Bizarre DHCP problem

[ZB]

Hi All

I used to have 2 comps on a home LAN.

Linksys BESFR41 router with 4 switch ports, one PC running win2k and a
laptop running win98. I bought a new pc with xp pro and connected it to the
same LAN port as the win2k machine. It works fine. I have moved the old PC
to the bedroom which has a rj45 socket wired back to the linksys router.

For some reason the XP & laptop work fine but the win2k machine refuses to
get an IP address. It has a working physical connection back to the router
because the status lights are on both on the router and the network card of
the PC. However, I cannot ping the router and despite restarting the router,
PC etc, I still cant get anything other than a self configured & useless 169
address.

Checked out the router config and there is nothing in DHCP which suggests
there should be a problem.

Any suggestions??? TIA

 

[Jack Seredyniecki]

Can you manually assign an IP addy to the w2k machine? ...does it let you
ping the router then?

 

[jpww]

Try releasing the IP address for your network adapter. (e.g. ipconfig
/release L* ) and renewing it (e.g. ipconfig /renew ). Sometimes, it is
necessary to power down your computer before issuing the "ipconfig /renew"
command; very often, under normal circumstances, your computer will be able
to communicate with the DHCP server w/o any further action on your part.

 

[ZB]

Can you manually assign an IP addy to the w2k machine? ...does it let you
ping the router then?

Didnt work which suggested a faulty cable despite the green lights. This was
indeed the case!