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by jhpjr1

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My thinkpad has been giving me the message every time I try to get on the internet cable or wireless, 'little or no connectivity'. It says it needs to renew my IP address. When it trys to renew my IP address I get the message saying it was unable to do it. When I look at the lOCAL AREA CONNECTION STATUS in the Activity part the only number that moves is Sent packets and 'Received packets number stays on zero. I am unable to figure out the problem or the solution to my problem. Can't figure out if it is a hardware or software problem?

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by 1bn0

In order to talk to the network your computer needs an IP address.
Typically, this is assigned from your router or high speed modem.

Your comuter is sending a DHCP request but not getting a response.

Reset your router and/or modem.

by why me worry?

Go to a command prompt and run an IPCONFIG /ALL command

If you get an IP address with the first two octets being 169.254.x.x then you are not seeing a DHCP server, thus explaining your connectivity issue. Also, if the device you are attaching to has a hard set speed and duplex setting at the port and your laptop's NIC is set to auto-negotiate, you will be dropping packets. The settings needs to match on both ends of the connection.

by langlier

1. Make sure that you are not set up with a static IP.
2. Verify the DHCP of your router is working.
3. Verify that you have no firewalls that would conflict
4. If you are using a utility other then the windows wireless configurator uninstall it (as well as any others that may be installed) and try again using the windows config.
5. Check for spyware or viruses that may be interfering.

Thats a good place to get started. If those do not work there is something larger at miss.

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