Ilose my Internet connection

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When I start my laptop from a shutdown and open Outlook 2003 I always
get an error while receiving mail. I then check my Firefox and I get
no web pages. I then do a right click on the wireless icon in the
system tray and repair on wirelss connection and then all is good
agian. Why is this?

HP laptop
512 Ram
40 Gig
Wireless
ROuter is a Linksys Wrts54G
Linlsys Cable Modem


Mel
 
Mel said:
When I start my laptop from a shutdown and open Outlook 2003 I always
get an error while receiving mail. I then check my Firefox and I get
no web pages. I then do a right click on the wireless icon in the
system tray and repair on wirelss connection and then all is good
agian. Why is this?
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Try this: Start your PC and let it set for about 15 minutes before you
attempt to connect. If it doesn't work, try it again in another 15 minutes.

If it eventually works without repairing your connection, you will be in
the same situation I have been -- that the Linksys wireless router just
seems a little sluggish at times. Unfortunately, I don't really know
how to tell you to fix that.

If it absolutely requires a repair to work again, I would suggest
removing the wireless card, and removing any software that was installed
for it -- Check Add/Remove Programs as well as your Device Manager.
Restart your machine, and then go through the installation as directed
by your card's packaging.

If you have a lot of adware/malware that has accumulated on your
machine, I would considered reinstalling the operating system. I've
repeatedly seen that crap screw up network connections, and it's just to
difficult to manually remove a lot of it.
 
Mel said:
When I start my laptop from a shutdown and open Outlook 2003 I always
get an error while receiving mail. I then check my Firefox and I get
no web pages. I then do a right click on the wireless icon in the
system tray and repair on wirelss connection and then all is good
agian. Why is this?

HP laptop
512 Ram
40 Gig
Wireless
ROuter is a Linksys Wrts54G
Linlsys Cable Modem


Mel
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I have the same problem with my laptop - which shares my ADSL with my
desktop PC.
My desktop PC is always on, and i use two MSI USB WiFI adaptors for the
link.

I boot my laptop and nine times out of ten the WiFi link doesn't work - i
click repair and it fixes itself.

I noticed that whenever the WiFi link doesn't work that my laptop has
assigned itself an IP address in the 169.254.?.? range and when it works
(after a Repair) it has an IP address in the 192.168.0.? range.
My desktop PC uses 192.168.0.1 as it's WiFi IP address.

Isn't the 169.254.?.? range for wired networks and the 192.168.?.? range for
wireless networks??

I assume that my desktop isn't assigning a correct IP address to the laptop
when it boots - whether it'd fix itself after a while i shall have to
test...

Martin.
 
192.168. is reserved for private subnets and is usually used for both wired and wireless devices. I don't know if 169.254. is reserved.
 
I just saw a 169.254. address assigned to a PC on my home network. I did a clean windows install on a new (old) PC and installed a NIC. Not realizing that I had not plugged in the cable I tried to test it and found it had a 169.254. address. I don't know how the address was assigned, the PC was configured for DHCP. After rebooting the PC and resetting the router all was well (the router was already configured for the MAC address because the NIC was from an even older PC that I replaced).
 
I don't know how the address was assigned, the PC was configured for DHCP.
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The system must have "some" IP number. Even if configured
for DHCP, while it boots if it can't reach a DHCP server it
then generates a number in the range you reported, but
continues to check for DHCP server on each boot.
 
kony said:
The system must have "some" IP number. Even if configured
for DHCP, while it boots if it can't reach a DHCP server it
then generates a number in the range you reported, but
continues to check for DHCP server on each boot.
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So if my laptop boots and assigns itself a non-working IP address (in the
169.254.?.? range) i need to manually fix it to get a valid working IP
address?

It won't fix itself after 'a while' and replace the invalid IP address with
a valid one (in the 192.168.0.? range)??

Martin.
 
So if my laptop boots and assigns itself a non-working IP address (in the
169.254.?.? range) i need to manually fix it to get a valid working IP
address?
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You'd need to either manually assign a different address,
get the DHCP *server* back online and/or system back on
network when booted, renew the IP # through IPCONFIG at the
command prompt, or set up the rest of the network to use
that default 169.254.?.? range.

It won't fix itself after 'a while' and replace the invalid IP address with
a valid one (in the 192.168.0.? range)??
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It could, though if you find this happening frequently you
might consider using a fixed address if possible &
compatible with your roaming, use of other hotspots.
 
You'd need to either manually assign a different address,
get the DHCP *server* back online and/or system back on
network when booted, renew the IP # through IPCONFIG at the
command prompt, or set up the rest of the network to use
that default 169.254.?.? range.



It could, though if you find this happening frequently you
might consider using a fixed address if possible &
compatible with your roaming, use of other hotspots.
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I started up the laptop today and waited a few minutes before opening
Outlook and when I did it d/l my email just fine and could connect to
the web.
 
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