T60 Wireless Issues

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soulesschild · #1 Post by **soulesschild** » Thu May 08, 2008 1:27 pm

I'm having issues with my T60, which is just under a year old now. The wireless card doesn't want to connect to my router anymore. It keeps getting an IP of 169.254.xxx.xxx which I know is the PIPA IP when it can't get any info from a DHCP server. Problem is, the router is working fine for my other roommates, just not my laptop. I had this issue before and I just reformatted and wiped my laptop and it worked for awhile. Now it's broken again. Is the network card just faulty or what? When I reformatted, the only things I installed were Microsoft Office, Firefox, Thunderbird, NOD32, Outpost, and all the updates for XP/Lenovo.

steveg47 · #2 Post by **steveg47** » Thu May 08, 2008 2:22 pm

If it were me I would just assign myself a fixed ip address and proceed from there.

liliggyracin · #3 Post by **liliggyracin** » Thu May 08, 2008 3:27 pm

soulesschild wrote:I'm having issues with my T60, which is just under a year old now. The wireless card doesn't want to connect to my router anymore. It keeps getting an IP of 169.254.xxx.xxx which I know is the PIPA IP when it can't get any info from a DHCP server. Problem is, the router is working fine for my other roommates, just not my laptop. I had this issue before and I just reformatted and wiped my laptop and it worked for awhile. Now it's broken again. Is the network card just faulty or what? When I reformatted, the only things I installed were Microsoft Office, Firefox, Thunderbird, NOD32, Outpost, and all the updates for XP/Lenovo.

Are you using the Access connections that IBM offers or just using windows to control your wireless network?

soulesschild · #4 Post by **soulesschild** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:50 pm

using windows, access connections seems broken to me atm.

I can use the fixed IP but then it seemingly breaks itself =/

Brad · #5 Post by **Brad** » Fri May 09, 2008 1:55 am

I don't know which router you are using but if its possible I would try another. I have spent many hours working on problems just like you are having. Sometimes simply changing the router will solve the problem.

Brad

pae77 · #6 Post by **pae77** » Sat May 10, 2008 3:15 am

Before giving up on the router, make sure you have the latest firmware for the router installed. Doing so fixed some intermittent loss of connection issues I was having.

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