wireless network connection dhcp problem

[Guest]

windows keeps connecting to the router with ip 169.254.135.169.
it cant find the dhcp server in the router as far as i know.
i tried a lot of resetting and uninstalling things back to original but
nothing seems to make a difference.
does anybody know why it wont find the dhcp server.
the router does work with other computers wirelessly fine.
they get assigned ips through dhcp as normal.
the problem is this laptop.
dell inspiron 1501
dell wlan 1390 mini card
windows xp
i want to use windows zero configuration
i uninstalled dells program as it didnt help
does anybody know why it wont find the dhcp server.
please reply soon
thanks brendan

 

[smlunatick]

windows keeps connecting to the router with ip 169.254.135.169.
it cant find the dhcp server in the router as far as i know.
i tried a lot of resetting and uninstalling things back to original but
nothing seems to make a difference.
does anybody know why it wont find the dhcp server.
the router does work with other computers wirelessly fine.
they get assigned ips through dhcp as normal.
the problem is this laptop.
dell inspiron 1501
dell wlan 1390 mini card
windows xp
i want to use windows zero configuration
i uninstalled dells program as it didnt help
does anybody know why it wont find the dhcp server.
please reply soon
thanks brendan

You need to know that the Wireless Zero Configuration "service" is not
normally set to be "automatically" started with Windows. You need to
set up to start automatically and start it up if it is not started.

Any address that comes with 169.254.xxx.yyy usually indicates that the
XP networking could not locate a DHCP server. This is a "known" issue
that MS will assign such an address (known as "automatic" IP
addressing???)

Please note that you may have completely "removed" the wlan 1390
"drivers" with the DELL access program. Also, I have seen different
wlan cards where they do not work with the Wireless Zero Configuration.