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"Local Area Connection - Acquiring network address" - When lready connected

Zones: Internet Protocols, DSL Lines / Cable Internet, Windows XP Operating System

Tags: Microsoft, XP Pro, 2 Updated, Network connection, Acquiring network address

I have an icon in my tray
"Location Area Connection 2
Speed 100.0 mbs
Status Acquiring Network address"
This message appears even though IE 7 and Outlook Express are working.
This icon appears and rollover message appears off and on for several weeks. It doesn't seem to to anything but may be a security problem?

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Question Stats

Zone: Networking

Question Asked By: John7100

Solution Provided By: tvman_od

Participating Experts: 5

Solution Grade: A

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01.07.2008 at 03:33PM PST, ID: 20604373

ubadmin:

Is a static IP an option?

01.07.2008 at 03:40PM PST, ID: 20604419

rob-f:

do you have both a wired and wireless connection? If a connection is aquiring address it shouldnt work... oprn a cmd prompt (start... run... cmd) and type ipconfig

It will give you a list of different adaptors ; for example, I see my LAN, WLAN, and bluetooth adaptors.

look for 1 that has an ip address, subnet mask, and default gateway - that one will be connecting you to the internet.

rob

01.07.2008 at 03:44PM PST, ID: 20604441

ubadmin:

Yes I forgot about that.. you could be having your wireless connection trying to pull an IP via DHCP every once in a while while your IE and Outlook still work.

Or you could go Start->Connect To->Show All Connections. If you have a wireless connection but do not use wireless you can Right-Click on that icon and Disable it. Which if it is causing the problem your describing, it's icon in the system tray will disappear.

01.07.2008 at 03:59PM PST, ID: 20604508

Rank: Master

evilrix:

In a command shell (DOS) type : ipconfig /all
This will list all your interfaces and their current status. Are there any there do don't recognize? Feel free to copy and past the list here if you need guidence.

01.07.2008 at 06:22PM PST, ID: 20605450

John7100:

1.) No sure about Static IP but don't think so.
2.) No wireless.
3.) Network Connections shows only one line:
"Local Area Connection Lan or High Speed Internet Acquiring Network Address Broadcom NetXtreme57"

4.) Here's the ipconfig I took out the addresses because I am not sure if that is a security risk.
"C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : john
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.ca.comcast.net.

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.ca.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Cont
roller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-43-0A-77-16
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 67......
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.....
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 67.....
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.....
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68......
68.............
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
....
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 07, 2008 9:51:01 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:06:06
AM

01.07.2008 at 06:58PM PST, ID: 20605618

Rank: Genius

johnb6767:

Silly question, but have you double clicked the icon in the tray, and selected the properties tab? It should give you the adapter info (just to make sure it is the Broadcom you have installed, and not a phantom....

01.07.2008 at 07:14PM PST, ID: 20605687

ubadmin:

So you dont have a "Local Area Connection 1"? What about in Device Manager.. under Network Adapters? how many devices listed there?

01.07.2008 at 07:20PM PST, ID: 20605716

John7100:

Properties: Broadcom NetXtreme 5700 "working properly".

By the way I can fix this ie make the icon disappear from the tray by right click & "fixing it" somehow.
What I am interested in is why it is doing that and why it will reappear later or maybe the next day.

01.07.2008 at 07:25PM PST, ID: 20605739

John7100:

Device Manager shows only one, the Broadcom.
Device Manager shows all working OK.

01.07.2008 at 07:28PM PST, ID: 20605745

Rank: Genius

johnb6767:

Are you sure it isnt a dropped connection somehow, and you are not ACTIVELY browsing when this occurs?

Try pulling an IPCONFIG /all when this appears and report back.....

Or simply keep a ping 4.2.2.2 -t in the backgound, and see if the pings stop when this happens....

Wonder if this would happen behind a router as well? I would think not......

Assisted Solution

01.07.2008 at 07:33PM PST, ID: 20605774

tvman_od:

Looks like it's physical connection problem.

1. It's not the best idea to connect windows computer directly to a cable modem
2. When computer looses signal in the ethernet for a moment it will keep old IP ant try to renew it at the same time.
3. Comcast may have flood control, so it will allow limited number of DHCP requests from the same MAC address and Windows will throw this balloon.

I'd recommend to get some sort of cheap consumer router and hide your computer behind it. Or just disable balloons.
1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then press ENTER.
2. Navigate to the following subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
3. Right-click the right pane, create a new DWORD value, and then name it EnableBalloonTips.
4. Double-click this new entry, and then give it a hexadecimal value of 0.
5. Quit Registry Editor. Log off Windows, and then log back on.
These steps disable all Notification Area balloon tips for this user. There is no way to disable balloon tips for specific programs only.

Accepted Solution

01.07.2008 at 08:16PM PST, ID: 20605927

John7100:

I did have a dropped connection today while logged into an active connection. It could have happened at that time today.
Looks like johnb6767 "dropped connection" & tvman 's #2 is it.
I will keep this question open for a while or couple of days & call Comcast & then do points.
I didn't give away any security with the physical address above?

01.07.2008 at 08:31PM PST, ID: 20605983

tvman_od:

No, It's well known Comcast IP block prefix, so don't worry, there are lots of hosts out there with the same prefix

johnb6767

01.07.2008 at 08:55PM PST, ID: 20606077

u r welcome!!

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