Wifi Help

All,

Well I opened by laptop at a park nearby my home and I could see a
wireless network named ' Free Public Wifi' in the list of networks. So
I clicked to connect and it connected - but only to get the auto
assigned 169.254.XXX.XXX series ip assigned. So eventhough it says it
is connected, there is no data receieved over the network...

What should I do get it working properly?

Thanks!

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> All,
>
> Well I opened by laptop at a park nearby my home and I could see a
> wireless network named ' Free Public Wifi' in the list of networks. So
> I clicked to connect and it connected - but only to get the auto
> assigned 169.254.XXX.XXX series ip assigned. So eventhough it says it
> is connected, there is no data receieved over the network...
>
> What should I do get it working properly?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
When you get the 169.x.x.x address, you aren't really connected. You can
try to repair the connection. It is possible that you can see a signal
but that the AP is too far away (signal too weak) to connect to
properly. Also be aware that access points generally put out a stronger
signal than your laptop does (better antenna, placement, etc.). It is
possible you can see the signal but your laptop signal is too weak for
the AP to see.

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>Well I opened by laptop at a park nearby my home and I could see a
>wireless network named ' Free Public Wifi' in the list of networks. So
>I clicked to connect and it connected - but only to get the auto
>assigned 169.254.XXX.XXX series ip assigned. So eventhough it says it
>is connected, there is no data receieved over the network...

Some random possibilities:

You don't have a good enough connection to get an IP address from the
DHCP server.

The owner has (mis)configured it to not _have_ a DHCP server (so only
those in the know who can assign a static IP can use it).

It's a "free but you must sign up to use it" hotspot and you need to
find the owner and get signed up.

It's a honeypot for stealing your passwords, and the script kiddies
haven't gotten it figured out yet.

Thanks a lot for all ur replies!!!!

Well I can see a strong signal, but can't connect. Probably he might
have not turned on the DCHP option!!!

Thanks again!


William P.N. Smith wrote:
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> >Well I opened by laptop at a park nearby my home and I could see a
> >wireless network named ' Free Public Wifi' in the list of networks. So
> >I clicked to connect and it connected - but only to get the auto
> >assigned 169.254.XXX.XXX series ip assigned. So eventhough it says it
> >is connected, there is no data receieved over the network...
>
> Some random possibilities:
>
> You don't have a good enough connection to get an IP address from the
> DHCP server.
>
> The owner has (mis)configured it to not _have_ a DHCP server (so only
> those in the know who can assign a static IP can use it).
>
> It's a "free but you must sign up to use it" hotspot and you need to
> find the owner and get signed up.
>
> It's a honeypot for stealing your passwords, and the script kiddies
> haven't gotten it figured out yet.

You can "connect" without DHCP. If you can't connect at all, he might be
using MAC filtering or security.

In <(E-Mail Removed) .com> on 5 Jun 2006
07:39:34 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>Thanks a lot for all ur replies!!!!
>
>Well I can see a strong signal, but can't connect. Probably he might
>have not turned on the DCHP option!!!
>
>Thanks again!
>
>William P.N. Smith wrote:
>> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> >Well I opened by laptop at a park nearby my home and I could see a
>> >wireless network named ' Free Public Wifi' in the list of networks. So
>> >I clicked to connect and it connected - but only to get the auto
>> >assigned 169.254.XXX.XXX series ip assigned. So eventhough it says it
>> >is connected, there is no data receieved over the network...
>>
>> Some random possibilities:
>>
>> You don't have a good enough connection to get an IP address from the
>> DHCP server.
>>
>> The owner has (mis)configured it to not _have_ a DHCP server (so only
>> those in the know who can assign a static IP can use it).
>>
>> It's a "free but you must sign up to use it" hotspot and you need to
>> find the owner and get signed up.
>>
>> It's a honeypot for stealing your passwords, and the script kiddies
>> haven't gotten it figured out yet.

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