Thread: Wireless PC Keeps losing IP Address - Help!
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Old 07-07-2004, 20:29   #8
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Re: Wireless PC Keeps losing IP Address - Help!
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Originally Posted by jamie.benning
Last week I set up a small home network between my Mac (Panther) and PC (XP) with a Linksys Wireless router and a Belkin wireless PCI in the PC.

The internet (via NTL cable modem) has been working fine but this morning the PC has lost its IP address and defaulted back to 169.XXX... However the wireless connection is still functioning and the router can still see the PC

I have the Linksys router set up to Clone to Mac address of the PC so there should be no problems.

Rebooting the XP machine seems to solve the problem. Any ideas?
In addition to the other suggestions....

Have a look at this similar thread from the start of June:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ad.php?t=13164

Also, to stop the XP PC from reverting to an APIPA IP address (169.XXX...) when it's unable to renew the lease from the wireless router's DHCP server, have a read of this:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...806#post228806
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