Help my tablet find my IP address

[SonyState]

Help1 I have a feeling that I am way off mark with my new Sony tablet.

It finds my WEP connection but says trying to find IP address and that is where it sticks. Perhaps it only works with a wireless router.  I have spent 2 days trying to connect and have run through all the suggestions but it still sticks at the IP address thing. I bought this because I have other Sony stuff.

[Blencogo]

Hi SonyState.

Can you please clarify what you are trying to do please?  What are you trying to connect to (with model number if possible)?

If you are not trying to connect to a wireless router, what are you trying to connect to?  Is it a DHCP Server that automatically provides an IP address?  If not, then you may have to manually set an IP address.

[breedBenR · Accepted solution]

if your wifi access point does not provide a dhcp-service, you need to connect using a static ip adress (a free one in your network) and supply the gateway and DNS server ip (same as your pc uses) to connect to the internet outside your home network.

first do forget network in your wifi list

then connect to it, choose static, scroll a bit down in that window and supply the ip adresses.

all of this in addition to supplying the WEP key

this is not common, most home networks have routers set to do this automatically.

[SonyState]

Just to tell you all that I eventually managed to get online. I used the code that followed the WEP on my SpeedTouch router. A major problem was that I had inadvertently put the aeroplane setting on (which should be off) Sony, you should make that clear to a newby. It says a lot for may patience that I didn't return the tablet.

Many thanks to this forum for your help

[vettelvib]

Hi, you can find your IP address at Ip-details . here just enter this website your IP address will be shown...

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[phyll22]

Hi, i am having the same issue regarding connecting to the internet. i have already returned 1 tablet as it crashed several times as well as not connecting. my new one connected straight away but after 5 minutes lost connection and refuses to re-connect. i have tried the above but no luck. Can you advise a more step by step basic way for me as i am not technically minded!!