) & office laptop (wireless)
>> >> > are
>> >> > connecting fine & I have file/print sharing between those two
>> >> > computers,
>> >> > but
>> >> > I cannot get my personal laptop linked in in any way - not even to
>> >> > share
>> >> > internet. When I boot the computer the wireless icon displays it is
>> >> > connected to 'NFWC', the name of the network & signal strength, but
>> >> > then
>> >> > it
>> >> > has the dot going back and forth 'aquireing network address'. After
>> >> > a
>> >> > minute
>> >> > or so I get the limited or no connectivity balloon. I've tried
>> >> > repairing
>> >> > the
>> >> > connection, but still get the same result. If I open the wireless
>> >> > network
>> >> > status window & go to support it shows the IP address as 'invalid IP
>> >> > address'. I ran a ipconfig command & the displayed IP address was
>> >> > 169.254.131.27. My IP address has always been 192.168.0.1xx . I
>> >> > checked
>> >> > the other computers at the office & they both have 192 addresses.
>> >> > Similarly
>> >> > I checked my desktop at home, its a 192 address. My laptop is
>> >> > connecting
>> >> > fine at home (with a 192 address). So what is causing my laptop to
>> >> > now
>> >> > get
>> >> > this invalid 169. address when I go to the office?
>> >> >
>> >> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> >>
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