jadinolf
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1 edit | Acquiring network address
WIN XP
2Wire 1800HG
2Wire USB Wireless adapter
This has just begun to happen. I start the computer and my wireless connection icon indicates "acquiring network connection" The connection to the Home Portal is excellent.
If I wait an hour or so, it might finally be connected to the Internet.
I have tried rebooting and removing the adapter. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
Searching here was fruitless. Same for Google.
Any ideas? Thanks for reading this.
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wayjac
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Indy | What happens when you assign a static ip address to the adapter |
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jadinolf
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| said by wayjac  :What happens when you assign a static ip address to the adapter Thanks for the reply wajac. I have no idea how to do that. Can you help me?
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wayjac
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Indy | Have you ever configured the dns servers on a computer |
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jadinolf
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| said by wayjac :Have you ever configured the dns servers on a computer NO
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wayjac
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Indy | If you have never changed the TCP/IP properties of the adapter then the software or hardware may be the problem |
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jadinolf
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Ojai, CA | reply to jadinolf
Well, the adapter was installed by me in 2008 and has worked fine until recently.
I just installed the driver and that was it.
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wayjac
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Indy | My best suggestion is to make sure the security settings are matching |
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jadinolf
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| said by wayjac :My best suggestion is to make sure the security settings are matching Thanks wayjac I'll look into it.
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jadinolf
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| reply to jadinolf
I felt it would be helpful if I passed on this information.
Microsoft FIXIT solved my problem by resetting TCPIP. I have waited a considerable to be sure it wasn't a fluke.
I hope this helps someone else.
»support.microsoft.com/kb/299357
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kcpistol
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| I've had this happen a couple of times on my 2wire modem with a machine located about 6 feet from it!! Thanks for the instruction, I have used the "sledgehammer" approach of deleting the entire adapter and adding it (and the drivers) back again, but this seems a bit more elegant. |
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jadinolf
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1 edit | said by kcpistol :I've had this happen a couple of times on my 2wire modem with a machine located about 6 feet from it!! Thanks for the instruction, I have used the "sledgehammer" approach of deleting the entire adapter and adding it (and the drivers) back again, but this seems a bit more elegant. I've done the sledgehammer thing too. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't.
Just a note- when I experience this problem, my adapter is always connected to the Home Portal but can't connect to the Internet. It had worked fine for years and all of a sudden I encountered this problem. Changing the adapter or going to a different make made no difference.
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