Wireless Router not assigning an IP address to my laptop.

Assuming wi-fi LED or swith is turned on in your system, does your router uses MAC filtering? If so disable it.

Router does not have any MAC filtering. Like I said, it was working all fine and suddently died on me. I have even tried resetting the settings and all. In vain !!!

1. See if your laptop will work with DHCP on a different wireless network (e.g., public hotspot).

1. Try a different wireless router.

On 4 Apr 2007 21:35:15 -0700, snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote in :

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I tried that, but got the same response. My laptop doesn't find an IP address through the DHCP of the router. Now I guess the problem is not with my wireless router but with my wireless network card. I have a Intel (R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Wireless card. Incidently, when I checked the properties of the card, it shows a MAC address of

Regards, Anand.

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Be sure you're not connecting to a different SSID instead of your home's/office's. Check it. Check and enter security password carefully. Good luck.

On 7 Apr 2007 01:25:21 -0700, snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote in :

You tried what exactly? Your "that" is hopelessly vague.

Guessing is rarely effective. Try sacrificing small animals.

Using Intel software or Windows (WZC)?

Depends on how and when you checked it.

I tried connecting to a different wireless router (Belkin), but the result was the same.

The wireless card driver was installed by Windows automatically. So I guess it should be windows and not intel.

I checked the MAC at the properties window of te wireless card in device manager. I uninstalled the device and added it again, so now it shows a valid MAC, however my problem still persists.

Hope that give an idea of my problem.

Regards, Anand.

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That's all done successfully, else I would not be shown the Limited / No Connectivity window for a wrong password / ssid.

Regards, Anand.

On 7 Apr 2007 09:48:37 -0700, snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote in :

Not necessarily. I can't parse exactly what you mean -- it would be helpful if you didn't mash unrelated things together into too few words

-- but it's quite possible to get "limited connectivity" (which means DHCP has failed) when connecting to the wrong SSID. If and only if (a) the SSIDs are _unique_ and (b) you're getting a "connection" to the correct unique SSID can you be sure you don't have an SSID issue.

On 7 Apr 2007 09:46:37 -0700, snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote in :

What result? How was the Belkin configured? Did you try a public hotspot (as I suggested)? Why didn't you answer my questions directly? EXACT symptoms and messages please!

Guessing isn't helpful. "Assumption [is] the mother of all screwups." You need to figure out which it is.

Not really. Sorry.

I was connected to the router and all was working fine when this happened suddenly (status changed from 'Connected' to 'Limited / No Connectivity'). Would that be possible if I was not connected to the right SSID? In that case I can try re-configuring the router and connecting again.

Regards, Anand.

On 7 Apr 2007 10:33:36 -0700, snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote in :

I've seen that happen during wireless startup -- basically Windows XP is lying to you. It can also happen if and when DHCP lease renewal fails.

Anand,

As a workaround you can try setting up an Alternative configuration with static IP address on your laptop, providing that you have administrator privileges.

I tried doing that too. I set my statis ip as 192.168.2.100 (what the router would have finally given me) and default gateway as

But after this, there is no internet connection. The only place I am able to connect to is the router admin.

Regards, Anand.

But I checked with the router and the lease renewal is inifinity.

Anand,

Sorry for the basics, but have you tried cold-rebooting the router by powering it off?

I would try reloading or reinstalling the drivers for your wireless nic card as well as getting the latest ".Net ...Framework" optional software updates from Microsoft Windows Updates.....