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**Chris** · 07-05-2006, 17:30

Belkin wireless cards can be a little temperamental over whether they will acquire an IP or not ... the first and simplest thing to try is to manually force windows to release and re-acquire an IP address:

Start > Run > type 'cmd' (without the ' ') > type 'ipconfig /release' > wait > type 'ipconfig /renew' > wait

All being well, the laptop should acquire an IP address in the 192.x.x.x range from the Airport base station, and all will work from then on.

I frequently have to go through this process when trying to get onto my own network, and that's with a Belkin router as well as a Belkin card.

07-05-2006, 17:30	#2
Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,141	Re: Belkin wirless adapter to Apple mairport problems Belkin wireless cards can be a little temperamental over whether they will acquire an IP or not ... the first and simplest thing to try is to manually force windows to release and re-acquire an IP address: Start > Run > type 'cmd' (without the ' ') > type 'ipconfig /release' > wait > type 'ipconfig /renew' > wait All being well, the laptop should acquire an IP address in the 192.x.x.x range from the Airport base station, and all will work from then on. I frequently have to go through this process when trying to get onto my own network, and that's with a Belkin router as well as a Belkin card.