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IP issues with wireless network, help appreciated!

  • 24-11-2008 8:52pm
    #1
    riddik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 362 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    I recently changed my router to a Zyxel 660hw-t1. It works fine when wired to a pc, but the wireless is proving tricky. I'm not particularly good with computers, so thought I'd seek help from people who know more than I do...

    When I try to log onto the network wirelessly [with my ipod for the moment] it registers an IP address of 169.24X.XXX.XXX which i presume is the IP address of my connection to the ISP instead of the expected 192.168.1.X..., so there's some sort of forwarding or bridging going on that my primitive mind cannot comprehend, any help would be greatly appreciated...

    Thanks,
    R


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  • #2
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    The 168 address is an address that your iPod has assigned because it can't pick one up properly. Its useless to be honest.

    You need to enable DHCP on the router or give your iPod a static address.

    If you're not up to speed with IP address's let me know and I'll try and help.


  • #3
    riddik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 362 ✭✭riddik


    thanks for the amazingly quick reply....!

    yeah im pretty much clueless, iv spent two hours on google, n im more clueless to be honest.... dhcp is enabled, but under the settings, both primary and secondary dns server are 0.0.0.0, does this matter?


  • #4
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,567 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    169.254 = has given up looking for an address
    192.168 = got an address ( or remembers an old one )
    0.0.0.0 = is looking for an address

    sounds like you may not have have the wireless password in correctly , does it say connected ?


  • #5
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    Nope, you should have the DNS from your ISP in at least the first DNS box.

    Take a print screen of the DHCP settings page on your router , don't worry we can't do anything with them and post it so I can take a look.


  • #6
    riddik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 362 ✭✭riddik


    cool, does this pic have info? im with BT broadband by the way [not by choice!]


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  • #7
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    That looks ok riddik, apart from the missing DNS entry. You'll need to find out what that is.

    What you could do is give your iPod a static address for testing purposes ex .
    IP : 192.168.1.2
    Subnet: 255.255.255.0
    Default gateway: 192.168.1.1

    Then the DNS, but you'll have to find out what it is for BT.


  • #8
    Username!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 399 ✭✭Username!


    KTRIC wrote: »
    That looks ok riddik, apart from the missing DNS entry. You'll need to find out what that is.

    What you could do is give your iPod a static address for testing purposes ex .
    IP : 192.168.1.2
    Subnet: 255.255.255.0
    Default gateway: 192.168.1.1

    Then the DNS, but you'll have to find out what it is for BT.
    You don't need to put in the DNS, that's completely optional and has nothing to do with the iPod not connecting wirelessly.

    And don't change the settings on the Zyxel or make it a Static IP address either (your asking for IP conflicts in this situation).

    That IP address comes up when the connection is limited - 90% of the time because of an incorrect wireless encryption key.

    OP, is this the First of Second Generation iPod Touch?

    Are you connecting to a secure wireless network or is it open?

    If secure, what type of security did you use? (WEP, WPA-PSK etc.)


  • #9
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    Username! wrote: »
    You don't need to put in the DNS, that's completely optional and has nothing to do with the iPod not connecting wirelessly.

    LOL, DNS optional !!! :rolleyes:

    The OP didn't mention anything about it not connecting wirelessly. He said he wasn't getting an IP, theres a difference.


  • #10
    Username!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 399 ✭✭Username!


    KTRIC wrote: »
    LOL, DNS optional !!! :rolleyes:

    The OP didn't mention anything about it not connecting wirelessly. He said he wasn't getting an IP, theres a difference.
    Yes, optional details to fill in on the router as they are automatically assigned by the ISP since the Zyxel P660HW-T1 is an ADSL2+ router.

    Secondly, he emphasised it about it not connecting wirelessly...
    riddik wrote: »
    ...It works fine when wired to a pc, but the wireless is proving tricky...

    ...When I try to log onto the network wirelessly [with my ipod for the moment] it registers an IP address of 169.24X.XXX.XXX which i presume is the IP address of my connection to the ISP instead of the expected 192.168.1.X...


  • #11
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    Wireless networks work on magic and can't be thought of rationally. Offer gifts to your local wizard and see if he can remove the hex.

    Is the Ipod the only thing you have to connect wirelessly? Use a laptop to make sure it's working at all. Use static IPs to ping the router. If it's anything like the networks I've set up, it will eventually just decide to work when it's had it's fun watching you go insane trying to figure out whats wrong with it.


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  • #12
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,567 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    ScumLord wrote: »
    Wireless networks work on magic and can't be thought of rationally. Offer gifts to your local wizard and see if he can remove the hex.
    Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke


  • #13
    riddik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 362 ✭✭riddik


    thanks all, yeah i used a computer and laptop [running xp on the lappy, i dont fully trust vista wen it comes to networks] but i eventually gave up, plugged the wireless modem router into an old plain wireless router i had and got it going in a daft way, but itl do for now, i just got too pissed off. scumlord i think your spot on, and that last quote by the captain is frickin hilarious!

    anyway thanks for all your contributions, genuinely appreciate it
    R


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