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"Connection Established: Acquiring IP Address"

post #1 of 14
3/31/06 at 2:35pm
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The mini PCI Wi-Fi card onboard my Sager 9750 is identified by Windows simply as an IEEE 802.11a/b/g adapter card. The drivers are provided by MSI. I have used both the Windows wireless connection utility and the MSI utility to attempt connections with my Linksys 54G router. Either way I get the popups from the task bar indicating a connection is establish, usually at level "Excellent," but an ongoing indicator of "acquiring IP address." A minute or so of this, then the connection is lost. I reset the parameters on the router, and downloaded fresh MSI drivers to the notebook and get the same result. The router is maybe 5 feet away from the notebook, albeit through a standard sheetrock bedroom wall. A previous computer with an internal Atheros wi-fi card regularly connected at the highest level without a glitch. Is this an issue with the router settings or with the wi-fi card or with the wi-fi drivers? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
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post #2 of 14
4/5/06 at 12:10pm
I get this often. My only solution is to repair the wireless connection (through the button in the status window or right-clicking the connection in Network Connections).
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post #3 of 14
4/5/06 at 1:36pm
If the router / gateway works great with another wireless card and not with the one you have and the settings between both client cards are the same then that means that one: your router works fine and two: your current wireless card is not compatible with your router / gateway. It does not happen all that often but I know for one that I have encountered that issue on maybe 10% of my wireless troubleshooting calls. Make sure your security settings such as MAC filtering, encryption type and PSK are all configured correctly along with firewall functions and if so then that leaves you with only your wireless card at fault provided that its drivers are correctly installed. To see if it is an issue of compatibility and not hardware failure you could also try connecting your current card at a free public hot spot such as a coffee shop, bookstore or library. If it connects there you know it is just compatibility between your card and router. You will definately want to check the faq's and known issues pages of both the manufacturers for your router and access card to see if this is common between those specific hardware items.

Good luck
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post #4 of 14
4/5/06 at 2:17pm
I forgot to mention that I only encounter this problem if I've turned off the wireless interface (pressing Fn-F11 on my 5720), or disabled the wireless network connection on my old Toshiba.

I used to have all D-Link hardware all purchased the same time. It had the same problems.

I think that it's a software issue.
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post #5 of 14
4/10/06 at 6:29pm
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Problem resolved. See here.
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post #6 of 14
4/13/06 at 5:35pm
Yikes. I've installed the newest Intel wireless drivers, and I still have the IP address problem. But before this driver version, I could just use XP's "Repair Connection" tool and I'd get an IP. This latest version completely disable's XP's handling of the wireless, so I have no repair option. Thus, when I can't get an IP address, the Intel software has no way of doing what the XP Repair tool did, and my only solution is to restart the computer.
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post #7 of 14
4/13/06 at 5:47pm
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Well, I was fiddlin' around with the notebook end of things, too, updating drivers, shifting from the XP utility to the utility that came with the wireless adapter, and so on, all to no avail. The solution came with updating the router firmware, powercycling the modem, router, and master computer (the one wired to used to set the router, a desktop in my case), then setting MAC address filtering on the router to allow the notebook, and powercylcing again. I have a different brand wireless adapter and a different brand of router than you do, but my initial problems seemed much the same as what you describe, and focusing on the router instead of the card eventuated the solution.
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post #8 of 14
4/13/06 at 5:57pm
So you're basically crediting the MAC address filtering? Would that affect me if I have the filtering disabled?
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post #9 of 14
4/13/06 at 6:06pm
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I wasn't using MAC address filtering before. Problems presented themselves when I first attempted using the wireless connection with my new notebook. Naturally, I thought that's where the problem was and focused there, until review of different threads here and on other forums led me to focusing on the router and the eventual procedure described above. MAC address filtering would not have occurred to me otherwise, and it turned out to be the fix for my problem. I suggest starting with a refresh of all your router settings, including setting your router to clone the setup computer's MAC address, then powercycle, then enable MAC filtering on the router, powercycle again, then set MAC filtering to allow your particular notebook. Mileage may vary, of course.
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post #10 of 14
4/29/06 at 7:50pm
I disabled my Network Connections Service. It got rid of the annoying icon.
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post #11 of 14
6/30/06 at 9:24pm
I encountered the same problem on my sister's laptop. I fixed it by assigning her laptop a static IP. Before it used to do what you described, which was connecting but saying that it was acquiring network address before disconnecting. After assigning the laptop a static IP it connects just fine.
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post #12 of 14
7/27/06 at 3:36am
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Originally Posted by AegisDrgn
I encountered the same problem on my sister's laptop. I fixed it by assigning her laptop a static IP. Before it used to do what you described, which was connecting but saying that it was acquiring network address before disconnecting. After assigning the laptop a static IP it connects just fine.
How do you assign it a static IP?
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post #13 of 14
7/27/06 at 3:12pm
1) my network places
2) view network connections
3) right click on the adaptor you want a static ip for
4) select properties
5) highlight internet protocol (tcp/ip)
6) press the properties button below to the right
7) select the use the following ip address: radio button
8) use 192.168.0.101 the last 3 digits can almost be anything
9) for subnet mask i think you can use 255.255.255.0, i forgot so give that a try
10) default gateway use the routers ip address
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post #14 of 14
7/27/06 at 3:28pm
Have you tried removing the network components, rebooting, and re-adding them to see if that helps? Has worked for me in the past.

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Originally Posted by robastewart
The mini PCI Wi-Fi card onboard my Sager 9750 is identified by Windows simply as an IEEE 802.11a/b/g adapter card. The drivers are provided by MSI. I have used both the Windows wireless connection utility and the MSI utility to attempt connections with my Linksys 54G router. Either way I get the popups from the task bar indicating a connection is establish, usually at level "Excellent," but an ongoing indicator of "acquiring IP address." A minute or so of this, then the connection is lost. I reset the parameters on the router, and downloaded fresh MSI drivers to the notebook and get the same result. The router is maybe 5 feet away from the notebook, albeit through a standard sheetrock bedroom wall. A previous computer with an internal Atheros wi-fi card regularly connected at the highest level without a glitch. Is this an issue with the router settings or with the wi-fi card or with the wi-fi drivers? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
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