Help with IP address

[Matt]

Been running XP on home desktop Dell for 2 years. No
problems with connecting to MSN. Recently got Norton
AntiVirus and Firewall- still no problems with MSN. Bought
SBC DSL and its been a nightmare. Tried connecting with
ethernet and USB with no luck. After 5 hours on phone with
SBC they say the problem is that my ip address is changed
to 169.254.92.102. I uninstalled Nortons and spoek with
Symantec who said that firewall wouldnt change the IP
address. Can someone help me with this?

 

[Mike]

hm thats weird its most likey sbc's fault ask them to come
to your house and reconfig it

 

[CZ]

Been running XP on home desktop Dell for 2 years. No
problems with connecting to MSN. Recently got Norton
AntiVirus and Firewall- still no problems with MSN. Bought
SBC DSL and its been a nightmare. Tried connecting with
ethernet and USB with no luck. After 5 hours on phone with
SBC they say the problem is that my ip address is changed
to 169.254.92.102. I uninstalled Nortons and spoek with
Symantec who said that firewall wouldnt change the IP
address. Can someone help me with this?

Matt:

NIS may be blocking DHCP.

To test that:
Enable ICF, and disable NIS.
Does it work now?