[mlasar]

hello all,

i am so sorry to bother with what could be an easy fix. i have searched for weeks online and everything i try just aint workin. i had to reinstall XP on a new dell vostro 1500 after getting the BSOD due to a bad video driver i believe is what it said. fine, post reinstall i can't log onto my wireless network. i use a motorola sb5120 modem and a d-link wbr2310 router. my other laptop can get on to my wireless network fine. i can use my LAN to get online but not the wireless. i tried ipconfig /renew on the non-working laptop when i have wireless enabled but i get the error:

The DHCP client has obtained an IP address that is already in use on the network. The local interface will be disabled until the DHCP client can obtain a new address.
No operation can be performed on Network Connect Adapter while it has its media disconnected.

I don’t have any firewalls enabled or spyware or anything like that. I have tried disabling security on my WEP enabled network as well but that didn’t help matters either.

Below is the ipconfig /all from the non-wireless-working laptop when its LAN connected and the working laptop from the wireless network:


Dell Vostro 1500 IPCONFIG /ALL (this is the one that can’t renew IP address and can’t get onto my wireless network)

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\m>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : m-8ac21e9d28034
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.dc.comcast.net.

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.dc.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Cont
roller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-09-D0-54-68
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 98.233.11.236
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.254.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 98.233.10.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.73.15
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.73.242
68.87.71.226
68.87.64.196
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, October 18, 2008 3:17:06 P
M
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, October 21, 2008 6:13:27 AM



when i enable wireless on the vostro, the ipconfig /all resulsts have a lot of zeros in them...

here is the ipconfig /all from the working laptop (it’s a Toshiba satellite a65):

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\mirth>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : toshiba-user
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.dc.comcast.net.

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.dc.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5004G Wireless Network Ada
pter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-90-96-BF-26-55
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, October 19, 2008 4:35:17 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, October 19, 2008 7:35:17 PM

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-A0-D1-DA-55-E3

[leroys1000]

Try ipconfig /release first to release all IP's on the computer.
Then use ipconfig /renew

[mlasar]

oh i have tried that.../release works fine but then i get an error post
ipconfig /renew

The DHCP client has obtained an IP address that is already in use on the network. The local interface will be disabled until the DHCP client can obtain a new address.
No operation can be performed on Network Connect Adapter while it has its media disconnected.

[TerryNet]

You cannot use Internet Connection Sharing with that router unless you change the router LAN subnet to something else; say, 192.168.3.x.

I suggest that you disable ICS on the Vostro.

[mlasar]

i tried disconnecting the ICS and tried to change the router setup as well by enabling DCHP reservation and added the vostro but it still didn't work. this time when i did ipconfig /renew the error message i got was:

unable to contact your DHCP server. Request has timed out

see below for ipconfig /all on the vostro (the non wireless working laptop)

C:\Documents and Settings\m>ipconfig /renew

Windows IP Configuration

No operation can be performed on Local Area Connection 2 while it has its media
disconnected.
An error occurred while renewing interface Wireless Network Connection : The sys
tem cannot find the file specified.


C:\Documents and Settings\m>ipconfig /release

Windows IP Configuration

No operation can be performed on Local Area Connection 2 while it has its media
disconnected.
No operation can be performed on Wireless Network Connection while it has its me
dia disconnected.

C:\Documents and Settings\m>ping 127.0.0.1

Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\Documents and Settings\m>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : m-8ac21e9d28034
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Cont
roller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-09-D0-54-68

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Networ
k Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1F-3C-1A-49-D0
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255

[TerryNet]

I don't understand why you are using DCHP reservation before you get this working as simply as possible. That shouldn't cause any problem, but why add another variable?

(from a JohnWill post)

IP addresses of 0.0.0.0 are normally caused by one of the following.

Diagnosis:
1. DHCP Service not running.
2. Duplicate IP address on the network.
3. Bad NIC card drivers.
4. Defective NIC hardware.

Resolution:
1. Check Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services. The DHCP Client service should be Started and its Startup Type should be Automatic.
2. Turn off ALL of the computers and other network connected devices, reboot the router, then restart all the computers and other network devices.
3. Check for upgraded drivers and/or reload the Network drivers.
4. Replace the Network Interface Card.