Trouble accessing home network

I have a home network with a wireless router, which I can access
through two laptops. One uses a Linksys card and works ok, the other
uses a built in card (Dell Latitude D620), thsi used to work until
last Friday, now all it ever reports is 'aquiring network address'.
The other laptop still connects ok. Can anyone help?

You probably haven't but is there any chance that by accident you have
turned off the in built function.
I know nothing about laptops but this was just an idea.
Joan

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>I have a home network with a wireless router, which I can access
> through two laptops. One uses a Linksys card and works ok, the other
> uses a built in card (Dell Latitude D620), thsi used to work until
> last Friday, now all it ever reports is 'aquiring network address'.
> The other laptop still connects ok. Can anyone help?



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On 18 Mar, 11:29, "Joan Archer" <archer_j...@NOSPAM.com> wrote:
> You probably haven't but is there any chance that by accident you have
> turned off the in built function.
> I know nothing about laptops but this was just an idea.
> Joan
>
> blod...@googlemail.com wrote:
> >I have a home network with a wireless router, which I can access
> > through two laptops. One uses a Linksys card and works ok, the other
> > uses a built in card (Dell Latitude D620), thsi used to work until
> > last Friday, now all it ever reports is 'aquiring network address'.
> > The other laptop still connects ok. Can anyone help?
>
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thanks, I checked that, the network is detected, full strength signal
but it just stays at 'scquiring network address', tomorrow I can see
if it will connect to the wireless at work

Thicko wrote:
> On 18 Mar, 11:29, "Joan Archer" <archer_j...@NOSPAM.com> wrote:
>
>>You probably haven't but is there any chance that by accident you have
>>turned off the in built function.
>>I know nothing about laptops but this was just an idea.
>>Joan
>>
>>blod...@googlemail.com wrote:
>>
>>>I have a home network with a wireless router, which I can access
>>>through two laptops. One uses a Linksys card and works ok, the other
>>>uses a built in card (Dell Latitude D620), thsi used to work until
>>>last Friday, now all it ever reports is 'aquiring network address'.
>>>The other laptop still connects ok. Can anyone help?
>>
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>
>
>
> thanks, I checked that, the network is detected, full strength signal
> but it just stays at 'scquiring network address', tomorrow I can see
> if it will connect to the wireless at work
>

You know things do go defective and not work anymore. They don't last
forever.

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>I have a home network with a wireless router, which I can access
> through two laptops. One uses a Linksys card and works ok, the other
> uses a built in card (Dell Latitude D620), thsi used to work until
> last Friday, now all it ever reports is 'aquiring network address'.
> The other laptop still connects ok. Can anyone help?

Well, hanging on "aquiring network address" means that the router's DHCP
isn't successfully getting IP's from the router.

This should certainly be easily fixable, but you didn't really give enough
information for anyone to on than guess at a few of the most common reasons
why its not pulling IP's.

(I'm going to assume that you are using DHCP from the router and not
assigning static IP's, since this the default and most common setup.)

To start off with, are you using encryption (WPA, WEP, etc)? If so, my
first guess would be that the problem laptop somehow lost it's key. Try
re-entering the key. If that still doesn't work, you may want to
temporarily turn encryption off on the router and the problem laptop to
eliminate one variable so you can T/S further.

Going further, ensure that DHCP is turned on with the router (assuming you
are using DHCP again) and has an IP table range to accommodate everything
that connects to router, look at MAC filtering on router (MAC filtering
doesn't buy you extra "security", but if you are using it then make sure
that this problem laptop's wireless MAC addy is in the table), check the
TCP/IP properties on the problem laptop's wireless card ("Obtain an IP/DNS
Address Automatically")...

Once it is talking again, bring your encryption back up into the loop...

"Joan Archer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> You probably haven't but is there any chance that by accident you have
> turned off the in built function.
> I know nothing about laptops but this was just an idea.
> Joan

If it was turned off, it wouldn't get as far as "Aquiring Network Address".

"Aquiring Network Address" means that the wireless connection has been
established.

If it was turned off, there would've been some variant as "Service not
available" when a connection was attempted. Actually, since the wireless is
built-in to the laptop and probably using it's own custom OEM client
software, it likely would've been in even more clearer English: "Wireless
turned off.". I've seen some of the newer laptops with built-in wireless
that are even more transparant: when wireless is turned off, the client
program isn't even visable on the tray and when you attempt to run it from
menu or command line, it informs you that the wireless is turned off.

On Mar 18, 5:58 am, blod...@googlemail.com wrote:
> I have a home network with a wireless router, which I can access
> through two laptops. One uses a Linksys card and works ok, the other
> uses a built in card (Dell Latitude D620), thsi used to work until
> last Friday, now all it ever reports is 'aquiring network address'.
> The other laptop still connects ok. Can anyone help?

Check logs on WAP/router. Check IP config on Dell. Which wireless
manager s/w on Dell? Check WAP/router config (like, MAC-filtering.)

Try rebooting WAP/router, and see if it then provides IP config.

The more specifics you can provide, the simpler to get to fix.

J

On 18 Mar 2007 02:58:54 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>I have a home network with a wireless router, which I can access
>through two laptops. One uses a Linksys card and works ok, the other
>uses a built in card (Dell Latitude D620), thsi used to work until
>last Friday, now all it ever reports is 'aquiring network address'.
Can anyone help?

I had similar problems.

First, I found that if I shut down my anti-virus and firewall it
started working.

Second, the wireless computer had to have the setup CD re-run. Then
it took right off.

George C

Configure DHCP settings in the router, static IP address or reserve an
address for the particular MAC address.

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>I have a home network with a wireless router, which I can access
>through two laptops. One uses a Linksys card and works ok, the other
>uses a built in card (Dell Latitude D620), thsi used to work until
>last Friday, now all it ever reports is 'aquiring network address'.
>The other laptop still connects ok. Can anyone help?

On 18 Mar 2007 02:58:54 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote in
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>I have a home network with a wireless router, which I can access
>through two laptops. One uses a Linksys card and works ok, the other
>uses a built in card (Dell Latitude D620), thsi used to work until
>last Friday, now all it ever reports is 'aquiring network address'.
>The other laptop still connects ok. Can anyone help?

Test the Dell at a public hotspot.

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