Unable to obtain an IP address after docking?

[RickNY]

Hi.. I have an X51 520Mhz, and whenever I dock my handheld, on the dekstop, I get the icon down in the tray for the device itself, along with 'Acquiring network address'. On the handheld, I get a message box titled 'Pocket PC Networking: Unable to obtain a server-assigned IP address. Try again later or enter an IP address in Network settings.'

If I do an 'ipconfig' on the desktop machine, I see the following info for the Axim (despite the fact that the icon says its acquiring an IP):

Ethernet adapter Windows Mobile Device:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Windows Mobile-based Device
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 80-00-60-0F-E8-00
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.2.2
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.2.1
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, October 19, 2005 7:50:11
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, November 18, 2005 7:50:11 PM

On the Axim itself, if I check the IP address for the "Remote-NDIS Host", I see it received an IP address of 169.254.2.1..

The remaining adapters all say 'Not Connected' and are set to obtain an IP from the server.

Does anyone know what causes this and how to fix it? By the way, there are no software firewalls installed on the machine itself.

Thanks,

Rick

[brutedawg20]

Just wondering if you found anything out about that problem. I am having the same problem with an x51.....but i dont have wifi.....that message only comes on when its syncing or on the cradle.