I have a network that does not work properly. Help!?

My network has 2 PC's on the wireless, and a printer, which all work and can ping each other. The address scheme for the router is 10.10.1.1. The network is using DHCP. When I connect with my laptop to the network i get an address that is on the 169 address scheme. I cannot ping anything on the network, or access the router webpage, put my computer tells me that I am connected. Than I have an Apple Mac that cannot even connect to the network. How can I get the two other PC's to connect.

I have a network that does not work properly. Help!?
When your PC shows an address in the 169 scheme it is not able to get a DHCP address. Could be your router is having a problem. Try power cycling the router.





I assume the PC having the problem is trying to connect wirelessly. The first connection message you see tells you the radio connection is working. If power cycling the router does not work send me a message and we can try a few other things.
Reply:Your router has DHCP enabled. The typical address scheme used for home networks, by default, is 192.168.y.x, where x could be any number from 1 to 254 and y is any number in that range too, but the same for every device on the network.





Your laptop is configured to get it's IP address automatically, which it's getting from the router via DHCP.





I suggest that you use automatic address assignment for all the devices. If the printers can't automatically get an address, figure out the range your router wants to use, pick a couple addresses in that range and configure them as static addresses in the DHCP configuration on the router. You will need both the MAC address of the printer and the desired IP address.
Reply:Check that dhcp is turned on at the router. The 169. number indicates that no dhcp is available. Also make sure you have set the correct encryption key on all your equipment. All machines should get a 10.10.1.x number once this is correct.

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