xbox and MN-500

I have been recieving the "Cannot request assigned IP
address" error on my xbox. I have the router set to DHCP
and the xbox to obtain IP's automatically(used to have it
set up manually which has been working until now). I
have the latest software/firmware.
My DHCP pool is set 192.168.2.30-40 (used to be 2-40) and
my Router IP is outside of that at 192.168.2.50. DMZ did
not work either, as I still recieved that error. What is
the deal with it renewing IP's? Is there any idea on
future updates so that the lease time for IP's can be
lowered to below 15 minutes as the Linksys products can
be around 2-3 minutes.

Thank you

How many devices are in your "DHCP Client List"?

It sounds like you ran out of IP addresses to me (your server is only
giving out a max. of 11 IP's).

The xbox's MAC address by default should start with 00-50-F2-**-**-** as
that is the starting sequence for Microsoft networking products.

dp wrote:

> I have been recieving the "Cannot request assigned IP
> address" error on my xbox. I have the router set to DHCP
> and the xbox to obtain IP's automatically(used to have it
> set up manually which has been working until now). I
> have the latest software/firmware.
> My DHCP pool is set 192.168.2.30-40 (used to be 2-40) and
> my Router IP is outside of that at 192.168.2.50. DMZ did
> not work either, as I still recieved that error. What is
> the deal with it renewing IP's? Is there any idea on
> future updates so that the lease time for IP's can be
> lowered to below 15 minutes as the Linksys products can
> be around 2-3 minutes.
>
> Thank you

How can it run out of IP addresses if I only have 2PC's
(both set for Auto config) and 3xbox (set to auto
config). All of which are not on at the same time. They
should all be able to be on at the same time anyway if I
have 192.168.2.2-40 available right?


>-----Original Message-----
>How many devices are in your "DHCP Client List"?
>
>It sounds like you ran out of IP addresses to me (your
server is only
>giving out a max. of 11 IP's).
>
>The xbox's MAC address by default should start with 00-
50-F2-**-**-** as
>that is the starting sequence for Microsoft networking
products.
>
>dp wrote:
>
>> I have been recieving the "Cannot request assigned IP
>> address" error on my xbox. I have the router set to
DHCP
>> and the xbox to obtain IP's automatically(used to have
it
>> set up manually which has been working until now). I
>> have the latest software/firmware.
>> My DHCP pool is set 192.168.2.30-40 (used to be 2-40)
and
>> my Router IP is outside of that at 192.168.2.50. DMZ
did
>> not work either, as I still recieved that error. What
is
>> the deal with it renewing IP's? Is there any idea on
>> future updates so that the lease time for IP's can be
>> lowered to below 15 minutes as the Linksys products
can
>> be around 2-3 minutes.
>>
>> Thank you
>
>.
>

Someone could have hacked in wirelessly to your MN-500 and taken IP's
from the router. I strongly recommend enabling MAC filtering as well as
128-bit WEP to secure your wireless connection. Another thing that can
increase wireless security is disabling the DHCP server & changing the
LAN IP address range to something other then the default 192.168.2.*
range. One last thing the lease can run anywhere from 15 minutes to 14
days which means the IP is still being used even if the device is off.

dp wrote:

> How can it run out of IP addresses if I only have 2PC's
> (both set for Auto config) and 3xbox (set to auto
> config). All of which are not on at the same time. They
> should all be able to be on at the same time anyway if I
> have 192.168.2.2-40 available right?
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>How many devices are in your "DHCP Client List"?
>>
>>It sounds like you ran out of IP addresses to me (your
>
> server is only
>
>>giving out a max. of 11 IP's).
>>
>>The xbox's MAC address by default should start with 00-
>
> 50-F2-**-**-** as
>
>>that is the starting sequence for Microsoft networking
>
> products.
>
>>dp wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have been recieving the "Cannot request assigned IP
>>>address" error on my xbox. I have the router set to
>
> DHCP
>
>>>and the xbox to obtain IP's automatically(used to have
>
> it
>
>>>set up manually which has been working until now). I
>>>have the latest software/firmware.
>>>My DHCP pool is set 192.168.2.30-40 (used to be 2-40)
>
> and
>
>>>my Router IP is outside of that at 192.168.2.50. DMZ
>
> did
>
>>>not work either, as I still recieved that error. What
>
> is
>
>>>the deal with it renewing IP's? Is there any idea on
>>>future updates so that the lease time for IP's can be
>>>lowered to below 15 minutes as the Linksys products
>
> can
>
>>>be around 2-3 minutes.
>>>
>>>Thank you
>>
>>.
>>

I've an alternative: would you be connecting (without
realizing) into your neighbors wireless net, heh? ^.^

Make sure you are not using the default MSHOME SSID.

>-----Original Message-----
>Someone could have hacked in wirelessly to your MN-500 and
taken IP's
>from the router. I strongly recommend enabling MAC
filtering as well as
>128-bit WEP to secure your wireless connection. Another
thing that can
>increase wireless security is disabling the DHCP server &
changing the
>LAN IP address range to something other then the default
192.168.2.*
>range. One last thing the lease can run anywhere from 15
minutes to 14
>days which means the IP is still being used even if the
device is off.
>
>dp wrote:
>
>> How can it run out of IP addresses if I only have 2PC's
>> (both set for Auto config) and 3xbox (set to auto
>> config). All of which are not on at the same time. They
>> should all be able to be on at the same time anyway if I
>> have 192.168.2.2-40 available right?
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>How many devices are in your "DHCP Client List"?
>>>
>>>It sounds like you ran out of IP addresses to me (your
>>
>> server is only
>>
>>>giving out a max. of 11 IP's).
>>>
>>>The xbox's MAC address by default should start with 00-
>>
>> 50-F2-**-**-** as
>>
>>>that is the starting sequence for Microsoft networking
>>
>> products.
>>
>>>dp wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I have been recieving the "Cannot request assigned IP
>>>>address" error on my xbox. I have the router set to
>>
>> DHCP
>>
>>>>and the xbox to obtain IP's automatically(used to have
>>
>> it
>>
>>>>set up manually which has been working until now). I
>>>>have the latest software/firmware.
>>>>My DHCP pool is set 192.168.2.30-40 (used to be 2-40)
>>
>> and
>>
>>>>my Router IP is outside of that at 192.168.2.50. DMZ
>>
>> did
>>
>>>>not work either, as I still recieved that error. What
>>
>> is
>>
>>>>the deal with it renewing IP's? Is there any idea on
>>>>future updates so that the lease time for IP's can be
>>>>lowered to below 15 minutes as the Linksys products
>>
>> can
>>
>>>>be around 2-3 minutes.
>>>>
>>>>Thank you
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>
>.
>

I'm not connecting wirelessly. I have my network setup
for MAC filtering and have my DHCP range set to
192.168.2.30-40 as previously posted. I have my wireless
setup though for 128 bit encryption, SSID is not
broadcasted. I don't think there's anyone in my little
area that would be able to get in. I have also changed
the default addy to the router from the 192.168.2.1.


>-----Original Message-----
>Someone could have hacked in wirelessly to your MN-500
and taken IP's
>from the router. I strongly recommend enabling MAC
filtering as well as
>128-bit WEP to secure your wireless connection. Another
thing that can
>increase wireless security is disabling the DHCP server
& changing the
>LAN IP address range to something other then the default
192.168.2.*
>range. One last thing the lease can run anywhere from
15 minutes to 14
>days which means the IP is still being used even if the
device is off.
>
>dp wrote:
>
>> How can it run out of IP addresses if I only have
2PC's
>> (both set for Auto config) and 3xbox (set to auto
>> config). All of which are not on at the same time.
They
>> should all be able to be on at the same time anyway if
I
>> have 192.168.2.2-40 available right?
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>How many devices are in your "DHCP Client List"?
>>>
>>>It sounds like you ran out of IP addresses to me (your
>>
>> server is only
>>
>>>giving out a max. of 11 IP's).
>>>
>>>The xbox's MAC address by default should start with 00-
>>
>> 50-F2-**-**-** as
>>
>>>that is the starting sequence for Microsoft networking
>>
>> products.
>>
>>>dp wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I have been recieving the "Cannot request assigned IP
>>>>address" error on my xbox. I have the router set to
>>
>> DHCP
>>
>>>>and the xbox to obtain IP's automatically(used to
have
>>
>> it
>>
>>>>set up manually which has been working until now). I
>>>>have the latest software/firmware.
>>>>My DHCP pool is set 192.168.2.30-40 (used to be 2-40)
>>
>> and
>>
>>>>my Router IP is outside of that at 192.168.2.50. DMZ
>>
>> did
>>
>>>>not work either, as I still recieved that error.
What
>>
>> is
>>
>>>>the deal with it renewing IP's? Is there any idea on
>>>>future updates so that the lease time for IP's can be
>>>>lowered to below 15 minutes as the Linksys products
>>
>> can
>>
>>>>be around 2-3 minutes.
>>>>
>>>>Thank you
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>
>.
>

What messages are you getting in the router security logs
whenever you try to connect with the XBox?

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm not connecting wirelessly. I have my network setup
>for MAC filtering and have my DHCP range set to
>192.168.2.30-40 as previously posted. I have my wireless
>setup though for 128 bit encryption, SSID is not
>broadcasted. I don't think there's anyone in my little
>area that would be able to get in. I have also changed
>the default addy to the router from the 192.168.2.1.
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Someone could have hacked in wirelessly to your MN-500
>and taken IP's
>>from the router. I strongly recommend enabling MAC
>filtering as well as
>>128-bit WEP to secure your wireless connection. Another
>thing that can
>>increase wireless security is disabling the DHCP server
>& changing the
>>LAN IP address range to something other then the default
>192.168.2.*
>>range. One last thing the lease can run anywhere from
>15 minutes to 14
>>days which means the IP is still being used even if the
>device is off.
>>
>>dp wrote:
>>
>>> How can it run out of IP addresses if I only have
>2PC's
>>> (both set for Auto config) and 3xbox (set to auto
>>> config). All of which are not on at the same time.
>They
>>> should all be able to be on at the same time anyway if
>I
>>> have 192.168.2.2-40 available right?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>How many devices are in your "DHCP Client List"?
>>>>
>>>>It sounds like you ran out of IP addresses to me (your
>>>
>>> server is only
>>>
>>>>giving out a max. of 11 IP's).
>>>>
>>>>The xbox's MAC address by default should start with 00-
>>>
>>> 50-F2-**-**-** as
>>>
>>>>that is the starting sequence for Microsoft networking
>>>
>>> products.
>>>
>>>>dp wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I have been recieving the "Cannot request assigned IP
>>>>>address" error on my xbox. I have the router set to
>>>
>>> DHCP
>>>
>>>>>and the xbox to obtain IP's automatically(used to
>have
>>>
>>> it
>>>
>>>>>set up manually which has been working until now). I
>>>>>have the latest software/firmware.
>>>>>My DHCP pool is set 192.168.2.30-40 (used to be 2-40)
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>>>>my Router IP is outside of that at 192.168.2.50. DMZ
>>>
>>> did
>>>
>>>>>not work either, as I still recieved that error.
>What
>>>
>>> is
>>>
>>>>>the deal with it renewing IP's? Is there any idea on
>>>>>future updates so that the lease time for IP's can be
>>>>>lowered to below 15 minutes as the Linksys products
>>>
>>> can
>>>
>>>>>be around 2-3 minutes.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thank you
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

I can connect but sometimes i recieve the error "cannot
assign requested IP address."
>-----Original Message-----
>What messages are you getting in the router security logs
>whenever you try to connect with the XBox?
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I'm not connecting wirelessly. I have my network setup
>>for MAC filtering and have my DHCP range set to
>>192.168.2.30-40 as previously posted. I have my
wireless
>>setup though for 128 bit encryption, SSID is not
>>broadcasted. I don't think there's anyone in my little
>>area that would be able to get in. I have also changed
>>the default addy to the router from the 192.168.2.1.
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Someone could have hacked in wirelessly to your MN-500
>>and taken IP's
>>>from the router. I strongly recommend enabling MAC
>>filtering as well as
>>>128-bit WEP to secure your wireless connection.
Another
>>thing that can
>>>increase wireless security is disabling the DHCP
server
>>& changing the
>>>LAN IP address range to something other then the
default
>>192.168.2.*
>>>range. One last thing the lease can run anywhere from
>>15 minutes to 14
>>>days which means the IP is still being used even if
the
>>device is off.
>>>
>>>dp wrote:
>>>
>>>> How can it run out of IP addresses if I only have
>>2PC's
>>>> (both set for Auto config) and 3xbox (set to auto
>>>> config). All of which are not on at the same time.
>>They
>>>> should all be able to be on at the same time anyway
if
>>I
>>>> have 192.168.2.2-40 available right?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>How many devices are in your "DHCP Client List"?
>>>>>
>>>>>It sounds like you ran out of IP addresses to me
(your
>>>>
>>>> server is only
>>>>
>>>>>giving out a max. of 11 IP's).
>>>>>
>>>>>The xbox's MAC address by default should start with
00-
>>>>
>>>> 50-F2-**-**-** as
>>>>
>>>>>that is the starting sequence for Microsoft
networking
>>>>
>>>> products.
>>>>
>>>>>dp wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I have been recieving the "Cannot request assigned
IP
>>>>>>address" error on my xbox. I have the router set
to
>>>>
>>>> DHCP
>>>>
>>>>>>and the xbox to obtain IP's automatically(used to
>>have
>>>>
>>>> it
>>>>
>>>>>>set up manually which has been working until now).
I
>>>>>>have the latest software/firmware.
>>>>>>My DHCP pool is set 192.168.2.30-40 (used to be 2-
40)
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>>>>my Router IP is outside of that at 192.168.2.50.
DMZ
>>>>
>>>> did
>>>>
>>>>>>not work either, as I still recieved that error.
>>What
>>>>
>>>> is
>>>>
>>>>>>the deal with it renewing IP's? Is there any idea
on
>>>>>>future updates so that the lease time for IP's can
be
>>>>>>lowered to below 15 minutes as the Linksys products
>>>>
>>>> can
>>>>
>>>>>>be around 2-3 minutes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thank you
>>>>>
>>>>>.
>>>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>
>.
>