Wireless broadband help needed...

[Springal]

Well al seems ok, when on the wireless connection status page on my lap top it says

Status: Acquiring network address,


signal strength is good

if it constantly says acquiring network address it looks like its not getting an ip address from the router.


On the laptop click start then click run and type in cmd and then hit enter

then type ipconfig /all and tell me what it says

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Ok, bit dull for a friday night i know.........

Just sorted sky broadband out on my PC, i bought a wireless connecter thing- but i cant access anything on my wireless equipped lap top.

lap top says its connected, but it wont let me browse the web-

whats going on?

Have you tried switching it off and on again?

 

[Tazman]

Well al seems ok, when on the wireless connection status page on my lap top it says

Status: Acquiring network address,


signal strength is good

Acquiring network address means (I think) that although the 2 devices can see each other, they cannot comm together until the source gives out the network address or the receiver accepts the address....

Ignore post...someone beat me!

 

[dougdeep]

someone beat me!

If you insist.

 

[bristolseagull]

if it constantly says acquiring network address it looks like its not getting an ip address from the router.


On the laptop click start then click run and type in cmd and then hit enter

then type ipconfig /all and tell me what it says

it says loads of stuff!!


what am i looking for?

 

[Springal]

right click in the window, click mark and "drag" over the selection and then right click

then paste it into here

 

[Tazman]

If you insist.

 

[bristolseagull]

I cant,

im on my PC,

 

[Tazman]

There's a hole in my bucket dear Liza.......

 

[bristolseagull]

headings are:

Windows ip configuration

Ethernet adapter local areaconnection

ethernet adapter wireless network connection

 

[Springal]

i know the headings its the information i want.

can you give me the "ip address" of the wireless network connection and all the information below that [subnet/gateway] etc

 

[bristolseagull]

Physical address is 00-10-60-67-35-63- theres nothing about subnet/gateway



under ip configeration it says

ip routing enabled: NO

wins proxy enabled: NO

 

[bristolseagull]

 

[Springal]

mine looks like:

Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-F2-87-37-12
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.4
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 27 October 2006 14:47:08
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 19 January 2038 04:14:07


and yours doesnt correct?

 

[bristolseagull]

Correct,

nothing like it, only the 3 headings

 

[Springal]

someits f***ed then

 

[bristolseagull]

Great,

cheers for trying though.

the blurb in the wireless adapter manual says something about encryption settings

 

[Springal]

i wouldnt worry about that, for some reason your wireless card isnt even talking to your router properly.

have you tried following the manual properly? [no offense]

 

[bristolseagull]

Well, thing is the manual doesnt open properly (on either my laptop OR pc)

so i dont really know what im doing.

f***ed off now.

adding insult to injury is the afct that the sky connection on my PC is now running slower than disabled sloth.

 

[Springal]

on ur pc goto www.adslguide.org and run the speedtest and let me know the result