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"Acquiring IP Adress"

  • 12-07-2008 10:12pm
    #1
    kraggy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭


    What does this mean in terms of connecting to Internet?

    My friend's laptop is saying this when she tries to connect.

    Any ideas on how to resolve it?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Gillie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,640 ✭✭✭Gillie


    Your Network Card is set to acquire a DHCP address. It's supposed to happen but if it just continually does it there is a problem.

    What Broadband provider are ye using?


  • #3
    kraggy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭kraggy


    eircom

    She's just told me that they said it would be up an running yesterday (it's a new house, new connection). If I knew that I wouldn't have posted in the first place.

    Maybe they're just late. She'll ring them on Monday.

    Thanks anyway.


  • #4
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    kraggy wrote: »
    What does this mean in terms of connecting to Internet?

    My friend's laptop is saying this when she tries to connect.

    Any ideas on how to resolve it?

    Thanks
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ip_address


  • #5
    keen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 987 ✭✭✭keen


    Overheal wrote: »
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ip_address

    Why not try explaing instead of posting a wiki link, people come on here to get help from posters not to be linked to an external site.

    There's a lot of needless tech knowledge in articles that can be off putting to people that aren't as knowledgeable as yourself.


  • #6
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    keen wrote: »
    Why not try explaing instead of posting a wiki link, people come on here to get help from posters not to be linked to an external site.

    There's a lot of needless tech knowledge in articles that can be off putting to people that aren't as knowledgeable as yourself.

    its how I learned the nitty gritty. Wikis great for providing both the short and long answer.

    instead of criticizing another posters response you can provide one yourself ;)

    /now, back to our regularly scheduled thread.


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  • #7
    keen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 987 ✭✭✭keen


    Overheal wrote: »

    instead of criticizing another posters response you can provide one yourself ;)

    /now, back to our regularly scheduled thread.
    Gillie wrote: »
    Your Network Card is set to acquire a DHCP address. It's supposed to happen but if it just continually does it there is a problem.

    What Broadband provider are ye using?
    kraggy wrote: »
    eircom

    She's just told me that they said it would be up an running yesterday (it's a new house, new connection). If I knew that I wouldn't have posted in the first place.

    Maybe they're just late. She'll ring them on Monday.

    Thanks anyway.
    .


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