MN-700 Wireless Adapters get 0.0.0.0 for IP

Hello,

I have the MN-700 with all soft/firmware up to date. The
wire connections work fine. I have 2 laptops, different
brands, different wireless adapters that both cannot see
the router, no matter what I try, despite the fact that
the SSID is set to broadcast. Still even when I can
manage to force them (both laptops) to connect they get
an Excellent signal strength, but no IP (0.0.0.0)
address. I'm wondering if the wireless capabilities of
the router are faulty, and I need to return it. I was
unable to find any similar threads about this issue.

On an unrelated note, I've noticed the router will not
release the existing connection list, no matter how many
times I reset it (despite the fact that it says if you
reset the router, only clients that request a new IP will
be listed). It continues to show every connection that
ever existed on the router. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

I have seen this problem. Have you tried stopping the card, removing
it and reinserting it? What happens if you reboot? What happens when
you have one laptop powered off and experiment with one only? I do not
believe the brand of the wireless client is relevant to this issue as
I've seen it with multiple vendors wireless cards. Client lease time
was set to 2 weeks.


On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 21:17:02 -0800, "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have the MN-700 with all soft/firmware up to date. The
>wire connections work fine. I have 2 laptops, different
>brands, different wireless adapters that both cannot see
>the router, no matter what I try, despite the fact that
>the SSID is set to broadcast. Still even when I can
>manage to force them (both laptops) to connect they get
>an Excellent signal strength, but no IP (0.0.0.0)
>address. I'm wondering if the wireless capabilities of
>the router are faulty, and I need to return it. I was
>unable to find any similar threads about this issue.
>
>On an unrelated note, I've noticed the router will not
>release the existing connection list, no matter how many
>times I reset it (despite the fact that it says if you
>reset the router, only clients that request a new IP will
>be listed). It continues to show every connection that
>ever existed on the router. Any help would be greatly
>appreciated.

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Barb Bowman
Expert Zone Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
MS-MVP (Windows)

Hello, with one or both laptops attempting to receive an
IP address, the problem still occurs. Removing one of
the cards (the other laptop's card is built in
internally) does not help the issue at all.

>-----Original Message-----
>I have seen this problem. Have you tried stopping the
card, removing
>it and reinserting it? What happens if you reboot? What
happens when
>you have one laptop powered off and experiment with one
only? I do not
>believe the brand of the wireless client is relevant to
this issue as
>I've seen it with multiple vendors wireless cards.
Client lease time
>was set to 2 weeks.
>
>
>On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 21:17:02 -0800, "Paul"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I have the MN-700 with all soft/firmware up to date.
The
>>wire connections work fine. I have 2 laptops,
different
>>brands, different wireless adapters that both cannot
see
>>the router, no matter what I try, despite the fact that
>>the SSID is set to broadcast. Still even when I can
>>manage to force them (both laptops) to connect they get
>>an Excellent signal strength, but no IP (0.0.0.0)
>>address. I'm wondering if the wireless capabilities of
>>the router are faulty, and I need to return it. I was
>>unable to find any similar threads about this issue.
>>
>>On an unrelated note, I've noticed the router will not
>>release the existing connection list, no matter how
many
>>times I reset it (despite the fact that it says if you
>>reset the router, only clients that request a new IP
will
>>be listed). It continues to show every connection that
>>ever existed on the router. Any help would be greatly
>>appreciated.
>
>--
>Barb Bowman
>Expert Zone Columnist
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>MS-MVP (Windows)
>.
>

If unplug the base station and plug it back in and reboot the computers, do
you still have this issue? If yes, you should exchange it.

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Hello, with one or both laptops attempting to receive an
> IP address, the problem still occurs. Removing one of
> the cards (the other laptop's card is built in
> internally) does not help the issue at all.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> I have seen this problem. Have you tried stopping the
> card, removing
>> it and reinserting it? What happens if you reboot? What
> happens when
>> you have one laptop powered off and experiment with one only? I do
>> not believe the brand of the wireless client is relevant to this
>> issue as I've seen it with multiple vendors wireless cards.
> Client lease time
>> was set to 2 weeks.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 21:17:02 -0800, "Paul"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have the MN-700 with all soft/firmware up to date.
> The
>>> wire connections work fine. I have 2 laptops,
> different
>>> brands, different wireless adapters that both cannot
> see
>>> the router, no matter what I try, despite the fact that
>>> the SSID is set to broadcast. Still even when I can
>>> manage to force them (both laptops) to connect they get
>>> an Excellent signal strength, but no IP (0.0.0.0)
>>> address. I'm wondering if the wireless capabilities of
>>> the router are faulty, and I need to return it. I was
>>> unable to find any similar threads about this issue.
>>>
>>> On an unrelated note, I've noticed the router will not
>>> release the existing connection list, no matter how
> many
>>> times I reset it (despite the fact that it says if you
>>> reset the router, only clients that request a new IP
> will
>>> be listed). It continues to show every connection that
>>> ever existed on the router. Any help would be greatly
>>> appreciated.
>>
>> --
>> Barb Bowman
>> Expert Zone Columnist
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> MS-MVP (Windows)
>> .


--
Barb Bowman
Expert Zone Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
MS-MVP (Windows)