I'm trying to connect an XP Home machine to my college's
network. My machine does not get an IP address from the
DHCP server, but if I type in a static IP address, I am
able to ping sites (only on-campus computers, within the
firewall, because I'm told the network admin has disabled
ping commands coming/going through the firewall).
I cannot get any web pages to come up, on- or off-campus.
I've tried using IE6 and Netscape 4.7, and tried using
domain names as well as IP addresses. Netscape
says "unable to create a network socket connection."
Thanks in advance!

Danny

ask your sys admin for the IP address of the default
gateway, make sure specify that in your TCP IP settings.
See if you can ping it anyway. Windows XP Home cannot
connect to a domain (without hacking about) which will
create major problems. Are you sure your on the right
subnet? - again ask your sys admin for the correct one.
Have the reserved your IP address in their DHCP scope or
is it one your testing that you made up?

Can you see other computers on the network?

quoted from http://www.ChicagoTech.net
Can't obtain/renew IP addresses from the DHCP server

Symptoms: 1) you have a DHCP client which may not be able
to obtain/renew IP
addresses from the DHCP server intermittently. 2) after
setup a workstation
to obtain an IP address from DHCP, the machine can't ping
others and
ipconfig /all shows Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . :
169.254.x.x.

Resolutions: 1) If this is XP, obtain the latest service
pack for Windows
XP.
2) Use the Network Diagnostics tool to identify any failed
settings. To do
this, go to Help and Support>Use Tools to view your
computer information and
diagnose problems>Network Diagnostics>Scan your system.
When the process
finishes, check for any items marked "FAILED" in red,
expand those
categories, and view the additional details about what the
testing showed.
3) Assign a static ip on the client and ping the DHCP
server. If you can't
ping the DHCP server, check the connection and hardware.
4) If you can ping the DHCP after assigning static ip,
check the DHCP
settings.
5) Make sure no firewall is running on your LAN.
6) Run Repair this connection if it is XP. Or use netsh to
reset TCP/IP
configuration.
7) If it is win98/w2k, remove and reinstall TCP/IP.
8) Try to upgrade the new NIC driver.
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>-----Original Message-----
>I'm trying to connect an XP Home machine to my college's
>network. My machine does not get an IP address from the
>DHCP server, but if I type in a static IP address, I am
>able to ping sites (only on-campus computers, within the
>firewall, because I'm told the network admin has disabled
>ping commands coming/going through the firewall).
>I cannot get any web pages to come up, on- or off-
campus.
>I've tried using IE6 and Netscape 4.7, and tried using
>domain names as well as IP addresses. Netscape
>says "unable to create a network socket connection."
>Thanks in advance!
>
>Danny
>.
>