My laptop keeps acquiring network address. Please suggest what to do ? Router --> Modem --> Desktop. Laptop is for wireless connection

1. Click Start, Run, and type ncpa.cpl, and then click Ok.
2. Right-click the Wireless Network Connection icon, and then choose Properties. (Or you can right click the Wireless Network Connection icon and choose View Available Wireless Networks from the shortcut menu.)
3. Click the Wireless Networks tab.
4. Make sure, Use windows to configure wireless must be checked.
5. Under Preferred Networks, please select the networks one by one and clcik Remove.
6. click apply and OK.
7. Now, try to connect wireless.
8. If this does not work, please restart your comptuer and try to conenct wireless again.
9. .If again this does not work, please enter into your rotuer settings on the desktop comptuer by browsing 192.168.1.1 and hit enter.
10. After that please change your security mode to WEP and click Apply or OK.
11. Now, try to connect wireless again.

Verify that you haven't manually set the IP address of the desktop machine to an IP address that conflicts with another device on your network.
If this is the case, change the network settings to use Automatic or DHCP IP address assignment.
If this doesn't fix the issue, I suggest trying a different network card than the QHM8100R3D to see if that addresses the issue.

Pls try this following below and just cool down and read through,

Physical causes and What to Do...

• Network card could be faulty or malfunctioning, or the port on the card itself. Make sure lights show on the card and if they don't, replace with another one that works.
• Check that your router or the server is turned on so that the laptop can acquire a valid IP address.
• Double check to make sure the wireless card on the laptop is turned on. Do not assume it is on by default, do it yourself.

Logical or Software causes and solutions

Many of us are online buyers. Items sold on the internet, especially used items, are not in their default settings. Previous owners do not always reset them before sale, and this causes a lot of issues and unwanted beheaviours. Below are some of the common settings found on Routers:

• ISP user name and password. If you want to connect to the internet check with your ISP to get your own User name and password, if not ignore this step.
• Looking at the security options, make sure:
  • MAC address Filtering is not enable. If it is, remove all the MAC addresses on the MAC address table, and enter your Laptop's network card MAC address. With MAC Filtering On, do not forget to enter the MAC addresses of all you wireless devices on to its table.
  • Wireless key settings. Disable the wireless key settings and configure it to meet your requirements.

A Laptop to Laptop connection, please make sure the wireless settings on both laptops are the same.

Inconsistent wireless Keys. The key on the laptop has to match the one configured on the router.

Drivers out of date, update your wireless adapter drivers or your router firmware by checking the manufacturer web site.

Wireless not enable on the router. If wireless is not enable on the router, there is no Wi-Fi signal at all. some Router would have wireless turned off by default, and it is the administrator decision to use it or not.

DHCP Server misconfiguration. Make sure the DHCP (Dynamic Hosts Configuration) server is properly configured:

• Enough IP address lease for your network devices
• The server itself is not down

Some simple troubleshooting methods are:

• Repair the connection. On Windows, click start - Control panel and then Network connections; chose the right connection icon, right then select repair. Windows will, temporarily, disable and re-enable your network adapter to attempt a connection.
• Reset the IP stack. Click start then Run. At the command prompt type "command" or cmd for short, you are then presented with the command prompt window. Type "netsh int ip reset resetlog", and then restart your Laptop. This applies to desktop computers as well.
• Reset the router to its factory default. Most routers we use at home are fitted with a reset button, by pressing and hold it for few seconds will bring the router to its factory default. This method solves a lot of the issues mentioned earlier, in one go.

Hi,

They are four reasons why your wireless would say "acquiring network address" and later changing into "Limited or no connectivity"

1) Invalid WEP/WPA Encryption key.
2) Mac Filtering, Your friends might have disallowed the mac address of your laptop or he it might be filtered.
3) Short IP range mentioned on the router (May your friend has specified a short ip address range for DHCP)
4) Invalid configuration for wireless on Windows Vista

To this problem, do this on your laptop

1) Start >> Control Panel >> Network and Sharing Center (Classic View) >> Manage Wireless network>> remove the wireless network by clicking and then right clicking on top of it and remove.
2) Now try to connect again to the wireless network, reenter the key and that should do it.

If this doesn't work, then probably you have to ask your friend about the 2 and 3 possible cause listed above.


Good luck!
And Thanks.

Connect it directly to the modem with the ethernet cable first...Windows will configure the Dell...then the wireless should work.

Try typing another website on the address bar.

Try checking on your router advaced setting make sure that Mac filtering is off under network filter.

Make sure all other settting on the advaced setting are also in default setting.

The password might have been changed that's why you keep getting "acquiring network address", the password is incorrect. What you can do is just reset the router. There's a reset button at the back of it, press and hold it down for 10 seconds then release, unplug the power now for 10 seconds then plug it back in. That will disable the wireless password, just re-enable it.

If compuetr always saying acquiring network address you can try firt restarting the computer, but if still wont get a valid ip address, you need to adjust the wireless settings of the router and after that try to reconnect to the wireless network....

you will need to make sure that DHCP is enabled within the routers settings as this will tell the router to assign ip addresses automatically, then go to network connections, right click on your network card>properties>TCP/IP line>properties and tick 'obtain an ip address automatically', click ok, close window and restart pc.

It appears to me that you have everything plugged into the desktop PC. This is not the way that it should be done. Plug the cable modem into the wireless router via the Internet/WAN port. Plug your desktop PC into one of the ports numbered 1-4. Now connect to the router via the wireless connection for the router and you should be able to now connect to the internet with your laptop.
If it still does not work, power down everything in this order: Laptop, Desktop, Router, Cable Modem. Bring everthing up in the reverse order (Cable Modem, Router, Desktop, Laptop) waiting for each device to stablize before moving to the next.
Once you get everything working, turn on your wireless security (WPA not WEP) asap to keep your computers and surfing safe, and to keep intruders off your network.