Laptop won't configure to the correct IP address

[Guest]

I have home network with a linksys router. Four of my computers connect to the network and the internet, but the fifth one keeps grabbing an IP address that is not mine. I tried ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew, I tried manually entering the IP addres and the DNS server address but nothing. It says it's connected to my network, and my DMZ table in the router lists the computer, but it just won't let me access the internet because the IP address is wrong, and I can NOT get it to obtain the correct IP address

Any ideas?

 

[CheshireCat]

I have home network with a linksys router. Four of my computers connect

to the network and the internet, but the fifth one keeps grabbing an IP
address that is not mine. I tried ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew, I
tried manually entering the IP addres and the DNS server address but
nothing. It says it's connected to my network, and my DMZ table in the
router lists the computer, but it just won't let me access the internet
because the IP address is wrong, and I can NOT get it to obtain the correct
IP address.

Any ideas?

Which IP address are you getting and which one do you want?
What's the IP address of your router?
What happens if you set a static IP address and attempt to ping the router?
What does ipconfig do/report when you attempt to release/renew?

 

[Guest]

----- CheshireCat wrote: ----


Which IP address are you getting and which one do you want

I'm not getting mine, which is what I want. It's giving me some completely differnet address

What's the IP address of your router

I'm not going to list that

What happens if you set a static IP address and attempt to ping the router

Nothing. If I put a static address in there I get an error message saying something is wrong. I put my DHCP address and DNS address in there and it still won't work

What does ipconfig do/report when you attempt to release/renew

It times out on the renew telling me it can't connect to my DHCP server (my router)

I finally said screw it and formatted the drive. I'm re-trying setting it up all over again. For some reason all my other computers are on the 'net and can see each other

 

[Bob Willard]

----- CheshireCat wrote: -----


Which IP address are you getting and which one do you want?

I'm not getting mine, which is what I want. It's giving me some completely differnet address.

What's the IP address of your router?

I'm not going to list that.

What happens if you set a static IP address and attempt to ping the router?

Nothing. If I put a static address in there I get an error message saying something is wrong. I put my DHCP address and DNS address in there and it still won't work.

What does ipconfig do/report when you attempt to release/renew?

It times out on the renew telling me it can't connect to my DHCP server (my router).

I finally said screw it and formatted the drive. I'm re-trying setting it up all over again. For some reason all my other computers are on the 'net and can see each other.

Wonderful. When your car runs out of gas, do you change the engine?

Uh, there is no risk in listing the LAN-side IPA of your router, since
they are nearly always something like 192.168.1.1; and 192.168.x.x IPAs
are not routable and, therefore not visible from the WAN-side.

If you feed a static IPA to your NIC and it then cannot ping the router's
LAN-side IPA, then you have a low-level connection problem -- a bad NIC, or
a bad cable for a wired connection, or something in the signal path for
a wireless connection, or a bad device driver.