On 3 Aug 2006 07:12:31 -0700, "Ned" <nedtri***@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I have been having fun with my XP machine for  some time now. It
>probably all went back to an unsucessful install of Zonelabs... Anyway
>I lost network connections. I have now been able to connect to my LAN
>by providing a static IP address but my machine won't pickup a DHCP
>address. DHCP is working as my 2nd system is working fine.
>I have tried various "fixes" netch int reset etc; I feel I am close to
>cracking it now...any suggestions ?
>here are my machine IP settings:
>
> Good machine
>Windows 2000 IP Configuration
>
>        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : systema
>        Primary DNS Suffix  . . . . . . . :
>        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>        DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : abc123
>                                            abc123
>                                            abc123
>Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 5:
>
>        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : abc123.com
>        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100+ MiniPCI
>        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-10-A4-84-84-64
>        DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.75.24
>        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.192
>        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.75.1
>        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.162.12
>        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.162.21
>                                            192.168.163.21
>        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 03 August 2006 10:02:22
>        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 03 August 2006 22:02:22
>
>C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>
>**************************************************************
>
>Bad  Machine
>Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 10:
>        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
>        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Mobile
>Connection
>        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0d-60-8a-64-59
>        DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.43.216
>        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
>        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . :
>        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :
>
>
>when I do an IP / release and renew I get a message saying:
>an error occured while renewing interface local area connection 10
>An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket
>TIA, Ned