Help: techie input needed please

[craigiecraigie4]

Hope someone can help: Every time I connect my JJ to my PC, I get a popup error message "Pocket PC Networking: Unable to obtain a server-assigned IP address. Try again later or enter an IP address in Network Settings"

This only happens when I connect to my PC via AS, and clearly it's because my JJ is not finding an IP address for via-PC networking - only I CAN access the internet this way! So, it seems that some OTHER adaptor is trying to get an IP address and is failing

I've gone thro all my PPC's network adaptor settings - all set to obtain IP address automatically - but I do believe this problem started when I first looked at these settings.

[joebongo]

Is DHCP server enabled on your PC/router/whichever?

[craigiecraigie4]

No, my PC is not acting as a DHCP server, and my router is an adsl router that serves my PC - which it is doing fine.
I didn't change anything on my PC nor router, just browsed network ADAPTORS on my PPC and next thing I knew I was getting this message. :?
Further, my PPC IS getting an IP address on one of the adaptors, which I can ping from my PC, and it does connect to the internet via my PC without problems (it's 169.254.2.1 on the "remote-NDIS Host" adaptor - which you will show too). Thus, I surmise that the adaptor that is supposed to connect to my PC is working, and it's another network adaptor that's decided it wants an IP for some reason... :? :? :?
Not a critical error, but I hate not being able to solve my JJ problems :(

[arthurfuxake]

I had this problem too.

It's because the Remote-NDIS Host adapter is set to DHCP.

The "catch 22" is this.... If you set it to an IP, the ActiveSync won't connect, but your only other option is to set it to DHCP, then you get this problem.

The solution...

Set Remote-DNIS Host to DHCP via Settings->Connections->Network Cards

Now edit the registry...

HKLM\Comm\RNDISFN1\Params\TcpIp

Edit the key "EnableDHCP" = 0

Problem solved !... No IP set and no DHCP either.

Basically, RNDIS shouldn't have an IP set, but it shouldn't be DHCP either... but as soon as you view RDNIS via the usual network adapters setting then you are forced to have one of the other, which will cause the problem described in this thread or will cause ActiveSync not to work.

[Duan]

Thanks arthurfuxake!!!

You also solved my problem!!!

[csian]

8) Thanks man that fixed that irritating "unable to obtain IP Address" message for me

Cingular/Siemens SX66
WM2005
Activesync v4.1

[Tron_Of_Borg]

I had this problem too.

It's because the Remote-NDIS Host adapter is set to DHCP.

The "catch 22" is this.... If you set it to an IP, the ActiveSync won't connect, but your only other option is to set it to DHCP, then you get this problem.

The solution...

Set Remote-DNIS Host to DHCP via Settings->Connections->Network Cards

Now edit the registry...

HKLM\Comm\RNDISFN1\Params\TcpIp

Edit the key "EnableDHCP" = 0

Problem solved !... No IP set and no DHCP either.

Basically, RNDIS shouldn't have an IP set, but it shouldn't be DHCP either... but as soon as you view RDNIS via the usual network adapters setting then you are forced to have one of the other, which will cause the problem described in this thread or will cause ActiveSync not to work.

This should be more prominent than the other search results!

[netkruiser]

Thatz one awesome soltion arthurfuxake! Thanx man! It seems to have fixed that nagging "Unable to obtain server-assigned IP" error that used to keep popping up on my screen. There is only one other problem... my Atom still can't connect to the Internet through ActiveSync! Any suggestions?!