Re: Help Needed with DHCP on Remote Laptop

Help wanted: I have a laptop computer here running Win NT from 1997.

> I have a NetGear Wireless card in a slot. It seems to be correctly > installed; that is, the drivers are there, the little green light on > the 'television icon' is present, it _says_ it has a very good link, > and should be working fine. But the laptop reports "The DHCP client > could not obtain an IP address". Furthermore, no one else on the > network can see the laptop. The laptop cannot connect to the internet > nor see anyone else on tne network either. Yet it claims the link > is present and very strong. Can anyone tell me what is wrong? Why > is it unable to obtain an IP address via DHCP? Thanks for the help. > PAT

I would try setting the connection up manually.

- address

- netmask (255.255.255.0)

- gateway

- DNS entries (any working DNS) and see if it works.

-- Gary Breuckman

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