Wireless Internet Trouble

[Reef]

the circled icon won't acquire an IP address. I've right clicked and hit 'repair', but it just tries to acquire forever. help appreciated, thanks

[Freakin]

did you reboot?

reboot your wireless router also

[Reef]

rebooted the computer
unplugged the router for 2 mins and replugged it in
rebooted the computer
opened network connections window
still trying to acquire ip address
hit repair
kept trying to acquire ip address after 5 mins so I cancelled it

:/

[Reef]

bump

[buckslayer80]

Did this just start happening or has this PC never connected to this wireless network before?

[goldtoes]

Make sure DHCP is setup on the router?

Sounds like your router doesn't want to assign IP's but your PC is set to acquire one

[pEkvo]

I've had similar problems and my mistake was that I had entered the wrong WPA key, so it just kept trying to connect with the wrong key.

[Reef]

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Did this just start happening or has this PC never connected to this wireless network before?

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the router is pretty new and this is the 2nd time I've tried getting wireless to work unsuccessfully.

[Reef]

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Make sure DHCP is setup on the router?

Sounds like your router doesn't want to assign IP's but your PC is set to acquire one

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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

how to configure dhcp

this seems WAY TOO complicated .. ugh

[Reef]

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I've had similar problems and my mistake was that I had entered the wrong WPA key, so it just kept trying to connect with the wrong key.

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I'll retry the key.

its looking more and more like I'll just have to stick with using a long network cable.