Re: [MLUG] linksys WAP/router dhcp problems...

[Mikhail Kovalenko <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Jonathan King wrote:
> OK, so I have one of those great Linksys BEFW11S4 units (wireless access 
> point/router + 4 port switch).  Everything used to work just fine: the 
> machines in the house got IP addresses via dhcp from the Linksys, and 
> everything was good.  Recently, I upgraded one of them (an iBook) to OS X 
> 10.2 (although I'm not sure that's important in solving the problem).  
> Now, whenever I try to connect wirelessly (or by plugging in directly to 
> the router), I cannot get my address via DHCP; instead the Mac 
> not-so-cleverly self-assigns a bogus 169.254.whatever address.  I presume 
> this means that it could not get a real IP via DHCP from the router.  

Check under Preferences > Networking options to make sure the upgrade 
didn't change IP addressing from DHCP to bootp or something else.

> Frustratingly, it can *see* the router just fine (I can ping the router's 
> address just fine).

That doesn't sound right. Is your router on 169.254 subnet too?

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MK

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