XP DCHP Not Talking

[ted]

I have a problem with a XP machine that refuses to talk
to my router. Currently, the XP machine will not obtain
an IP address via DHCP when connected to the router. I
have tried the ipconfig /release command to no avail and
restarted the DHCP process in XP. The restart gets me
back to 0.0.0.0 but the XP box and router do not link up
and XP continues to assign an "Automatic Private Address"
when it connected to the network.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Michael D. Alligood]

Have you ruled out the Physical Layer yet? This could be a faulty NIC, or
bad cabling. Are there other PCs on the network that receive an IP address
from this router? Is there router set up correctly for DHCP? Etc...

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Best of luck!

Michael D. Alligood
MCSA, MCP, CCNA, A+,
Network+, i-Net+, CIW A, CIW CI

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the response and help, Michael. I think it is
the NIC that just went bad. Yes, there are other PCs on
the network receiving IP addresses from the router.

I previously checked the cabling, switched the PC to a
different port, and everything else possible except
changing out the NIC.

I originally assumed software was the issue since a
program with tons of spyware was recently downloaded. I
have cleaned it to the bones so it must be the NIC.

 

[Quaoar]

Thanks for the response and help, Michael. I think it is
the NIC that just went bad. Yes, there are other PCs on
the network receiving IP addresses from the router.

I previously checked the cabling, switched the PC to a
different port, and everything else possible except
changing out the NIC.

I originally assumed software was the issue since a
program with tons of spyware was recently downloaded. I
have cleaned it to the bones so it must be the NIC.

Google for both lspfix.exe and winsockxpfix.exe, run both in default
mode. If there is a problem with winsock, etc., these will correct it.

Q