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[Tony H]

Calling all computer experts out there, I know diddly  sh*t about computers so I'm no help. My son is having a problem with his wireless internet connection, can anyone advise please? Over to him for the explanation.
hey there, the problem is that when we bought a new router and laptop, we decided to secure it using WEP because before then we hadnt had any security, anyway i set up the new laptop and a seperate pc to use the new wireless connection no problem using the WEP security and putting the correct passphrase in, like i said these work fine, however my pc doesnt seem to want to let me use the internet wirelessly, i have put into the routers settings to allow my MAC address but when i try to connect, it comes up with "the network could not assign a network address" i have googled this but its not been much help. has anyone had this problem before and/or know how to solve it?

Cheers
Liam

[Tafty]

Is the pc using the same IP address as the laptop - had a similar problem on ours and the desktop was using the same IP address as one of the laptops.

[TheBoy]

Calling all computer experts out there, I know diddly  sh*t about computers so I'm no help. My son is having a problem with his wireless internet connection, can anyone advise please? Over to him for the explanation.
hey there, the problem is that when we bought a new router and laptop, we decided to secure it using WEP because before then we hadnt had any security, anyway i set up the new laptop and a seperate pc to use the new wireless connection no problem using the WEP security and putting the correct passphrase in, like i said these work fine, however my pc doesnt seem to want to let me use the internet wirelessly, i have put into the routers settings to allow my MAC address but when i try to connect, it comes up with "the network could not assign a network address" i have googled this but its not been much help. has anyone had this problem before and/or know how to solve it?

Cheers
Liam

The error means that it was unable to get response from dhcp server - so either no IPs left in range, or the communication isn't working.

Try with a static IP - if that works, then investigate dhcp issue, if not, still a problem at the physical or datalink layer.


Oh, btw, WEP is insecure. Use WPA if possible

[Marks DTM Calib]

Also check if the PC has a static IP address programmed....

[Tony H]

Thanks for the replies guys i'll get him to do what you suggested when he gets in, i'll keep you posted

[RonaldMcBurger]

Also, check the rocker gaskets.


Well........ they are normaly leaking aren't they?

[Baron Von Spongebob]

Also, check the rocker gaskets.


Well........ they are normaly leaking aren't they?

 

[Tony H]

Also, check the rocker gaskets.


Well........ they are normaly leaking aren't they?

Hadn't thought of that oil on the cpu causing a misfire

[Tony H]

hi its "tony h junior" as he put it, thanks for the help, i have checked the ip and my one wasnt the same as the laptops so i changed it to a static ip n it seems to be working fine now so thanks a lot agen
Cheers
Liam

[TheBoy]

hi its "tony h junior" as he put it, thanks for the help, i have checked the ip and my one wasnt the same as the laptops so i changed it to a static ip n it seems to be working fine now so thanks a lot agen
Cheers
Liam

Not exactly same IP I hope!  In most case, changing last octet will suffice....   ....other cases we'll have to start going down tcp/ip theory...

[Tony H]

no not exactly the same, few digits out thanks a lot for your help everyone
Cheers
Liam