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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 11:03 AM
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i can't get online onto my wireless through one of my laptops. i tried renewing the ip, but it says it can't contact my dhcp server. what do i do?
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 11:05 AM
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format h:
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 11:11 AM
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 11:12 AM
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are you using WEP?
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 11:14 AM
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nope.
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 11:30 AM
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i think i found it. on all the other computers on this network, when i do ipconfig/all, is shows dhcp as enabled. on the laptop in question, its disabled. so how do i go about enabling dhcp on the laptop?
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by RB26DETT
i think i found it. on all the other computers on this network, when i do ipconfig/all, is shows dhcp as enabled. on the laptop in question, its disabled. so how do i go about enabling dhcp on the laptop?

open network connections, right click wireless connection, click properties, click on TCP/IP in the list, click properties, click on obtain ip (and dns) address automatically
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by janiVI
open network connections, right click wireless connection, click properties, click on TCP/IP in the list, click properties, click on obtain ip (and dns) address automatically
did that. didnt work.
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 12:01 PM
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running xp sp2?
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 12:03 PM
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i fixed it h:

i rebooted and it worked h: h: h: h: h:
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