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General Maximus · 20-10-2016, 17:37

ja, just a few things to clarify for the future dude:

A 192.168.x.x address is a local address assigned by the router. Even if you haven't got internet access, the fact that you have got a local address means the router is up and running and you are connected to your local area network and will be able to communicate with other devices on the network (e.g. stream content from a server to a tv). When a device gets a 169.254.x.x address that is a private address (APIPA) which the device itself assigns to make itself feel better so it thinks it has an ip address and when this happens you have no network connectivity at all. From a troubleshooting perspective you would firstly look at the router to see if it is up, then look at other devices to see if their network connection is up (and if it is) then you start looking at the one device which isn't connected and check cables, network settings etc.

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General Maximus Ran Away Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Lincoln Services: phone + 1gbit BB + SkyQ Posts: 11,021	Re: Think Broadband Ping Monitor Results (POST YOURS) ja, just a few things to clarify for the future dude: A 192.168.x.x address is a local address assigned by the router. Even if you haven't got internet access, the fact that you have got a local address means the router is up and running and you are connected to your local area network and will be able to communicate with other devices on the network (e.g. stream content from a server to a tv). When a device gets a 169.254.x.x address that is a private address (APIPA) which the device itself assigns to make itself feel better so it thinks it has an ip address and when this happens you have no network connectivity at all. From a troubleshooting perspective you would firstly look at the router to see if it is up, then look at other devices to see if their network connection is up (and if it is) then you start looking at the one device which isn't connected and check cables, network settings etc.