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

[CW Smith]

Also, the other 4 computers on the network are receiving assignments from
AirPort base station just fine -- so I don't think it's the router.
Something is awry in this particular iBook


On 8/5/05 11:11 PM, "Dave Weis" <djweis at internetsolver.com> wrote:

> 
> 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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