EA6500 Version 2 router wireless self assigned IP address

Since installing the router replacing a version 1, I am having problem connecting to the internet on several of my machines, ie. 2012 MacBook Pro. Checking under the network wireless it show wireless as self assinged IP address and no internet connection. I checked the router an all setting look good. Network people are telling me it is a router issue with DHCP. Can someone please give me some help on fixing this issue. Connecting to the internet wirelessly should be effortless. This router has certainly been problematic. Ideas, help.

You have to start over.
1. Unplug your ISP modem from electrical outlet for 20 minutes.
2. Reset EA6500 to factory defaults.
3. Now try.
4. Make sure you give the 2.4 Ghz and 5 ghz unique/different SSIDs. Use something that you've never used before. Don't use previous SSIDs. You can also remove your old wireless profile.
5. For the 2.4 ghz radio, us "20 MHz only" and use inSSIDer to help you find best channel.

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Apple Mac wireless self-assigned IP address help

I just got FiOS today. Everything appears to be working fine except for one thing, my Apple Macbook Pro, running 10.5.8 is getting a self-assigned IP address when I connect it to my FiOS wireless router (ActionTec MI424-WR).
The Mac has a physical connection to the wireless router. The "My Network" tab in the wireless router configuration screen shows it as connected, with an assigned IP address of 192.168.1.6. However, the ping test fails, and the Mac's Airport settings show a self-assigned IP address.
I've tried rebooting everything, turning airport on and off, and renewing DHCP, but nothing is working.
I haven't touched any of the default settings on the ActionTec, it's still running WEP.
I did verify that my firewall is turned off on the mac.
What else can I try?
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I have a 6 month old MacBook Pro running the latest version of OS X, so it's affecting newere Macs as well. I found some on-line discussion that it's a problem with only the Macbook Pro.
FWIW, a few hours after finally getting it working it happened all over again. I had wireless connectivity but only got a self-assigned IP address. I tried shutting the airport on and off, deleting the wireless key from key chain, and clearing the wireless network. However nothing worked until I rebooted the Mac.
I then checked the firmware on the ActionTec and found it was 20.8.0 and 20.9.0 was the latest (mind you I just got this router installed today). I updated to the 20.9.0 release and everything has worked for about the last 6 hours. Fingers are crossed. :-)

Lost wireless and repeated self assigned IP address

After I updated to OSX 10.5.6 my powerbook started dropping my wireless/internet connection, and adopted a self-assigned IP address. This happened whether I connected to the router via wireless or cable.
I was eventually able to change the system configuration files as suggested in previous posts, and reset my PRMU. This has worked for a wee while, but sometimes on starting up my laptop, the machine self assigns again.
I know the internet is available as I can access it from my iphone.
Then 20min ago, whilst surfing, the internet went down AGAIN, and self-assigned its favourite IP address.
I recently updated to 10.5.7, but the problem remains.
Is this a new problem or has it been going on for a while?
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If you are able to connect initially and then it drops out I would look towards possible sources of interference. While most modern devices avoid this issue fairly well, it is a possibility. Devices such as cordless phones used to cause problems.
If it is dropping out while you are physically connected, I would perhaps check the settings on your router. Most models have a reset function which will allow you to reset it to factory defaults. Then you could reconfigure it and see if the problem persists.
The other possibility is that there is a software service on your macbook that is starting up and causing the network loss. If possible, I would attempt to initialize and reinstall all the software on your macbook. Note that this will wipe everything off, so make sure you make appropriate backups before reinstalling from scratch.
Once you have reinstalled the OS, you can upgrade it to the most recent version and see if the problem persists before installing any other software that may interfere with it.
You really need to go through a process of elimination to find out whether the problem lies with the macbook or the router. However considering your iphone works fine, I would look towards the macbook first.

Self assigned IP Address, wireless doesn't work

After upgrading to Leopard I keep getting "AirPort has a self-assigned IP address and may not be able to connect to the Internet." when I try to connect to the wireless network. Thus, wifi does not work at all. I've researched it best I can and it seems to be a problem with the router assigning an IP address to the mac, but why didn't this happen in Tiger? However if I play around with it for awhile it will randomly start working, but the same method doesn't fix it everytime. It also works fine in bootcamp. If I physically plug into the router, it works fine. This problem didn't exist in Tiger at all.
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Follow-up:
On the two laptops, I finally managed to get on line by switching to a different wireless access point, on a different modem. I surmise that the communication between the Macbook DHCP client and the modem/router's DHCP server is less than 100% effective. Looking at the modem/router, I could see that all of the Macs had active connections. But, instead of showing the names of the Macs, the page showed a star (*) for each Mac. I had to compare Mac addresses to verify the connections. The MAC address, of course, is hard-wired into the computer's network interface. It appears that either the DHCP client didn't know what question to ask when it broadcast for an IP address, or it couldn't interpret the answer. Except in the case of the iMac, which worked perfectly.
I upgraded the MacPro last, since it is my primary machine. Same story--connection with self-assigned address, which is useless. However, this time, having nothing left to lose, I restarted the modem/router, which presumably dumped any inactive connections and issued new DHCP leases.
However, I do have a few words for the Apple GENIUSES! The Leopard network preferences page puts me in mind of a maintenance free battery. A few of the older folks will remember when you bought a car battery that had to be filled with distilled water to reconstitute the electrolyte. Then, periodically, you check the level of the liquid in the battery, and added distilled water when required. Adding water was required on occasion because some of the water would boil off under certain conditions. Then, we got the maintenance free battery, which is virtually identical to the older battery design, except that you don't have to perform the maintenance of replenishing the water. It turns out, however, that maintenance free batteries do vent on occasion, and should have water added. But, you can't add water because the battery is sealed. So, the difference between conventional and maintenance free is not that the maintenance free battery doesn't need maintenance, it is that you can't perform the maintenance without voiding the warranty.
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Airport and a self-assigned IP address - can't access wireless net

I have a strange issue with Airport picking up a wireless network.
I'm not in my usual location using my MacBook Pro.
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Airport sees it, and asks for the password (provided to me).
Airport looks connected, but, I see the message: "Airport has a self-assigned IP Address and may not be able to connect to the internet".
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I am having a nearly identical problem. The solution provided did not work for me.
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Can't connect wireless due to "self-assigned IP address"

I recently switched from PC to Macbook. I cannot log on to many wifi networks I could previously access with my ThinkPad. The computer successfully finds the network and has a strong signal but will not connect. Under network status, I get a message that says something like "Your Macbook is connected to the wireless network but AirPort has a self-assigned IP address and may not be able to connect to the network."
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Can you connect to any wireless location? Or does not fail only in certain places? If you can't connect anywhere, it is your problem. If you can connect in some places but not others, it is their problem.
It wouldn't surprise me if there is some new, cheap vendor of wireless access points that doesn't do the network settings correctly and only Windows machines will connect to it.
You were a ThinkPad owner, so you weren't a typical PC user anyway. Most of them use PCs only because they are cheap, cheap, cheap. Is it 3.29 cheaper than a Mac? Buy it! Those people are now making cheap wireless access turnkey solutions. I have seen people like that before. Just because there are hundreds of millions of pounds of equipment depending on the software, or people's lives, doesn't mean they know how to do networking. They may be so incompetent they don't know they are incompetent. Those types typcially would never, ever think to test their product on a Mac.

Why does my Airport Express say "self assigned IP address"? No IP address for the ethernet, and it is not connecting to my cable router any longer...

Why does my Airport Express say "self assigned IP address"? No IP address for the ethernet, and it is not connecting to my cable router any longer...

Some cable providers.....like mine, a well known company......seem to take anywhere from a few moments to sometimes up to 30 minutes to allow their equipment back at the cable company to fully reset and issue a new fresh connection.
So, it would not hurt to leave things powered down for 15-20 minutes or more when you perform the reset that John Galt suggests.

10.5 DHCP issues with Wireless - self assigned IPs?

We're having an issue with Mac OSX 10.5.4 clients, running the latest software updates, not getting an IP address via DHCP on our wireless network.
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http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=384947
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This is a "user to user" help forum that is designed as a self-help system, independent of Apple's Technical Support system. No one here can say what Apple knows or is doing about a specific issue (pure speculation is discouraged). We share experience and suggest possible solutions or workarounds.
One way to ensure that your issue is brought to Apple's attention is to use their feedback form for OSX - http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
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Problems using MBP as WiFi router for iPad2 (self-assigned IP address)

H/W& S/W:
MBP 15" (model early 2011), running Snow Leopard,
iPad 2 WiFi only, 64Gb, iOS 4.3.4 (8K2).
Scenario:
I am in a location where there is no WiFi. MBP is connected via Ethernet to a DSL network, and has access to the Internet. I turn on Internet sharing, having set the following:
"Share your connection from" set to "Ethernet" and
"Share computers using Airport" ticked.
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Problem:
Now, however, the iPad connects to the MBP's WiFi network, but when I attempt to access the Internet, I get such messages on the iPad as "Safari is not connected to the Internet" or "Cannot Get Mail ...".
On investigation, I see that Airport on the MBP is in a YELLOW status: Status On, with the note "Airport has the self-assigned IP address 169.X.y.z, and will not be able to connect to the Internet".
On the iPad, the WiFi network shows the IP address 169.X.a.b (with a subnet mask (255.255.0.0).
I have tried:
1. turning Airport off and on
2. renewing the DHCP lease on the MBP
2. configuring IPv4 address in the MBP manually
3. configuring the IP address manually on the iPad (not expecting anything with this, but ....)
4. fixed Permissions" on the MBP disk (suggested on another support community web site)
But none of these make any difference.
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Hello,
I've had the exact same problem on my macbook and it really **** me off ! I tried all of the solutions written in this forum and none worked for me ! I was really starting get mad especially that my macbook is quite new...
And the thing is i have no Apple Store where i live which is a pretty F***g problem so I had to wait for vacations to go to france where I took my macbook for check at the apple store...
I just came back right now and my wifi works till now a least far much better than before...The guy was really nice he checked everything and he tried all the solutions on this forum too..Finally he tried to boot from one of '' apple's '' usb that has suberb booting systems...And it worked so finally he re-installed 10.6.5 as it was '' corrupted '' with wifi bugs ! For that he needed to delete everything on my macbook ! GREAT !
After 15 minutes the installation was done and it started like when you buy a new macbook !
And VOILA the Wifi came back to normal !
Hope this helps...
If you have this problem go and see Apple Store or re-install yourself 10.6.5 !
Thanks !

Rebuilding aMacBook 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo, hard drive failure so rebuilding system. Aircard will not stop self-assigning IP address. Any ideas how to resolve successfully?

Had hard drive failure on MacBook 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo, so had to rebuild the OS on new drive. Was on Lion 10.7.5 prior to failure, but had to reinstall Snow Leopard 10.6.3 since that was most recent OS on media I had. After finally getting ethernet connection to router working, was able to get to internet and download / upgrade to 10.6.8. I assume I can probably buy the upgrade to Mountain Lion 10.8 from there.
Problem is this, Airport will not stop self-assigning IP address for my wireless connection, and unless I can get wireless back on this laptop, doesn't make a lot of sense to continue the rebuild and reinstall of all the software that was on it prior to HD failure. Only way to my home network and router is ethernet now. Everything else on my network (Apple MacBook Pro laptops, iPhones, desktops, and non-Apple printers and laptops) is hooking up to router wirelessly fine.
Any ideas how to resolve successfully so that the airport will stop self-assigning and allow the router to assign the IP address?

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Self Assigned IP Address redux

I am getting the "Self Assigned IP Address" in my Airport connection and I can't troubleshoot the problem.
Here's my setup and what I have been looking to accomplish..
I have an iMac G5 with a built-in Airport Extreme card running Leopard 10.5.3. I have created a network to provide my AppleTV and my work laptop with access to the internet. I've turned Internet sharing on, and have security set to a the WEP 128 key..
Recently I had to exchange my AppleTV for a new one, and during the 2 weeks I was without AppleTV - something has changed (and as I think through the issue, I'm not certain about when the last time I played youtube or purchased content - maybe the new appleTV doesn't have anything to do with it, and it was a software upgrade), as I am no longer able to access YouTube content or the iTunes Music store to authorize my purchased content or to purchase new music/movies. However, I am able to watch movie trailers, and preview songs. It connects to the network fine, shows a strong signal, but something isn't quite right.
I've performed about every known solution to the AppleTV problem, and have an open post over in the AppleTV area, but in tracking down my issue, I see that my Airport connection is showing that it has a "self-assigned IP Address" and my not be able to connect to the internet. My thoughs are that if i get the self-assigned IP address problem solved, I'll solve the ITMS/YouTube issue on the AppleTV.
My internet connection is via Verizon DSL, with a DSL modem, connected directly to my iMac with an ethernet cable. (no external router/firewall)
I find it interesting that I can watch trailers, preview music from ITMS with the 'Self-assigned IP' but not access ITMS for purchases, etc.
I do not have any expertise in networking and for the most part am just following what posts I've seen out there suggest to try - trashing the com.apple.airport.pref's - restarting in 'Safe' mode, etc. Rebuilding the network connections from scratch, etc. Repairing Keychain access, disabling the built in firewall, etc. Just can't get by this issue.
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I am trying to connect my laptop to my Xbox 360 so I can get on Xbox Live using my computers wireless as a gateway... but the ethernet cord has a self assigned IP address and won't work.. I've tried everything to change it and it still won't connect with my router. It is a cisco router.

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Self assigned ip address-Could someone help me?

There are two Powerbooks in my house which connects wirelessly to the internet and an airport express that joins the existing wireless connection.
When I'am using mine, I can connect without any problem, but when my girlfriend uses her mac we both get the self-assigned ip address. The only way to connect after that is by reseting the router.
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"....1. Reset Open Firmware. As you turn on the machine, press & hold CmdOption+OF until you get a screen that says "Welcome to Open Firmware". At the prompt, enter "reset-nvram" (without the quotes). Press return. Enter "reset-all". Press return and the machine will restart.
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I'm having a problem with my wireless router connection (my Airport card shows the network, but the "fan" is greyed out, and if I choose the network it still doesn't connect - When I check network status I get "AirPort connected to network, but has self-assigned IP address and may not be able to connect...)
I can temporarily fix the problem by going into System Preferences to Network to Airport to Preferred Networks to Assist Me and THEN it will go to my network and turn on the path.
I'm running Tiger 10.4.11 on a G5 iMac with the original AirPort Extreme card, and routing through a Linksys WRT54G attached to a cable modem.
There are a lot of networks in my area, according to my wireless "fan".
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Is it the Linksys Wireless router?
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With so many people having the same problem, there must be an answer somewhere.
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Hi,
Thank you Linc & dwb, I've had no issues with the router in the 14 months its been installed. But tonight I've turned off the NAS and since then no drop off for wifi/ or assigning itself an IP address.
I will switch on the NAS once again and see what happens, would it be best to assign a static IP to the NAS? One thing I have found when checking the homehub connection details, the mac air connects at the 5Gz Wireless as does the Kindle, which has also suffered from losing the wifi connection, where as my macbook pro only connects at 2.4Gz and like I said has not had any issue. Not sure if this anything to do with the problem or not?
All I do know is that since the NAS was introduced then the problems began, so again not sure if its the NAS impacting on the router or a router setting?
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Self Assigned IP Address, wher the heck did that come from?????

Getting flipping well annoyed with this 10.4 software release! Come on Apple say something find the fix. The problem started with 10.4.4 EVERYTHING was working fine prior to installing, Wifes imac on airport, me on my G5 chatting happily away, the reason I purchased the .mac accounts and the iSights. After 10.4.4 came the problem of the iMac getting an IP address of 10.0.1.x from the airport and no longer able to connect to the internet. So I powered off the airport and connected the ethernet from the Zoom ADSL router direct, and the iMac claims there is a "self assigned IP address" on the Ethernet, which is not true, the machine uses DHCP, rebooted so many times (Windows funnily enough never needed as many reboots as OSX Tiger! and now seems like a better choice if truth be told) and everytime this self assigned IP address appears. Now if I connect my PB to the same cable I get 10.0.0.x and no problem with the internet connection. Settings are IDENTICAL, I even cloned my PB and booted the iMac from the clone and STILL we get "Self Assigned IP Address" on the iMac!
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Does not solve the problem for me. I'm sitting in a motel with a wireless net. I can connect to the Red Carpet network, with a strong signal, but Safari says I'm not connected to the internet. Network status gives me the same dumb "self-assigned" error. TCP/IP is set for DHCP. Since it's not my base station, I can't just go and recycle it. It did work once, but I haven't been able to reconnect. I've tweaked the connection multiple ways, rebooted multiple times, etc. etc. etc.
So what gives, and what can I do.
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CPU Speed: 1.5 GHz

EA6500 Version 2 router wireless self assigned IP address

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