Why won't my PC connect to my wirless router?

timberflake

Here's the desktop:

connection-specific DNS suffix:
autoconfiguration IP address: 169.254.97.71
subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
default gateway: 169.254.97.71

Here's the laptop:

connection-specific DNS suffix:
link-localIPv6 address: fe80::a402:ad27::e549:80de%9
IPv4 address: 192.168.1.34
subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
default gateway: 192.168.1.1

Any ideas??

timberflake

GeorgeUK wrote: »

Is than not just part of the message?

Yea sorry, hit the wrong button! results above

GeorgeUK

It looks like the dektop is accessing the IP address directly instead of accessing the router which will access the IP address.

On the desktop
goto cmd again and type
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

Edit: Also goto control panel - internet options - connections
check that the LAN setting are automatically detect settings and never dial a connection

timberflake

GeorgeUK wrote: »

It looks like the dektop is accessing the IP address directly instead of accessing the router which will access the IP address.

On the desktop
goto cmd again and type
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

Edit: Also goto control panel - internet options - connections
check that the LAN setting are automatically detect settings and never dial a connection

Ok.....when I typed ipconfig/release it set the ip address to all 0's and when I typed ipconfig/renew and hit enter it did nothing! am I missing something??

clark.ar

your 169.254.*.* ip address on your desktop is actually an APIPA address... meaning that your router hasn't passed an IP out to your desktop via DHCP.

I'd expect you'd usually get this if there was MAC filtering... the best way to find out what is going on is to type 192.168.1.1 into Internet Explorer on your laptop.

This is the physical address of your wireless router... from here, you should able to access the configuration on your router and see what going on..

beware that you might need credentials to log into your router... look underneath the router.. or try a username of "admin" and a password of "password"

GeorgeUK

Double check what i put in the edit of the post above - automatically detect settings.

timberflake

clark.ar wrote: »

your 169.254.*.* ip address on your desktop is actually an APIPA address... meaning that your router hasn't passed an IP out to your desktop via DHCP.

I'd expect you'd usually get this if there was MAC filtering... the best way to find out what is going on is to type 192.168.1.1 into Internet Explorer on your laptop.

This is the physical address of your wireless router... from here, you should able to access the configuration on your router and see what going on..

beware that you might need credentials to log into your router... look underneath the router.. or try a username of "admin" and a password of "password"

I can log into my router config page on my laptop no problem but I don't know what I need to do to assign an IP to the desktop! Help!

clark.ar

timberflake wrote: »

I can log into my router config page on my laptop no problem but I don't know what I need to do to assign an IP to the desktop! Help!

have a look into the router config to see if you can find anything within the configuration that points towards an access list... im unfamiliar with your brand of router but if you can find an access list within the wireless setting, add a new entry called desktop and specify the MAC address from your wireless network card. save the settings, log out of the router, reboot your desktop.. try your wep key again

GeorgeUK

Can i confirm:
You've checked the internet settings are set to automatically detect settings?
If you had to change this, you would need to do the release, renew again.

Your desktop is using a new wireless dongle?
Was there software (possibly ZD) that is now loaded in the bottom right of the screen?

timberflake

clark.ar wrote: »

have a look into the router config to see if you can find anything within the configuration that points towards an access list... im unfamiliar with your brand of router but if you can find an access list within the wireless setting, add a new entry called desktop and specify the MAC address from your wireless network card. save the settings, log out of the router, reboot your desktop.. try your wep key again

Thanks for the help but there really isn't anything under the Wireless LAN to let me add the desktop