Hey Guys/Girls,
My MBP gets a Self-Assigned IP when I connect to my school address. My school uses a simple WPA Personal security. I've tried Static IP's, deleting the network, and as simple as turning off and on WiFi. I have ran out of ideas. My friends all with MBPs have lion and connects fine and are able to use the internet.
Any and All Suggestions would be GREATLY thanked!
Thanks guys,
Surfer
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), Intel Core i5, 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
surfr1234 wrote:
Hey Guys/Girls,
My MBP gets a Self-Assigned IP when I connect to my school address.
I am not sure what you are saying here... school Address?
Or do you mean it won't connect to your school wireless network?
I would compare your settings to your friends settings that can connect..
Otherwise, I would talk to the school and ask them why.
POSSIBLE SOLUTION! OK. I had this problem on my sister's macbook pro when I was beside her connected to my macbook! The problem was the WAN network, but there is a simple solution, you might just have to play around with it. Try the following. Just one will work. If you try the first and it doesn't work continue down the list.
1. Enter a dollar sign before you enter the password to the wifi network (i.e. $abcd1234)
2. Enter a zero-x before the password (i.e. 0xabcd1234 OR 0Xabcd1234) The x may be lower case or capital.
3. Put the password in quotation marks (i.e. "abcd1234").
Hope this helps. I just spent 30 min on the phone with apple care (that she paid for!) and the guy told me there was nothing I could do but call my internet provider and have them change the WEP to WPA2. While this might not be a bad idea, it was not ideal and did not help with the online work she needed to do tonight for her job as it was after hours for my internet company. The guy from apple care who was surprisingly rude said it was just a know issue that macs had and nothing could be done. Funny how my daughter and I were both on the same network on our MACs! And have always used that network on our MACs! Sorry just had to vent but the above worked for me!
can you try creating a new network location and try to connect again to you school's wifi network?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712
Making new locations
However, you can create different "locations" in which different ports are active. A "Mobile" location could make only your AirPort card active, and a "Desk" location could make only your Ethernet port active.
Follow these steps to make a new location:
Switching between locations
Once you have created locations, you may quickly switch between them by using the Location submenu of the Apple menu. Or you can change the Location menu in the Network pane of System Preferences and then clicking Apply Now.
I thought that might work before, but it didn't thanks for the advice though.
I'll try to see if it works, and I'll let you know
Ok guys, So my school has a Sonic Wall, and apperently Sonic Wall has a known problem with Macs. Apperatly there not doing anything about it. What has to be done is you need to set up a Static IP address for it. I did that and it works PERFECTLY everytime. Thanks for all your help guys!
Hello surfr1234
My iMac is using Mac OS X Mountain Lion, the Wi-Fi say it has self-assign ip address and unable to connect to the internet.
I just tried assign the Wi-Fi to a local ip address, 192.168.1.20, without change the setting of the wireless router. Here is what I did:
1. From the Setting, Network, click the Wi-Fi which is in left sidebar, it will tell you the status of your Wi-Fi.
2. Click the Advanced...
3. In the new drop-down Window, click the TCP/IP Tab.
4. Change the IPv4 Address to a local ip address. I changed the address from 168.x.x.x to the new one 192.168.1.20
From other source, cultofmac.com, they provide different approach to solve this problem. Here is the link: http://www.cultofmac.com/84767/how-to-fix-self-assigned-ip-addresses-in-mac-os-x -video-how-to/
Help this post can help you!
Jue Wang
Airport getting Self-Assigned IP
