Hello, this has been bugging me for the last two days. I recently received a school issued laptop for the current school year to use. It can't manage to make it work with my setup. I have a Toshiba Tecra M10 with Windows XP Pro SP3.
I have a wireless network that is connected to the Linksys WRT54GL (w/tomato firmware version 1.25). I have seven wireless devices that are able to connect with no problems at all. Being 12 feet away from the router without a wall gives me a very good signal.
I started troubleshooting by checking if the laptop can establish a connection and acquire an IP address without security on the router.
When I tried to connect, the laptop was not able to immediately connect and receive an IP. Instead, I got a "limited or no connectivity" response. After some time (1-3 minutes roughly) it was able to get an IP address and can now go to the web. I tested by pinging some websites and it did work.
My router wireless mode is: Access Point + WDS
B/G: G Mode
Security: WPA Personal
Encryption: AES
MAC filtering is disabled.
After that I did the FF in no particular order for more troubleshooting:
1.ipconfig/release and ipconfig/renew = stuck on acquiring network address
2.updated the driver for Intel(R) Wifi Link 5100 AGN = stuck on acquiring network address
3.tried a shorter key on WPA = stuck on acquiring network address
4.tried to update windows but OS was current
5.connect with ethernet = was able to connect and acquire network address quickly
6. switched wireless G to B/G and then back = = stuck on acquiring network address
BTW the whole time my laptop was on limbo (stuck on acquiring network address) it says it was connected. I ran ipconfig/all and got the rest of these information:
My subnet mask & ip address was all set to 0.0.0.0 . My dhcp server was 255.255.255.255, default gateway was blank, DNS server was not available.
I hope there information will help you guys. Thanks.