On Jan 19, 2008 10:26 AM, Bob La Quey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok folks, here is my problem.
>
> I have a laptop that uses a NETGEAR USB wireless card.
> It works fine on my home netwsork with a NETGEAR router
> using DHCP.
>
> I take it out to my favorite coffee house,
> It's A Grind Coffee House
> 1601 India St, San Diego, CA
> and try it out.
>
> I get hooked up to 169.254.8.1 which looks
> odd to me, but I can ping it just fine.
> Then I cannot get any DNS service.
>
> A little Googling back home and I find ZeroConf.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeroconf
>
> I will continue Googling to see if I can find some
> missing software ... but can any one give me a
> quick "How To" here?
It looks to me like the router/wireless access box in the coffee house
has lost its connection to the outside world. So it has assigned
itself a private IP address, and is handing out DHCP addresses which
can connect to it, and to each other.
It isn't really your problem, except that there isn't much you can do
except drink their coffee. I presume that there are no other happy
Internet users there. Maybe one could engage in multi-player
interactive games.
carl
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