Hi,
I have WinXP professional.
I have a motorola cable modem connected to one of my USB
ports. The cable company can connect to the modem but the
the local area connection can't get a valid IP from the
modem.
When I try to perform ipconfig /renew I get an error
message saying that the local area connection can't
connect to the socket.
How can I release the socket or what do I need to do in
order to get a valid IP??

Thank you in advance.

Try this article:

Error Message When You Try to Connect to Network: An
Operation Was Attempted on Something That Is Not a Socket

http://tinyurl.com/ftku


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>I have WinXP professional.
>I have a motorola cable modem connected to one of my USB
>ports. The cable company can connect to the modem but
the
>the local area connection can't get a valid IP from the
>modem.
>When I try to perform ipconfig /renew I get an error
>message saying that the local area connection can't
>connect to the socket.
>How can I release the socket or what do I need to do in
>order to get a valid IP??
>
>Thank you in advance.
>.
>