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THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I followed the steps
outlined in the KB articles, reinstalling the TCP/IP and
it works again!
I appreciate all of your help!
>-----Original Message-----
>I did a search on the Microsoft KB & I Found the two
following articles.
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=811259
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=817571
>
>THey will give you directions on fixing this issue.
>
>Christy wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the suggestion...when I type in "ipconfig" it
>> returns the values:
>>
>> Conection-specific DNS Suffix:
>> Autoconfiguration IP Address: 169.254.137.245
>> Subnet Mask: 25.25.0.0
>> Default Gateway:
>>
>> When I type "ipconig/release" it returns the same
vealues.
>> When I type "ipconfig/renew" it gives me an error
message
>> saying,
>> "An error occurred while renewing interface Wireless
>> Network Connection: An operation was attempted on
>> something that is not a socket."
>>
>> Where do I go from here?
>>
>> THANKS!
>>
>> -----original Message-----
>>
>>>Christy, it sounds like you haven't received the DHCP
feed
>>
>> from the base
>>
>>>station. Go to the Command Prompt and type
in "ipconfig"
>>
>> without the
>>
>>>quotes. If it returns a 169.x.x.x address, you're not
>>
>> receiving the feed.
>>
>>>You could try after that typing in "ipconfig /release"
>>
>> (again without
>>
>>>quotes) and then "ipconfig /renew" (no quotes) to kick
it
>>
>> into gear. You
>>
>>>may need to restart your system. If it still doesn't
>>
>> receive the feed,
>>
>>>power down the base station for a couple minutes and
then
>>
>> connect the power
>>
>>>again.
>>>--
>>>Chris H.
>>>Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>>>Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>>>Associate Expert
>>>Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>>
>>>
>>>"Christy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>
>> message
>>
>>>news:1f1201c4b780$edcbf480$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>>My base station is using Windows 2000, the wireless
client
>>>>is on XP.
>>>>
>>>>The taskbar shows that I have full signal strength and
it
>>>>shows there are "packets" sent just none received.
>>>>
>>>>I have checked, and rechecked the WEP key, even copied
and
>>>>pasted it from the base unit to the wireless.
>>>>
>>>>Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>>THANKS!
>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>Which version of Windows is the wireless client using?
>>>>>
>>>>>Also to be 100% sure of the WEP key sign into
>>>>
>>>>http://192.168.2.1 to
>>>>
>>>>>check it.
>>>>>
>>>>>Christy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>My wireless network suddenly decided to stop
connecting to
>>>>>>the base station (several months after successful
setup).
>>>>>>So I un-installed and reinstalled the broadband
network
>>>>>>utility on both the base station and notebook
adapter. I
>>>>>>had no problem re-installing and configuring the base
>>>>>>station, but when I went to set up the wireless
network on
>>>>>>my laptop, it refuses the WEP key. I get an error
message
>>>>>>saying that the network key is incorrect. I know
the key
>>>>>>is correct...any suggestions?
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Please do not contact me directly or ask me to
contact you
>>>>
>>>>directly for
>>>>
>>>>>assistance.
>>>>>
>>>>>If your question is worth asking, it's worth posting.
>>>>>
>>>>>If it's not worth posting you should have done a
search on
>>>>>http://www.google.com/
>>>>
>>>>http://www.google.com/grphp?hl=en&tab=wg&q= or
>>>>
>>>>>http://news.google.com/froogle?hl=en&tab=nf&ned=us&q=
>>>>
>>>>before wasting our
>>>>
>>>>>time.
>>>>>.
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>
>--
>Please do not contact me directly or ask me to contact
you directly for
>assistance.
>
>If your question is worth asking, it's worth posting.
>
>If it's not worth posting you should have done a search
on
>http://www.google.com/ http://www.google.com/grphp?
hl=en&tab=wg&q= or
>http://news.google.com/froogle?hl=en&tab=nf&ned=us&q=
before wasting our
>time.
>.
>
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