No I am getting the actual address from my network dchp server, it picks up
the right address, gateway, and dns information

"tblack" wrote:

> are you getting a 192.0.0.x address or is it a 169.0.0.x??
>
> "cacho" wrote:
>
> > I have a laptop with windows XP home edition that doesn't connect to the
> > internet, the wireless card connect to the wireless network picks up a dhcp
> > address but cannot browse the internet, I cannot ping any address like
> > yahoo.com. Also when I connect the laptop to the wired network using the
> > builtin network adapter, it also picks up an address from the dhcp server,
> > but cannot access the internet, the firewall on winxp is turned off, I took
> > this laptop to a different network and I have the same response.
> > Any ideas of what needs to be done or why this is happening?