Hi I had the same problem conecting through NTL
broardband.
I would not reformat yet as i did this and the problem
returned.It took me three months to resolve this prblem.
A tech head mentioned it might be a problem with service
pk 1 for XP. I cannot promise this will work for you!
However it may be worth a try as i know how frustrated
you are, I have uninstalled service service PK 1 and
fingers crossed everything is working fine although i
still do not know why service PK 1 caused the problem or
how i can renstall it without the problem returning.
If you do try this i would be interested to know if it
worked for you GOOD LUCK
>-----Original Message-----
>ok, Ive tried for days now and no matter what I do i
>cannot for the sake of my life get my cable connection
up
>and running. I used to have a cable connection but I
>moved and am now getting it again at the new address
>(using attbb). but everytime i get this 169.254 as an
IP
>and ive tried everything besides reformatting my
>computer. I cant release this IP, also i cannot renew,
>repair, or fix this in anyway..i can ping that address,
>but thats about it. my cable modem shows that its online
>and active, but the ip wont renew itself..ive called
>everyone under the sun but it turns into a blame game,
or
>its not our fault call blah blah..no one seems to want
to
>or worst yet know how to fix this problem..ive seen this
>posted a few times already but still no help..PLEASE
help
>my hairs turning gray and fallin out on me!
>.
>

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Hello Teeto. What up?
I was just thinking about your mentioning
that you had just moved.
It is possible that you may have damaged
your Ethernet cable during the move, so
maybe try a new Ethernet cable if nothing
else has worked.
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