Thread: Internet Connection Failed. Unable to retrieve IP address from server
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2008-06-09 , 12:39
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Originally Posted by stasius View Post
Hi guys! I'm newbie, it's 3rd day as I got my N800(with 2008 OS).
At home I have router Tp-Link and it works good but in the office, where are about 10 networks I get 'Unable to retrieve IP' with each one.
Help, please.
1. Are these "open" (unencrypted) links?
2. If they are, do you have a key (WEP/WPA/WPA2)?
3. Perhaps the networks you see are using MAC-based authentication (i.e., if it doesn't know your MAC address, it won't let you through.)
4. Maybe they aren't really Access Points? (Unlikely that all 10 are ad hoc, but...)

There are definite steps you can take to troubleshoot this problem. It is non-trivial for us to help, since we aren't there to see what is going on. The points above should give you a push in the right direction, though.
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