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Connect work laptop to home wireless network?

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  • 31-08-2008 8:42pm
    #1
    slemons
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    Hi,
    I have a wireless network setup.
    No problem connecting to my home network with my personal laptop. It automagically finds a nice IP address in the range of 192.168.1.XXX

    The problem is with the work laptop that cant automagically find an IP address in that range. It goes to 169.X.X.X

    As per this page. Ive checked all the issues outlined there but no good.

    http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t296337-cant-connect-laptop-to-home-network-please-help.html
    I tried to force the work laptops IP to a specific IP address but this never works, with any of my laptops (any idea why?)
    Im fairly sure that the problem is that my work laptop has the workgroup of my company or something along those lines.

    Any idea how to fix this?
    Thanks


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    #2
    ethernet
    Registered Users Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    Are you using MAC filtering on your wireless router?


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    #3
    slemons
    Closed Accounts Posts: 532 ✭✭✭slemons


    No, just checked.
    Any other idea's?
    Thanks...


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    Fuzzy Clam
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    Does the laptop see your network in view wireless networks?


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    MunsterCycling
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    Are you an admin acc on your work laptop? Have you encryption enabled on your home network and if yes have you entered the key into the settings wizard?

    MC


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    slemons
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    It see's the network and even connects to it. The key is entered correctly.
    But it doesnt get a valid IP address.
    I am an admin on the work laptop.

    Thanks guys...


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    MunsterCycling
    Registered Users Posts: 4,864 ✭✭✭MunsterCycling


    slemons wrote: »
    It see's the network and even connects to it. The key is entered correctly.
    But it doesnt get a valid IP address.
    I am an admin on the work laptop.

    Thanks guys...


    Not getting a valid IP means it is not connecting to it, most likely as its failing the authentication of the KEY, never type the key in, copy and paste it in as typos can cause hours of frustration.

    Also briefly disable the encryption on the network and see then if you can get the work lappie online.

    MC


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    slemons
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    Well its still not working.

    after reading this page i compared the output of ipconfi /all on both machines
    http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/596865.html


    Working Laptop 
    bash-3.2$ ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : xpsp3-wbb
        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : 
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-B9-6A-9B-B5

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : 
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-7E-39-90-DA
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, September 21, 2008 3:34:49 PM
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, September 21, 2008 4:34:49 PM

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network:

        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth LAN Access Server Driver
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-7E-E8-4C-C8


    Non Connecting Laptop: 
    $ ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : me-l01
        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : ad.my_work.com
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-09-D9-25-E5

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Personal Area Network
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-86-49-C4-13

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : 
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1F-3B-BF-3C-8D
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.84.75
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :


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    slemons
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    Shouldnt it be possible to force the laptops to connect to the router using the TCP/IP properties?
    I have never gotten this to work using any laptop.
    Should this work?
    My router is 192.168.1.254.
    I can see this from my working laptop, but obviously not from the non-connecting one


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    Voodoo2
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    Looks like a DNS issue - Your work laptop is looking for a DNS Look up to ad.my_work.com so you need to manually set your IP settings set them for example as below - enusre you remove any proxy settings also in your browser if you want to surf.

    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254


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    #11
    slemons
    Closed Accounts Posts: 532 ✭✭✭slemons


    Voodoo2 wrote: »
    Looks like a DNS issue - Your work laptop is looking for a DNS Look up to ad.my_work.com so you need to manually set your IP settings set them for example as below - enusre you remove any proxy settings also in your browser if you want to surf.

    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254

    Thanks, i had spotted that DNs issue with the work laptop and i thought the jpeg i posted earlier would get around this. But i hadnt set the default gateway to point at my router.

    I'll try that later.


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