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

[John Kisner]

Probably unrelated, but I was having trouble with my AirPort Express  
Thursday night.  The diagnostics said everything was fine to ISP, but  
still couldn't connect to internet.  My Windows machine was  
connecting fine via ethernet, so I knew ihe problem was AirPort  
related.  After launching the AirPort utility, I was informed there  
was a new version of the AirPort software ready to upload to the  
Express.  After doing so, my Macs were able to connect to internet  
normally.  Either the new AirPort software resolved something, or  
else the simple act of a restarting the AirPort (via software  
command, not just pluggling/unplugging, which did NOT help when I  
tried that earlier).

On Aug 6, 2005, at 10:09 AM, CW Smith wrote:

> The AirPort Extreme base station is able, briefly, to assign a  
> 10.0.1.x
> address.  But less than a minute later (I haven't actually set a  
> stopwatch
> to it), the something reassigns the address to 169.254.x.x -- and  
> it changes
> every time.  I'm beginning to suspect foul play.
>
> 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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