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.


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