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help needed please, laptop can't acquire network address

huh! · 2005-06-13 19:52:35

I have a D-link access Point connected to my desktop pc using an Ethernet cable and a laptop with Belkin wireless notebook network card in it, the Laptop is connecting to the desktop pc ok, great signal etc, but gives me a warning message that there is limited connectivity as the network did not assign a network address to…

13-06-2005 8:52pm

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I have a D-link access Point connected to my desktop pc using an Ethernet cable and a laptop with Belkin wireless notebook network card in it, the Laptop is connecting to the desktop pc ok, great signal etc, but gives me a warning message that there is limited connectivity as the network did not assign a network address to the computer! how do I get it to do this ?

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#2 13-06-2005 9:19pm

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right click the network icon (bottom right) select repair

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#3 13-06-2005 9:46pm

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didn't work, thanks anyway!

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#4 14-06-2005 12:14am

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Balls to it, I give up :mad:

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#5 14-06-2005 8:00pm

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Sounds like there is no DCHP server.

Try using a static IP address like 192.168.0.20

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#6 14-06-2005 9:20pm

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does you router handle dhcp ?

What way does your desktop get its Ip adress

On the laptop press "start" then "run" type "ipconfig /all" check the nic has a ip adress.

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