[athom108]

I was sitting in Tullys coffee shop trying to pick up their net connection with my new pb but I couldn't connect. Even though the network status clearly showed I was connected I was not getting a connection. When I opened network preferences it said something like "you are connected but your airport has a self assigned ip address so you may not be connected" or something like that.
Anyone ever see this or know how to correct it.

[ibook_steve]

Not really an MBP question but: Network preferences. Go to Airport preferences, TCP/IP tab and click Renew DHCP lease. Wait a little bit until you get a valid IP.

Steve

[Simon]

You can also try turning the AP card off and back on again. If that doesn't help it could of course also be their DHCP server. I once experienced such a situation.

[enricfp1]

i'm having the exact same problem.

i typed 192.168.1.1 in safari AND firefox but nothing happened. it won't open the router's config. i also tried with 192.168.0.1.

and of course, i tried what you guys have suggested but no luck whatsoever

anymore suggestions?

i have a macbook.

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by enricfp1 

i'm having the exact same problem.

i typed 192.168.1.1 in safari AND firefox but nothing happened. it won't open the router's config. i also tried with 192.168.0.1.

and of course, i tried what you guys have suggested but no luck whatsoever

anymore suggestions?

i have a macbook.

Go to Network Preferences, select your AirPort card, and click on the TCP/IP tab. What's your computer's IP? If it is not 192.168.1.something, you simply WON'T get anything by typing in the IP.

The fix is to first click the "renew DHCP address" button in that TCP/IP tab. That will get you an appropriate IP and once you have that you can indeed just type in the router's IP and connect to it.

I should note though that it is always a good practice (and sometimes absolutely mandatory) to connect by an ethernet cable when you want to manage your wireless router. Consider this: you make a change in the wireless configuration and click "OK" to commit that change. Your computer WILL NOT follow that change because you haven't altered your computer's settings. Now you're sitting there with NO connection to the router and a lost look on your face (my wife says that's how I looked when I did this). Not cool. Further, some wireless routers have a sort of "limbo" state between making setting changes and committing them, and you'd have to reset the router to get back into it if you wound up there with a wireless connection. Besides, some routers just ignore management inputs from the wireless side, and that gets frustrating.