WinXP Home DHCP Problem

[Mike]

I am having difficulty addding a Windows XP home computer
to my network over a wireless network. Connectivity is
made to the wireless network, but the IP addresses are
all wrong. I have another Windows XP home computer
connectd to the network the same way..no problems. It
seems that the DHCP functionality of the OS is broken.
Here are the symptoms:

1. Current IP is 169.223.43.25 subent is 255.255.0.0
2. DHCP will not renew
3. I cannot delete the current connection
4. I cannot add a new connection

I have tried doing the netsh int ip command. It executed
but did not resolve the problem.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Mike

 

[Jason Tsang]

Make sure the DHCP client service is enabled in your Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, SErvices

By default, it should be set to Automatically Start (and as a consequence,
it should be started)

 

[Mike Steinhoff]

Yes, DHCP was started and is set to automatically start. I restarted it and
tried to repair the connection...I received and error:
DHCP could not be renewed. Please contact your network administrator.

ANy other ideas ?