[CUBE] Cube, Airport card, self-assigned DHCP address

[atoa at krak.net]

When the cube is misbehaving, can you ping it from the others, and vice
versa?

On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Jeffrey Dobek wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am having trouble on my small home network. I have a Netgear
> MR814v2 wireless router, which I use together with a Cube and an
> iBook (dual usb) (each with an original Airport card), and with a
> beige G3 (connected to the router by RJ45 cable).
>
> I use the iBook and the Cube in the same room. The iBook remains
> connected the router all the time (all bars illuminated). Lately I've
> been having many connectivity problems with the Cube....
>
> I'll be using the internet, and suddenly I can't connect to anything.
> Going to the network preferences panel, it shows a 169.XXX-series IP
> address and the note "self-assigned". The Airport card shows as still
> being connected to the router (all bars illuminated, and router name
> with a checkmark in the Airport menu). Sometimes just waiting awhile
> will lead to the reassignment of an IP address from the router. Other
> times, turning off and on the Airport card will do this. But lately
> this has worked less and less. I just have to wait until it decides
> it wants to work.
>
> Looking at the router config from the iBook, it shows that the Cube
> is connected to the router. Yet somehow it's not getting an IP
> address.
>
> Any ideas of suggestions? This has gotten to the point where the Cube
> is useless for internet work as half the time it cuts out mid-session.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Jeffrey Dobek
> Bydgoszcz, Poland
>
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