Hotspot: can't get gateway IP with DHCP

DHCP leases IP but no gateway/DNS informations.
but I'm connected.

I tried to put this informations manually with no
success.

Thanks

In article <q2fRf.31592$(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
says...
> DHCP leases IP but no gateway/DNS informations.
> but I'm connected.
>
> I tried to put this informations manually with no
> success.

So the hotspot DHCP server needs configuring correctly.

___ <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>DHCP leases IP but no gateway/DNS informations.
>but I'm connected.

I'll assume Microsoft XP Home SP2 and some random laptop with some
random wireless card, connecting to some random hot spot.

>I tried to put this informations manually with no
>success.

Try a different hot spot or wireless access point. The idea is to
figure out if your laptop is screwed up, or if the hot spot is
misconfigured.

I've seen behavior similar to this with:

1. A broken AOL9 client which replaces the Windoze DHCP client with
it's own.

2. A broken Winsock on XP. I suggest running one of the XP Winsock
fix utilities:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4372.html
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811259
Be sure to create a system restore point before using these.

You can also verify what the hot spot is actually sending you with:

http://www.weirdsolutions.com/weirdS...ytool_free.exe
You do NOT need an IP address for this to work as it uses broadcasts.
If the DNS and gateway fields are blank, then the hot spot router has
a problem. If they have valid addresses but your Windoze isn't
picking them up, it's your problem.

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