windows xp networking

[Guest]

i wonder why my windows xp only pulls 169..... ip address when i remove it from my linksys router and plug it direcly to my cable modem, where it should pull either 66... or 67.. ip from cable company. but when i plug it back to the router, it pulls 192.... and works fine. what could be the problem? thanxs..

 

[Vanhorssen]

Your Router is acting as a dhcp server and is supplying
the IP address when the computer is connected to it. Your
ISP is providing your IP when you are connected directly
to it. Either way should work, but the router can provide
basic firewall protection, and you can connect other
computers to the internet at the same time.

-----Original Message-----
i wonder why my windows xp only pulls 169..... ip address

when i remove it from my linksys router and plug it
direcly to my cable modem, where it should pull either
66... or 67.. ip from cable company. but when i plug it
back to the router, it pulls 192.... and works fine. what
could be the problem? thanxs..

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

i wonder why my windows xp only pulls 169..... ip address when i remove it from my linksys router and plug it direcly to my cable modem, where it should pull either 66... or 67.. ip from cable company. but when i plug it back to the router, it pulls 192.... and works fine. what could be the problem? thanxs..

Two possibilities:

1. Your cable company requires you to register the MAC address of the
computer or router that connects to the cable modem.

2. The computer's network card is failing to automatically determine
the proper speed and duplex settings for the cable modem. Try
configuring them manually, as shown here:

Windows XP Network Troubleshooting - Problems with Network Cards
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/networkcard.htm
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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[Guest]

the second makes perfect sense. thanks steve.appreciate it .



----- Steve Winograd [MVP] wrote: -----

i wonder why my windows xp only pulls 169..... ip address when i remove it from my linksys router and plug it direcly to my cable modem, where it should pull either 66... or 67.. ip from cable company. but when i plug it back to the router, it pulls 192.... and works fine. what could be the problem? thanxs..

Two possibilities:

1. Your cable company requires you to register the MAC address of the
computer or router that connects to the cable modem.

2. The computer's network card is failing to automatically determine
the proper speed and duplex settings for the cable modem. Try
configuring them manually, as shown here:

Windows XP Network Troubleshooting - Problems with Network Cards
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/networkcard.htm
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com