Renewing the IP address

[Pip R. Lagenta]

Hi!
I have a problem running XPpro:
I used the XP built-in wizard to establish my one-room, two-computer
LAN through a router switch. It worked well as far as letting my XP
machine talk to (and hear from) my Win98SE machine. But I now have a
problem with my WAN. The XP 'puter only rarely lets me on the
internet. Some investigation shows that the problem is a lack of an
IP address. My cable modem is connected to the router switch. The
problem continues when I bypass the router switch and connect the
cable modem directly to the XP 'puter. The Win98SE 'puter has no
problems getting an IP through the router switch at any time. I have
tried a "repair" function on the "Network Bridge" where the IP address
should be (and *is* on the rare occasions when I have internet
access). I get a message that it has repaired the "Bridge" except for
"renewing the IP address". (Where "renewing the IP address" is what
is needed.)
So here is my question:
Is there a way to force an XP machine to get a dynamic IP address
(which is assigned by DHCP)?
Due to "Network Address Translation", should the XP 'puter be getting
the IP address from the router switch? Why does the problem continue
when the router switch is bypassed? Because the Win98SE 'puter has no
problem getting an IP address, I feel that the router switch is not at
fault. I blame the "Network Bridge" (MAC Bridge miniport") in the XP
machine. If I try to bypass the "obtain an IP address automatically"
function and plug in an IP address my self, what IP address should I
use?
Thank you!


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[Jim Macklin]

I would ask your cable ISP for some help. In general the
first time you connect to the cable, the cable modem and
your computer login...the NIC MAC address is registered to
your computer and so is the modem. When you connect the
router, you configure it to use the computer MAC address,
then the router will establish IPs for each computer
connected.

I may have made some simplifications or errors in this
explanation, but your ISP should be able to walk you through
the setup while you do it.

http://www.comcast.net/comcast.html has a tool box
listed on the sidebar.


message | Hi!
| I have a problem running XPpro:
| I used the XP built-in wizard to establish my one-room,
two-computer
| LAN through a router switch. It worked well as far as
letting my XP
| machine talk to (and hear from) my Win98SE machine. But I
now have a
| problem with my WAN. The XP 'puter only rarely lets me on
the
| internet. Some investigation shows that the problem is a
lack of an
| IP address. My cable modem is connected to the router
switch. The
| problem continues when I bypass the router switch and
connect the
| cable modem directly to the XP 'puter. The Win98SE 'puter
has no
| problems getting an IP through the router switch at any
time. I have
| tried a "repair" function on the "Network Bridge" where
the IP address
| should be (and *is* on the rare occasions when I have
internet
| access). I get a message that it has repaired the
"Bridge" except for
| "renewing the IP address". (Where "renewing the IP
address" is what
| is needed.)
| So here is my question:
| Is there a way to force an XP machine to get a dynamic IP
address
| (which is assigned by DHCP)?
| Due to "Network Address Translation", should the XP 'puter
be getting
| the IP address from the router switch? Why does the
problem continue
| when the router switch is bypassed? Because the Win98SE
'puter has no
| problem getting an IP address, I feel that the router
switch is not at
| fault. I blame the "Network Bridge" (MAC Bridge
miniport") in the XP
| machine. If I try to bypass the "obtain an IP address
automatically"
| function and plug in an IP address my self, what IP
address should I
| use?
| Thank you!
|
|
|
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|
| -- Pip R. Lagenta
| President for Life
| International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
| (If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
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| <http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
| (For Email: I'm at home, not work.)

 

[Matt Hitchcock]

Check that the TCP/IP settings for the adapter as set to DHCP, open up a
command prompt and type in: ipconfig /renew

This will force XP to request a IP address from DHCP on the router you have.

If XP assigns itself a 192.x.x.x address, it cannot see your router for some
reason. Are you using the correct cable i.e. patch as opposed to cross
over? Is the cable faulty?

If you receive an error that the operation could not be performed due to an
invalid winsock, you're in for trouble! Post back you findings and I'll
update again.

Matt

 

[Ron Rector]

I would also have to blame it on the bridge. Try deleting
the bridge.
In order for a bridge to show up you obviously have more
than one networking device such ans a 1394 connection and
an ethernet card.
If the bridge will not delete, try running the network
setup wizard and chose not to bridge the connections.

 

[Pip R. Lagenta]

Check that the TCP/IP settings for the adapter as set to DHCP, open up a
command prompt and type in: ipconfig /renew

This will force XP to request a IP address from DHCP on the router you have.

If XP assigns itself a 192.x.x.x address, it cannot see your router for some
reason. Are you using the correct cable i.e. patch as opposed to cross
over? Is the cable faulty?

If you receive an error that the operation could not be performed due to an
invalid winsock, you're in for trouble! Post back you findings and I'll
update again.

Matt

Well, O.K. The Computer Gods are messing with me. I had these
problems, see, I asked for help, see. Then the problems all go away
before I am able to implement any of the help I was given.

I had checked the cables in so far as checking the connections. I had
not yet gotten so far as switching out the cables. By coincidence,
just now I am in an electronics class on the subject of copper based
network cables at my local junior college. Had I suspected a cable, I
could bring it to class and use a variety of nice cable testing
equipment on the thing. But it won't come to that.

I did go to the *cough*DOS*cough* "command prompt" and printed the
output from the ipconfig/all command for future reference. If (when)
the problem reappears, I will use the ipconfig/release command
followed by the ipconfig/renew command. If that does not fix the
problem, then I will return.

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-- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)