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

Sat Aug 6 11:37:24 CDT 2005

It sounds like you might have a bad Ethernet cable.  Try another one and see
if that works.

On 8/6/05 10:49 AM, "CW Smith" <cwsmith at mchsi.com> wrote:

> I did the same AirPort update Thursday, when I was first trying to get this
> iBook wired into the router.
> 
> Just for comparison, my own iBook (the one that's working just fine) has
> AirPort and Ethernet connections.  Via AirPort, DHCP assigns 10.0.1.11.  I'm
> able to disconnect from the Ethernet cable and walk around the house with no
> problem.  Via Ethernet, DHCP assigns 10.0.1.2.  Again, mine accepts its DHCP
> assignments just fine, so I don't think the problem is the router.
> 
> My wife's iBook (the problem child) also has AirPort and Ethernet
> connections.  Via AirPort, DHCP assigns 10.0.1.3.  She is able to connect
> via AirPort and take her machine almost anywhere in the house, but signal is
> weak and erratic in her office.  So I decided to run an Ethernet cable up to
> her office from mine (well under the 300' maximum).  Via Ethernet, DHCP will
> assign a 10.0.1.x address for a few seconds, then it is overridden with this
> 169.254.x.x "self-assigned" address (I know I never assigned it).
> 
> I have tried creating new "network locations," and all looks good until the
> 169 address butts back in (a new 169.254.x.x address is generated every time
> I create a new location).
> 
> I have tried setting up DHCP with a manual address -- but then I lose the
> router.
> 
> I've tried repairing permissions, resetting PRAM, resetting NVRAM, trashing
> network preferences, all to no avail.
> 
> I have brought my own iBook into my wife's office and connected to her
> switch.  No strange addresses, so I know the cables are good.
> 
> Needless to say, I am getting very frustrated.  I've been banging my head
> against this for three days.  WHAT AM I MISSING HERE?
> 
> Peace,
> Curt
> 
> On 8/6/05 10:17 AM, "John Kisner" <kisnerj at dwx.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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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>>> 
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