[DM-MUG] Can't get rid of "self-assigned IP address"

[Dave Weis]

On Sat, 6 Aug 2005, cwsmith at mchsi.com wrote:
> My wife's computer (iBook G3 700 MHz [Tiger]), on the other hand, displays a "self-assigned IP address"
> of the 169.254.193.x variety. Even under DHCP, where the router is supposed to assign the address,
> this 169.x.x.x address is displayed in the IP address field, where I can highlight, but not change it.
> Even in the days when I didn't have cable internet, when I manually assigned IP addresses, I would use
> 169.254.254.x. This "self assigned address" isn't even in that range, so I know I didn't enter it.
> Even weirder: If I configure manually, the 169.x.x.x address does not show up at all.

Does everything work when you assign an address within the correct range? 
If it does, your dhcp server is broken, if it doesn't, your mac doesn't 
have link or something else is physically wrong.

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Dave Weis
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