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Wlan getting wrong Subnet Mask and IP

Wlan getting wrong Subnet Mask and IP

ts230	20 Oct, 2009 - 05:13 PM Post #1
D.I.C Head Joined: 11 Jul, 2009 Posts: 159 Thanked: 10 times My Contributions	Hi there! I have a mac now, and I got a Hawking USB Wlan stick, and I OS X has some problems with it. It works perfectly at school, and on unencrypted networks, but it works with my router at home only sometimes, and even DHCP, DHCP with Manual Address and Manual mode failed. All my other computers connect fine with the WLan stick. Can anyone help?
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no2pencil	RE: Wlan Getting Wrong Subnet Mask And IP 20 Oct, 2009 - 05:23 PM Post #2
i R L33t Skiddie, k? Joined: 10 May, 2007 Posts: 13,499 Thanked: 303 times Dream Kudos: 2875 Expert In: Goofing Off My Contributions	By any chance is the ip you are getting 169.254.x.x & on subnet 255.255.0.0 ? & let me see if I understand this correctly...the mac isn't working right, but the other PC's are? zomg!
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ts230	RE: Wlan Getting Wrong Subnet Mask And IP 20 Oct, 2009 - 05:28 PM Post #3
D.I.C Head Joined: 11 Jul, 2009 Posts: 159 Thanked: 10 times My Contributions	Yes. Exactly that. In System Prefs, it says it might not be able to connect, which is 100% right.
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no2pencil	RE: Wlan Getting Wrong Subnet Mask And IP 20 Oct, 2009 - 05:31 PM Post #4
i R L33t Skiddie, k? Joined: 10 May, 2007 Posts: 13,499 Thanked: 303 times Dream Kudos: 2875 Expert In: Goofing Off My Contributions	169.254.x.x is the standard "DHCP didn't respond, so the ip address was self assigned". It indicates network failure.
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ts230	RE: Wlan Getting Wrong Subnet Mask And IP 20 Oct, 2009 - 05:35 PM Post #5
D.I.C Head Joined: 11 Jul, 2009 Posts: 159 Thanked: 10 times My Contributions	OK. WHat can I do to fix this?
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no2pencil	RE: Wlan Getting Wrong Subnet Mask And IP 20 Oct, 2009 - 05:38 PM Post #6
i R L33t Skiddie, k? Joined: 10 May, 2007 Posts: 13,499 Thanked: 303 times Dream Kudos: 2875 Expert In: Goofing Off My Contributions	I had a customer a few months back on Mac that was getting this, even though his network had not changed. I opened a command prompt, issued the following, & he was up & running right away. Assuming that your device is en0 : CODE sudo ifconfig en0 down sudo dhcpcd If the above doesn't work, try sudo dhclient For the life of me, I can't remember the command 100%, & I don't have a Mac in front of me, to test which syntax that they use. You should be able to use tab complete to allow it to work for you. You can check this site as a reference for ifconfig commands. QUOTE(ts230 @ 20 Oct, 2009 - 07:35 PM) OK. WHat can I do to fix this? Without knowing what the problem is, it's a little more difficult to guess a solution. Are you trying to do this over wireless, or a direct connection to a networking device?
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ts230	RE: Wlan Getting Wrong Subnet Mask And IP 20 Oct, 2009 - 05:45 PM Post #7
D.I.C Head Joined: 11 Jul, 2009 Posts: 159 Thanked: 10 times My Contributions	I will try now. I'll report with any issues. Do I have to reboot after?
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no2pencil	RE: Wlan Getting Wrong Subnet Mask And IP 20 Oct, 2009 - 05:47 PM Post #8
i R L33t Skiddie, k? Joined: 10 May, 2007 Posts: 13,499 Thanked: 303 times Dream Kudos: 2875 Expert In: Goofing Off My Contributions	No, a reboot is not necessary. You're just requesting that the dhcp server assign your device a new ip address. Rebooting is a Windows troubleshooting tool of "I'm not sure what went wrong, so lets let the OS try again". You'll find with Linux/Unix that the system will come back up in just about the same state that it went down. Rebooting fixes very little for *nix systems.
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ts230	RE: Wlan Getting Wrong Subnet Mask And IP 20 Oct, 2009 - 05:53 PM Post #9
D.I.C Head Joined: 11 Jul, 2009 Posts: 159 Thanked: 10 times My Contributions	Nope. Still the IP issue. I'm trying with wireless. And the dhcpcd and dhclient are not there. Any ideas? This post has been edited by ts230: 20 Oct, 2009 - 06:07 PM
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ts230	RE: Wlan Getting Wrong Subnet Mask And IP 20 Oct, 2009 - 06:35 PM Post #10
D.I.C Head Joined: 11 Jul, 2009 Posts: 159 Thanked: 10 times My Contributions	@no2pencil: Your CODE sudo ifconfig en1 down sudo dhcpcd Didn't work. The 1st command worked. Then I went into System Prefs, Network, selected my device and clicked Advanced..., and then I hit "Renew DHCP Lease". That didn't do the thing though.
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no2pencil	RE: Wlan Getting Wrong Subnet Mask And IP 20 Oct, 2009 - 06:38 PM Post #11
i R L33t Skiddie, k? Joined: 10 May, 2007 Posts: 13,499 Thanked: 303 times Dream Kudos: 2875 Expert In: Goofing Off My Contributions	Have you tried power cycling your wireless device (router/switch)? Do you see your wireless device as an option to connect to?
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ts230	RE: Wlan Getting Wrong Subnet Mask And IP 20 Oct, 2009 - 06:42 PM Post #12
D.I.C Head Joined: 11 Jul, 2009 Posts: 159 Thanked: 10 times My Contributions	Yes and Yes. I see my WLan Stick in SYstem Prefs as a second Ethernet Port, and I connect using the utility that it came with. And I see my WLan router on there, and it might be the encryption or something, I don't know. Is there any way I can fix this? This post has been edited by ts230: 21 Oct, 2009 - 07:07 AM
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ts230	RE: Wlan Getting Wrong Subnet Mask And IP 21 Oct, 2009 - 05:29 PM Post #13
D.I.C Head Joined: 11 Jul, 2009 Posts: 159 Thanked: 10 times My Contributions	I looked in my router's settings, and I couldn't find anything that might be causing this. What should I do now?
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no2pencil	RE: Wlan Getting Wrong Subnet Mask And IP 21 Oct, 2009 - 05:39 PM Post #14
i R L33t Skiddie, k? Joined: 10 May, 2007 Posts: 13,499 Thanked: 303 times Dream Kudos: 2875 Expert In: Goofing Off My Contributions	You could restore your wireless routers settings to default, & resetup any encryption that you had on it. Above that, I don't know.
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ts230	RE: Wlan Getting Wrong Subnet Mask And IP 21 Oct, 2009 - 06:17 PM Post #15
D.I.C Head Joined: 11 Jul, 2009 Posts: 159 Thanked: 10 times My Contributions	OK. I might try that. Can I just reset the DHCP settings?
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no2pencil	RE: Wlan Getting Wrong Subnet Mask And IP 21 Oct, 2009 - 06:20 PM Post #16
i R L33t Skiddie, k? Joined: 10 May, 2007 Posts: 13,499 Thanked: 303 times Dream Kudos: 2875 Expert In: Goofing Off My Contributions	No. DHCP is either on or off. There is a button on your router/switch that if you hold it in for 10+ seconds, it flashes the firmware with all the default configurations.
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ts230	RE: Wlan Getting Wrong Subnet Mask And IP 21 Oct, 2009 - 07:36 PM Post #17
D.I.C Head Joined: 11 Jul, 2009 Posts: 159 Thanked: 10 times My Contributions	I'll try to find that button.
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