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Win8 laptop will not obtain automatically

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Bob.

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A Win8 laptop that will not connect to the network or internet unless I manually enter the IP address, subnet and default GW, and the DNS suffix and DNS server addresses in the IPv4 section of wifi properties.

It will connect to an iphone hotspot ok, and other wireless laptops and devices connect ok on automatic.

Is this a common? How can I resolve it?

Thanks for any suggestions.
 
Thanks. Looking at that now.

More info:
In Ipconfig under Wireless LAN adapter wi-fi:

Auto config IPv4 address: 169.254.134.184<Preferred>
subnet mask: 255.255.0.0

No default gateway
 
The IP that you posted (169.254.134.184) is assigned by APIPA (automatic private ip addressing), and usually indicates that there was no response from a DHCP server. Do you have other computers/devices on your network that are successfully receiving config through DHCP? I just want to confirm that your DHCP server in your router is enabled, configured, and working for other devices.
 
seepy83 said:
Do you have other computers/devices on your network that are successfully receiving config through DHCP? I just want to confirm that your DHCP server in your router is enabled, configured, and working for other devices.
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Sorry for delay. Too much going on here. But yes, DHCP server is enabled and other devices are working properly. Security is WPA Personal TKIP. The laptop worked for awhile and then quit connecting. No configuration changes, although the iphone hotspot connects.
 
Also strange IMO, the status page of the router under local network shows the Ip addr. start at 192.168.1.100 and end ip addr at 192.168.1.104, although my manual entry IP is 192.168.1.114 and connects fine.

I'm about to set it back at auto and try the suggestions at the link Jack posted. I just wanted to make sure there are no issues in the router.
 
Having your DHCP address range so limited means that only a total of five devices are allowed to get IP addresses automatically from the router. Unless you have a specific need to restrict IP assignments to that 100-104 address range, change the end IP from 192.168.1.104 to a more reasonable number that will allow more client devices and the laptop should be able to get an address automatically.
 
Fardringle said:
Having your DHCP address range so limited means that only a total of five devices are allowed to get IP addresses automatically from the router. Unless you have a specific need to restrict IP assignments to that 100-104 address range, change the end IP from 192.168.1.104 to a more reasonable number that will allow more client devices and the laptop should be able to get an address automatically.
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What Fardringle said is absolutely correct...you're probably just using up all of the addresses that your DHCP server is configured to hand out. Extend the address pool and see if that helps.
 
The enabled DHCP server starts at 192.168.1.100 and has a max number of users set at the default 50, which makes it puzzling that status/Local Network shows the end address as .104. Am I missing the setting to change?

Access Restriction is not enabled.

Maybe it's a router issue? But it does connect when I manually enter an IP address of ...1.114
 
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OK...this is odd. REsetting the wireless adapter has seemingly solved the problem, and the router Status/Local Network page is now showing 192.168.1.149, as it should.

Does this seem odd that the wireless adapter could limit the IP address range at the router?
 
Bob. said:
OK...this is odd. REsetting the wireless adapter has seemingly solved the problem, and the router Status/Local Network page is now showing 192.168.1.149, as it should.

Does this seem odd that the wireless adapter could limit the IP address range at the router?
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Resetting the wireless adapter on your Windows 8 laptop having an affect on the DHCP range on your router? That completely defies all logic.

Did you reset/reboot your router prior it it working again? I'm wondering if the max users was accidentally set to 5 at some point in the past, and then changed to 50 but the router needed to be rebooted to make that change in the running config.
 
seepy83 said:
Resetting the wireless adapter on your Windows 8 laptop having an affect on the DHCP range on your router? That completely defies all logic.

Did you reset/reboot your router prior it it working again? I'm wondering if the max users was accidentally set to 5 at some point in the past, and then changed to 50 but the router needed to be rebooted to make that change in the running config.
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No router reset today, although I did try resetting it several times over the last week. Sometimes it would work. There was never any IP limit set on this router.
 
Many Routers do not like static configured IPs within their DHCP Range.

Thus it make sense to limit the DHCP to a reasonable range of Auto "Dished" IPs and use the rest for manual IPs when needed.



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