Airport has the self-assigned IP address...
I've read about 100 of these threads online however none of them have solved my problem unfortunatley.
I've had my Macbook for just over 4 months now and it never gave me problems until about 2 weeks ago. I opened up my macbook to find I didn't have an IP addressed given to me, so I couldn't go online. After about 2 days of literally messing about with the settings I didn't understand, it worked and I took no more notice of it. Then, about a week ago, it happened again, this time I tried to make note of what I did but it just started working randomly.
Now it's happened again and I've tried every trick in the book. I've deleted the preference file, I've turned my firewall on and off, I've renewed my DHCP, I've manually entered my IPV4 address but still, no cigar. Is there anything more I can do, I don't want to connect by chance again! I want to fix this once and for all, without reinstalling.
Have you solved your problem?
When I have this problem at home on my MacBook with Leopard, I simply restart the D-link DI-624 wireless router.
Another writer with the same problem on a university network solved his problem by repairing permissions
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10921669�
This thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10639538�
elaborates on and links to advice that seems to have helped a few people:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10445592
Sometimes I have this problem when turning on the MacBook with AirPort turned off, after turning it off during a previous session (to save battery or to cut down on electrosmog). When away from home, a restart with AirPort on usually does the trick.
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I came from the U.S to Spain and My laptop will not connect to the internet via airport I keep getting the message above what do I do?
Hi, the one below worked for my case.
I beleive there are different reasons for this problem. In my case, doing try and error, I found a solution for my case (at the ver end of this post). The reason I say this is because I had the same problem and googled the problem for quite a while ... none of the suggested solutions worked for me, although it seems like they worked for others in some cases. I tired taking my computer to different wifi networks (mainly unprotected ... ie no WAP) and alwasy got the same problem. I even took the computer to apple and no luck ... surprisely when I took it to apple it did connect to apple's wifi network in the store, so according to them it was probably some problem with my network ... when I walked out of the store I tried connecting to another open network in the mall and got the same problem ... went back to apple and they tried a few things without any luck (however it would connect to apple's network)
Of all the solutions I read the one that made more sense for me was the one related to keychain access, although in my case I had the problem trying to get into an unprotected network, which at some point was protected.
So this is what I did: among other things I compared the keychain access file with that from another macbook that was working ok, and I noticed that although my wifi network is unprotected there was an entry for it in the keychain access list (maybe from the time that I had the network protected with the deafult config from the router). So I went to network preferences on the computer that had the problem, went to advanced and selected the name of my network (configured without security), and changed it to WAP personnal security, and entered the previous access code from my router --- the same configured in the other mac keychain file ---. This created an entry for my network in the keychain access file, just as it showed in the other macbook. I then went back to network preference and change the configuration of my network back without security. AND NOW it is working, NO MORE SELF ASSIGNED IP ADDRESS. (remember that I actually I never really changed the configuration of my wifi router to make the network secured ... actually I didn't touch it at all .... well I did before some days ago trying to follow some of the suggested solutions, doing things like power cycle, reset to factory default etc, etc, which never worked) -
My "airport has the self assigned IP address and will not be able to connect to the internet"
I have tried everything
restarting the computer
renewing the DHCP
deleting the airport then adding a new airport
turning off the airport and deleting the keychain access codes
deleting the systems configuration folder
I dont know what to do anymore.
I can't connect to my home router or my schools secured wifi, but i am able to connect to their public wifi. my iphone connects just fineSystem preferences > Network > WiFi/Airport ..
( Assist me ) > ( Assistant )...
and set it up from scratch, including a brand new "Location", not the default.
You must close the window and save changes for them to take effect.
If no joy, look at another one of you devices and post
Router Address and
IP Address and
Subnet mask -
Trying again.
After using wifi at Hartford Airport, my favorite hotspot showed the above. How do I fix?Clear out all your existing wifi names and passwords.. then start over.
This has airports involved but not apple ones.
Wi-Fi: How to troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity
If you check through this it says little more than I have.
Look at this section.
Symptom: After restarting or waking from sleep, my computer might not connect to the Internet -
My ipad recognizes my home network but will not connect to the internet. When I click on AirPort/preferences at the top of the imac screen it says..."AirPort has a self-assigned ip address and may not connect to the internet". If this is the root of the problem,how can I change ip address?
Ipad will connect no problem to other networks.First thing you need I think is to get your iMac connected to the Internet.
Shut down your iMac and you iPad. Then power off your router. Wait 30 seconds and power up the router.
After the router indicates that it is connected to the Internet then start up your iMac and see if it connects. If the iMac connects to the Internet then your iPad should too.
If this power up sequence doesn't work you'll have to dig into the router setup to make sure it is working properly. -
my wi fi wont work giving me this Wi-Fi has the self-assigned IP address 169.254.5.29 and will not be able to connect to the Internet whats up with the airport how do i fix it
See this discussion.
Wi-Fi has the self-assigned IP address
Troubleshooting suggestions.
Troubleshooting Wi-Fi issues in OS X
Wireless Connection Problems - Fix
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I getting airport has a self-assigned ip address and may not be able to connect to the internet
I getting airport has a self-assigned ip address and may not be able to connect to the internet
I have got exactly the same message after we re-configured our router. I was connecting using my iMac wirelessly before hand, but now cannot. Our other PCs can connect wirelessly to the router so it's not the router. I have also tried the firewall solution but that doesn't work either.
I did call Apple Support who said that a full troubleshoot would cost £35 as my computer is older than 90 days (well yes it's been working fine that's why it's over 90 days old, it's only now that it isn't!). He said a trouble shoot didn't guarantee success so I declined his offer to charge me an extortionate amount of money for nothing! He did say that the router needs to be giving the Airport an IP address, but it isn't doing it now. His only suggestion was to turn off the router and turn it back on or power down the iMac. Neither of which help.
Anyone else had any success? -
"Airport has a self assigned IP address & cannot connect to internet"
Hi, I'd appreciate any insight at all on this...
Apologies in advance for this vast post...!
(but I guess I may as well mention everything I've already tried...)
BACKGROUND:
I was recently trying to add an Airport Express Base Station to an existing ethernet and wireless network, which has been working flawlessly for 3 years.
(Network consists of an ethernet-connected G4 Dual 1.42 desktop running OS X.3.3, and two wireless-connected iBooks- one a 12" running OS X.3.5, the other a 14" on OS X.4.2).
For various reasons, I've now given up with the Airport Express, but ...
PROBLEM:
On the wireless 12" iBook- "Safari can't open the page "xxx" because it can't find the server "xxx"- ie, the internet connection is now wonky.(The problem is the same in Firefox, IE, and Camino too).
The fault must be with configuration on this laptop, as the other two machines on this network are still running and connecting normally with no problems at all.
What is the cause of this problem? (IP addresses? DNS server?)
WHAT I'VE TRIED SO FAR:
1. First looked at System Preferences --> Network --> Network Status, where I see this;
"Airport is connected to the network "Fritz!Box SL WLAN". Airport has a self-assigned IP address and may not be able to connect to the Internet."
Alongside it an amber button (which is usually green).
Then according to JohnHuber1's suggestion in Discussions on May 3rd 2006;
"Go to System Preferences --> Network and double click on Airport to open its preferences. Click on theTCP/IP tab and select Configure IvP4: "Using DHCP" and click on Apply Changes to save it."
I tried toggling this (it was already set this way), and then Restarted, but it hasn't helped.
I also tried clicking the 'Renew DHCP lease' button. Also hasn't helped.
2. Repaired permissions. It hasn't helped.
3. Read Apple KB article No:106798- 'Troubleshooting "Server could not be found" messages'.
From this article, it seems that
a) The problem cannot be caused by "an actual loss of internet connection", as the other 2 machines are still connecting fine.
b) Typing http://17.254.0.91 instead of http://www.apple.com makes no difference, therefore it doesn't APPEAR to be a DNS server problem. (?)
4. Tried to reconfigure the Airport settings using Network SetUp Assistant.
This allows me to select Airport as my connection method, select the network from the list; but once I've entered the network password and pressed 'continue', it then gives me a dialogue box, saying
"Unable to establish a network connection. Your computer could not connect to the internet. Click OK to go back and change your network settings and try again".
Returning to Network Prefs, I now see a box saying "Your Network Settings have been changed by another application".
I can't seem to get out of that vicious circle.
5. Opened a fresh Test Account, behaviour is the same here as in the regular user account.
6. Opened Network Utility, tried to 'Ping' on 17.254.0.91 (Apple site). Then tried to Ping my network router (192.168.178.1), and then also the other 2 computers on the network. Result in each case was "10 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss".
What can I do to fix this problem? I suspect it's some small configuration checkbox in Network preferences which I've inadvertently altered.
But have I got any idea what I've done...?
Sorry for the epic post. But you get the idea...!
Thanks for your thoughts...
G4 Dual 1.42, FW800, 2GB RAM, (OSX.3.3), iBook G4 (1.2ghz, 1GB RAM, OSX.3.5) Mac OS X (10.3.3) 3 int.HDs, 3 Lacie ext.HDs, Logic Pro 6.4, RME Fireface 800.Hi Grant, thanks for jumping in...
Have you removed the troublesome Airport Express?
Certainly have, that was Step 1 several days ago!
Are you using encryption?
Yes, I have to enter a password every time I've tried to use Network Set Up Assistant. I'm pretty sure I've got it right- it won't accept anything else.
Have you limited your network to only certain M.A.C. Addresses?
Not as far as I'm aware. Could I have done it inadvertently?
Is the Wireless Router set to allow the connection of slower 802.11b devices like the iBook?
Guess it must be... it worked fine before, and is still ok with the other 14" iBook.
Are you connecting to a Wireless Router and not to another Macintosh computer?
Hmm... I ASSUMED I was connecting to the WLAN router. The G4 desktop has no wireless capability itself, could I still be connecting to that regardless?
Internet access has never been affected in the past by that machine being on or off...
You will not be able to get anywhere until you have an IP address in the same subnet as your Router
(generally high octets the same, last octet different). Can you think of any reason why your Router
should not give you an IP address in this range?
Err... now I'm lost, sorry! What's an octet?
I really appreciate you taking the time to help me out Grant... sorry I'm not really up to speed!
Cheers, Andy. -
Cannot connect to internet as Airport "has a self assigned IP address"?
I suddenly cannot connet to wireless internet as the Airport has a "self assigned IP address" whatever that is. I have tried removing other wireless connectons but it makes no difference. I'm trying to use the wireless connection at the hotel I'm stying in..its working fine on this computer. Any suggestions ...PLEASE?
ThanksHmmm... well, not what I was hoping to find b/c that is not really a helpful answer, l.b, but thanks for joining in on the discussion. I too just experienced the same problem. Yesterday I was connected just fine, a little slow, but connecting just the same. I was able to do my banking, browsing & what have ya. Today I get up and have no internet connection and my computer says it Airport has self-assigned an ip address and I cannot connect to the Internet. I haven't done anything different and as I can tell, they haven't done anything different either. My iMAC will not connect, but this piece of poop del mini will as will my iphone4 and all three of my kids' ipod touches. Soooo.... anyone else have a solution b/c I am totally at a loss here. I really need my iMac to connect. Got things to do that I can't do on here.
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Connectivity Issue: "Airport has a self-assigned ip address..."
I've been using the same wireless network via AT&T with their own wireless modem/router that they provided for the past six months. Never had an issue EVER. Now....suddenly, it says "Airport has a self-assigned ip address and may not be able to connect to the internet."
OK. I jumped on my girlfriends IBM, it and all the other PC computers in our house work FINE. I can also directly connect to the router via an ethernet cable and connect FINE.
So I open up the router settings in my browser and notice that the IP address the router says my computer has is 192.168.1.100. This is not the IP address my network settings displays when I get a DHCP lease. So... I select "manually" instead of "automatically via DHCP" and type in the IP address the router seems to think my computer is. Now in the "show network status window" it says that "Airport is connected to the network" but I still can't connect to the internet.
This is driving me completely bat **** crazy. Nothing has been changed in the wireless settings on my computer, any other computer in the house, or the router itself. This seems to have happened randomly, after searching all over the internet I can't find any solution that works for me. anyone know what's up?As you may have gathered, this message appears when the computer has failed to obtain an IP number from the router using DHCP, so it self-assigns a fallback number which, since the router doesn't know it, prevents connection to the internet.
The obvious first step is to turn everything off, and then boot the router and each of the computers, one at a time, so that each should get a new DHCP lease. All the IP numbers should be issued and obtained automatically.
This thread offers some solutions, some of which have worked for some posters:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1417058&tstart=0 -
Mini connects to internet via cable modem fine.
Want to have ipad connect also but mini Wi-Fi has the self-assigned IP address 169.254.210.251 and will not be able to connect to the Internet. How to fix?Hello:
I am a long way from a wi-fi expert, but.....
You need, I think, either a router with wi-fi or an airport (express or extreme). The iPad needs to connect to to a network. In my case, I use an airport express and both my iMac and iPad 2 connect to the Internet through the airport device.
Barry -
Airport has a self assigned IP address. Why and how can I fix it
Airport has a self assigned IP address and can't connect to the internet. Why and how can I fix it?
First thing you need I think is to get your iMac connected to the Internet.
Shut down your iMac and you iPad. Then power off your router. Wait 30 seconds and power up the router.
After the router indicates that it is connected to the Internet then start up your iMac and see if it connects. If the iMac connects to the Internet then your iPad should too.
If this power up sequence doesn't work you'll have to dig into the router setup to make sure it is working properly. -
ERROR: Wi-Fi has the self-assigned IP address
I'm having an issue with both my MacBook Pros at my home. If I try to connect to the Time Capsule after coming home from work, I receive the exclamation point in my wifi status icon and this error message in my network preferences pane:
"Wi-Fi has the self-assigned IP address 169.254.121.202 and will not be able to connect to the Internet."
The IP address is always different, but it always gives me a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 and no Router IP.
This problem only seems to occur when both Macs are connecting and not connecting to the Time Capsule wifi. That is, when my girlfriend is out of town with her MBP gone, I never seem to have the issue.
It also seems like the first of our two to connect is the "winner" and will connect just fine, but the second one will not. If both computers are open and waiting to connect while we power cycle the Time Capsule, it will connect without any problem. If I then leave for work, come back home, try to connect, we have to start the same song and dance all over again.
I've tried just renewing the IP. I've tried restoring the factory settings on the Time Capsule.
I have a sneaking suspicion this may have something to do with the problem: My MBP is a 3rd generation copy of the data from hers. Hers was once my MBP, but we copied everything from it to a new MBP, which later was copied to a third MBP (the one I'm using now).
Thanks for any help anyone can provide!
LouI have a sneaking suspicion this may have something to do with the problem: My MBP is a 3rd generation copy of the data from hers. Hers was once my MBP, but we copied everything from it to a new MBP, which later was copied to a third MBP (the one I'm using now).
Thanks for any help anyone can provide!
Lou
That is interesting idea.. although the MAC address will be different I wonder if something in the GUID of the install being identical could cause issues..
Do both laptops have the same wireless cards?? Different models came with different cards. .these can not cooperate very well.. although I have seldom heard of them fighting in quite that way.
If you want to take the trouble.. a replacement hard drive and a new install of the OS.. see if it still happens.. how hard do you want to pursue it.
Check the log in the TC for when you try to connect.. and see if there is a reason given for not accepting you. Did you change the laptop network name.. ie they don't both have the same name do they.. it would not work if that was the case. -
I just got my new Macbook Pro today. When I tried to connect it to my Wi-Fi at home it won't connect. I put in my WEP key correct every time and it keeps saying "Wi-Fi has the self-assigned IP address 169.254.74.157 and will not be able to connect to the internet" . I connect my iPod touch to this same Wi-Fi all the time plus my other laptop and my phone and it works fine. Please help !! I use Verizon Fios modem/router.
Hi, it could be that the Router will not allow you onto the network..Reboot, Modem,Router & computer..
Find out the native IP address for your Router & reset the network configs''
Use Keychain Access to Delete all Internet/Router Passwords etc.. Then Roboot.. -
This is what i get when i try to connect with wi fi at my local liberary: Since i updated to MOUNTAIN LION!!!
Wi-Fi has the self-assigned IP address 169.254.76.213 and will not be able to connect to the Internet
Although i can use Snow Leopard at the same Library via a external hard drive and when the same mbp was running Lion it also didn't have any issues connecting at the same library.
Anyone can help out?????Do this the stuff you find at the bottom of this thread:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3864270?tstart=0
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