Cannot get ip address through DHCP

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PLEASE HELP:
I can not get an ip address through DHCP, I have tried everything.

I have a laptop with an onboard network card and a home user lan with 3
other users who are having no problems (I am an IT technician and setup the
lan myself). I have reinstalled windows XP and my network card. I have ran
updates and checked for viruses and spyware and checked and changed my
firewall and security settings. As a desperate last measure I even went
through and added all extra services of TCP/IP. I have even tried installing
another network card through my PCMCIA slot (both cable and wifi). They all
work if I statically IP them but not if I want to obtain automatically. DHCP
is enabled on my laptop and I have added a gateway service. I can not think
of any other possibilities that could be preventing this from working.....

Any ideas greatly appreciated....

Thank you
 
PLEASE HELP:
I can not get an ip address through DHCP, I have tried everything.

I have a laptop with an onboard network card and a home user lan with 3
other users who are having no problems (I am an IT technician and setup the
lan myself). I have reinstalled windows XP and my network card. I have ran
updates and checked for viruses and spyware and checked and changed my
firewall and security settings. As a desperate last measure I even went
through and added all extra services of TCP/IP. I have even tried installing
another network card through my PCMCIA slot (both cable and wifi). They all
work if I statically IP them but not if I want to obtain automatically. DHCP
is enabled on my laptop and I have added a gateway service. I can not think
of any other possibilities that could be preventing this from working.....

Any ideas greatly appreciated....

Thank you
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Assuming you have a NAT router and are trying to connect through it:
Your DHCP server/router has a limited scope and has assigned all available
addresses.
Your DHCP server/router has mac filtering enabled and your mac is not on
the allowed list.
What do you mean you added a gateway service?
 
PLEASE HELP:
I can not get an ip address through DHCP, I have tried everything.

I have a laptop with an onboard network card and a home user lan with 3
other users who are having no problems (I am an IT technician and setup the
lan myself). I have reinstalled windows XP and my network card. I have ran
updates and checked for viruses and spyware and checked and changed my
firewall and security settings. As a desperate last measure I even went
through and added all extra services of TCP/IP. I have even tried installing
another network card through my PCMCIA slot (both cable and wifi). They all
work if I statically IP them but not if I want to obtain automatically. DHCP
is enabled on my laptop and I have added a gateway service. I can not think
of any other possibilities that could be preventing this from working.....

Any ideas greatly appreciated....

Thank you
Click to expand...

Make sure that the DHCP Client service is running. Check the System
log in Event Viewer for relevant messages. Use this command to reset
TCP/IP, then reboot:

netsh winsock reset catalog
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