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Ex, you're ahead of your time. To bad your home isn't widely available yet.

Someday.

Leo

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Posted by: Leo A. Notenboom at August 22, 2007 1:46 PM

I have the same problem and I am desperate in getting this resolved once for all.. Can you please help? Thanks.. I am running windows xp and its my home laptop. Thx

Posted by: teemu at September 13, 2007 3:47 PM

hi, i wanted to know why i am receiveing a message like this (the server name or address could not be resolved) . this happens when i try and conncet with just 1 website , ultimate baseball online, everything else works , it doesnt make any sence to me. please help me . thannk you

Posted by: chuck stewart at September 25, 2007 5:52 PM

I had the same problem with this wrong 169.254 ip address. Please check if you have set up WEP. If yes, check the authentication type; it must be "Open Authentication" on your wireless PC, otherwise the router can't send the right ip address acording to the DHCP range, and the PC assumes the 169.254 managed by APIPA. It's possible also to set up static IP address, but is not a good solution, and the conection is also very unstable.good look

Posted by: Carlos Eduardo at January 18, 2008 10:51 AM

how do i get a new ip address so i can play xbox 360 live?

Posted by: Austin Whipple at January 27, 2008 11:39 AM

I seem to have found a solution to ip address 169.254.x.x following guidelines by leo.
I simply went to services in administrative tools,right clicked on DHCP client stopped,waited for 5 secs and restarted DHCP client,unplugged ethernet cable from pc,restarted pc and router.
Turned on the router first and plugged in the ethernet cable back in as pc started again.
Checked ip address and pc picked up the right ip address letting me reconfigure the router.

Posted by: rajiv sampat at March 27, 2008 6:38 AM

who said WEP? DON'T USE IT!!!!! Use WPA (WiFi Protected Access). it's MUCH more secure.

Posted by: herman greenstein at May 26, 2008 3:09 PM

I RUN A INTERNET CAFE SOME TIMES MY COMPUTERS THEY GET APIPA.MOST OF THE TIME IT IS RESOLVED BY DISABLING & ENABLING THE NIC>A RELEASE RENEW>WINSOCK RESET>SWAPPING OF LAN CABLE> HARD RESET OF ROUTER.ALSO I DO CHECK THE LAN ADAPTOR BY PINGGING 127.0.0.1 . AM I FOLLOWING THE CORRECT TROUBLESHOOTING STEPS?IF NOT THEN WHAT ARE THE STEPS I SHOULD PERFORM?PLEASE REPLY.MY EMAIL ADDRESSS IS [email address removed]

Posted by: MD.ARAFAT QUARISHI at October 12, 2008 9:00 PM

using router and switch connect with 6 pc with wired,3pc have ip:169.254.x.x why,
I did power cycle, winsock, ipconfig/release/renew, ...etc. still don't fix.
Please help me out.

Posted by: Indy at December 2, 2008 3:13 PM

Indy - I got 169.254 on Dec 1 2008 on my 3rd day down - Im connected wired from the cable modem to the computer - when I remove the coax to the modem I get the IP for the modem - when I connect the coax back in the modem I get 169.254 again - using Charter internet - Thanks

Posted by: Stumpper at December 3, 2008 4:26 AM

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