Renewing IP Address on router

[Deon]

Hi there,

XP Prof SP2 with latest updates and D-Link Wireless DSL Router

For some reason, my PC "forgets" the router default IP adress 1 out of
every 100 times a re-start.

I then run the repair to repair the connection, and 1 out of 10 times I'm
lucky, and it works. During the repair I see a message "Renewing IP
Address". Is there some command I can use to do this "manually", to force
the router to renew the IP Address?

Regards,

Deon

 

[SteveC]

The command to renew an IP address in windows XP is:

ipconfig /renew

This should be run from a command prompt. You can create a .BAT file and
place that line in there and have it run like a program would. Open note
pad and paste the line above in. Save the file as renew.bat (make sure it
doesn't have a .txt extention)

But the bigger issue is why it's not allowing you to get an IP address. You
might want to investigate changing channels (anything other than channel 6!
) and moving your router or wireless card around.

SteveC

 

[Guest]

from command line type ipconfig /renew

or you could put that line in a batch file on your desktop or even in
startup group. To see all of the available switches you can use with this
command type in ipconfig /?

 

[Deon]

Thanx, Steve,

What I cannot understand, is that the wireless network of my PC sees the
wireless connection with my router. It just sometimes cannot connect - I
get a message that it could not connect and that I must get the network
guy, in this instance, me.

Thanx for the advice on renewing the IP address. Is:

ipconfig /renew all I have to type?

Regards,

Deon

 

[Yves Leclerc]

This seems to occur when you are use the wireless network card settings
manager and XP's SP2 wap manager at the same time.

 

[SteveC]

Yes that is the command to renew an ip address.

If you get an error try releasing first:

ipconfig /release

and as mentioned in the other post ipconfig /? will list more commands
(although a little more advanced than needed for your issue).

Good Luck,
SteveC