hey guys,
Im a bit stuck...
i tried a bit of war driving just to see what was out there the other day and was blown away with how many ap's i picked up... esp ones that were without encryption and left at their default ssid's.

anyway, heres the question. I picked up an ap of a neighbour, unknown vendor (i use net stumbler for info) ssid of Network and non wep.

I have xp, and in my systray (or notification aream whatever) i got the network connection icon indicating i had made a conection. Now , all i want to do is connect to the net to DL a linux distro cos i only have dialup. BUT, i couldnt. i couldny get an ip addy, only an "automatic private address".... no good. I have my laptop set up for dhcp and my alternate config for thje private thingie above. Im stuck. could anyone tell me point me in the right direction as to obtain an ip addy from this network?

any help would be greatly apprieciated.

thx all who reply.

Quicksilver.