How do I connect to a LAN? What is LAN IP address?
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Hi, I'm trying to help someone who's stationed in Iraq with no internet connection. He's trying to connect to a LAN but can't seem to do so. He can see it, but it won't let him connect. He gets an error that says something like, check your internet connection. Also, he's asking what his IP address is. I don't know what to tell him since the only way I know of to check it is online. That's not possible though since he can't access the internet. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. Thank you!
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Answer:
If he is trying to connect wirelessly, the wireless LAN he is trying to connect to is probably password protected. He would need to get the WEP key from who ever owns the LAN. An IP address is needed to connect to the internet or a network. The IP address is assigned by whatever router/modem he is trying to connect to.
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In order to connect to a LAN there has to be a router. The router handles the DHCP IP configurations DNS Subnet and the Gateway. When connected to this router you will recieve all this information. The default adress to the router will be 192.168.1.1. From what it sounds like he is already connected to a LAN enviornment the check internet connections box would not come up if he wasn't already connected through the router.
the ip address is is usually 192.168.1.1
in order to find out what ip address he has (if he is using windows) goto start > run > type in "cmd" then press enter > a command prompt will appear, type "ipconfig" and press enter. That will give his ip address and default gateway(router address). Can you clarify what he can see when he "see's the LAN"?
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