That IP is a random one from a range allocated for self-autoconfiguring machines.
Basically your laptop is not getting an IP from a DHCP server. -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Mageanu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 9 June 2006 2:59 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: wireless ferrari [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ifconfig wlan0 wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX inet addr:169.254.129.38 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 inet6 addr: xxxx::xxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:918 (918.0 b) Interrupt:11 Memory:d0004000-d0006000 Where could that IP address come from? The router is set as DHCP server but the range is wrong.
