I have a laptop with Windows XP Home with SP3. I connect the laptop directly
to the DSL router and it is set to get IP automatically. However, the last
few days I noticed that it does not generate IP address. I know the DSL
connection is OK since I tried another laptop. I got another PCMCIA NIC and
yet it also cannot get an IP address. I did get a reply by ping 127.0.0.1.

Any ideas what's wrong?

Open a Command Prompt and enter:
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

JS

"wli2k2" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:EA8F94A2-D6A6-40C7-B377-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a laptop with Windows XP Home with SP3. I connect the laptop
>directly
> to the DSL router and it is set to get IP automatically. However, the
> last
> few days I noticed that it does not generate IP address. I know the DSL
> connection is OK since I tried another laptop. I got another PCMCIA NIC
> and
> yet it also cannot get an IP address. I did get a reply by ping
> 127.0.0.1.
>
> Any ideas what's wrong?

I'm having the identical problem. JS's suggestion did no work. Any other
ideas?


"JS" wrote:

> Open a Command Prompt and enter:
> ipconfig /release
> ipconfig /renew
>
> JS
>
> "wli2k2" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:EA8F94A2-D6A6-40C7-B377-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have a laptop with Windows XP Home with SP3. I connect the laptop
> >directly
> > to the DSL router and it is set to get IP automatically. However, the
> > last
> > few days I noticed that it does not generate IP address. I know the DSL
> > connection is OK since I tried another laptop. I got another PCMCIA NIC
> > and
> > yet it also cannot get an IP address. I did get a reply by ping
> > 127.0.0.1.
> >
> > Any ideas what's wrong?
>
>
>

Any third party firewall installed? If so, it may be blocking DHCP requests.
Louis

"knitogether" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:346A2DC1-C632-431F-83F2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm having the identical problem. JS's suggestion did no work. Any other
> ideas?
>
>
> "JS" wrote:
>
> > Open a Command Prompt and enter:
> > ipconfig /release
> > ipconfig /renew
> >
> > JS
> >
> > "wli2k2" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:EA8F94A2-D6A6-40C7-B377-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >I have a laptop with Windows XP Home with SP3. I connect the laptop
> > >directly
> > > to the DSL router and it is set to get IP automatically. However, the
> > > last
> > > few days I noticed that it does not generate IP address. I know the
DSL
> > > connection is OK since I tried another laptop. I got another PCMCIA
NIC
> > > and
> > > yet it also cannot get an IP address. I did get a reply by ping
> > > 127.0.0.1.
> > >
> > > Any ideas what's wrong?
> >
> >
> >