WD TV 2 finds my wireless network, but it can not obtain an IP? Options

[bos]

Hi all.

After going through linksys wusb100 deal (it is on the list, but it does not work with wd tv live), I got myself the wusb600n. It was recognized ok, but I found myself in front of another problem. I can connect to other wireless networks (our neighbor has non-protected access point), but somehow I can not connect to my own computer. I am not using router, but made an ad-hoc network instead. The network gets detected (it is on the list), but when I try to connect I get "can not obtain an IP" error, regardless of whether I use automatic or manual configuration. I always get the same error msg. Huh

I am using win7 64 bit.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Rudi.

[bos]

Anyone? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[TXmike]

Your setup sounds a little more complex than a normal "infrastructure" type network setup.
You're relying on your Win7 computer to supply network to the HD Live.....from how I read it.

Is your Win7 pc setup as a DHCP server, if not your Live can't get an IP address.
You can connect to your neighbor's wireless router because a router is setup by default to act as a DHCP server whereas your PC is not unless, you've already set this up somewhere along the way.....?

Adding DHCP server support is something you have to add on in the Windows control panel, it's one of the things that will normally ask for your Windows disk.


Having gone through all of that I have to ask, do you not just have a wireless router you can simply connect to? It might be a nice investment if not. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Trying to connect to another PC sounds like a pain to me.

[bos]

Your setup sounds a little more complex than a normal "infrastructure" type network setup.
You're relying on your Win7 computer to supply network to the HD Live.....from how I read it.

Is your Win7 pc setup as a DHCP server, if not your Live can't get an IP address.
You can connect to your neighbor's wireless router because a router is setup by default to act as a DHCP server whereas your PC is not unless, you've already set this up somewhere along the way.....?

Adding DHCP server support is something you have to add on in the Windows control panel, it's one of the things that will normally ask for your Windows disk.


Having gone through all of that I have to ask, do you not just have a wireless router you can simply connect to? It might be a nice investment if not. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Trying to connect to another PC sounds like a pain to me.

TXmike,

thanx for sharing that one with me. However, I do not know how to enable DHCP server in win7 (under turn on/off windows programs there is no option to turn it on). If it is of any help, if I use ipconfig /all it says that DHCP is enabled on my wireless card (?). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

[viffer08]

TXmike,

thanx for sharing that one with me. However, I do not know how to enable DHCP server in win7 (under turn on/off windows programs there is no option to turn it on). If it is of any help, if I use ipconfig /all it says that DHCP is enabled on my wireless card (?). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

I'm pretty sure WIN 7 doesn't have the ability to do DHCP.

Is your PC on any network or is it a stand alone PC?

When you do an ipconfig /all with your wireless card plugged in does it have an IP address? or the network card of the PC have an IP address?

If you can answer the above questions for me I can get a better understanding of what the problem may be..

Cheers,
Viffer08

[bos]

I'm pretty sure WIN 7 doesn't have the ability to do DHCP.

Is your PC on any network or is it a stand alone PC?

When you do an ipconfig /all with your wireless card plugged in does it have an IP address? or the network card of the PC have an IP address?

If you can answer the above questions for me I can get a better understanding of what the problem may be..

Cheers,
Viffer08

Thank you all for your help, but it seems I am out of luck. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/angry.gif) Official wd response:
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Dear bos,

Thank you for contacting Western Digital Customer Service and Support. My name is Wascar R.

The WD TV Live Media Player does not support Ad-hoc mode.


I hope that we have met your expectations today and that you are satisfied with our service. If you have any further questions, please reply to this email and we will be happy to assist you further.

Sincerely,
Wascar R.
Western Digital Service and Support
http://support.wdc.com
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[TXmike]

None of my business but, any particular reason you have your network setup as Ad-Hoc?

I still say, might be a lot easier to just get yourself a cheap router and let it do all of your network handling instead of going through a PC to do it.

Obviously though, I don't know your entire setup so maybe it's not possible.

[bos]

None of my business but, any particular reason you have your network setup as Ad-Hoc?

I still say, might be a lot easier to just get yourself a cheap router and let it do all of your network handling instead of going through a PC to do it.

Obviously though, I don't know your entire setup so maybe it's not possible.

Already went that way as soon as I found out that ad-hoc would not work. The reason for ad hoc was that I just wanted to make my setup as cheap as possible (HW, including routers are way more expensive here - Europe. For eg., Trendnet TEW-652BRP is around 35$ (newegg) while the same router here is around 90$ (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) ).

Anyway, I got myself a N router and everything is working fine now.