Cannot obtain IP automatically

31 Oct 2006 4:59 PM

charlieb1979

I am also unable to get IP through DHCP. I am not getting a 169 address. I
just get 0.0.0.0. I have reinstalled windows and my on board network card,
updated drivers, and installed a new network card and still nothing. I have
checked and changed security settings and switched off my firewall. Everyone
else on the network is ok but not me...

I have even tried a wifi network card to see if this helped. Nothing...

I have upto date virus and spyware protection that was also reinstalled.

I just can not find the issue.

I can statically ip my machine (which is what I have to do now). but it just
stopped working yesterday and i have not been able to sort this out.

Any ideas greatly appreciated

31 Oct 2006 6:22 PM

Lem

charlieb1979 wrote:
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> I am also unable to get IP through DHCP. I am not getting a 169 address. I
> just get 0.0.0.0. I have reinstalled windows and my on board network card,
> updated drivers, and installed a new network card and still nothing. I have
> checked and changed security settings and switched off my firewall. Everyone
> else on the network is ok but not me...
>
> I have even tried a wifi network card to see if this helped. Nothing...
>
> I have upto date virus and spyware protection that was also reinstalled.
>
> I just can not find the issue.
>
> I can statically ip my machine (which is what I have to do now). but it just
> stopped working yesterday and i have not been able to sort this out.
>
> Any ideas greatly appreciated

See if this helps: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822123

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Lem MS MVP -- Networking

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2 Nov 2006 5:44 AM

RajKohli

I have a small network of 7 computers, all with Windows XP installed. One of
them serving other as a Internet Gateway, which is the main Computer, who is
assigning IP addresses to all other 6 computers. In Windows XP, setting up
Networking is to easy.

What I always do is on every computer is:

1. Opening My Network Places
2. Running "Setup a Home or Small Office Network" on every computer and
giving the answer.
3. Setting up one computer as Internet Gateway and rest access Internet from
"Network".
4. Rest the well everything Windows XP does.
5. It automatically assign the IP of the Gateway to 192.168.0.1 and subnet
mask 255.255.255.0.
6. Other computer "automatically" use 192.168.0.1 as Gateway and assign
themselves a proper IP like 192.168.0.25 and so on.

Sometime the problem occurs as mention by you only if:
1. I previously assign a IP to any machine instead of Automatic IP address.
2. There is a problem in Network wire.

That is all. So, I will suggest you that if you have Windows XP installed on
your machines then run the "Network Setup Wizard" instead of doing everything
manually. Just set the IP of client machines to Automatic. Do not assign IP
or Gateway to them.

Hope this information helps you, let us know.
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"charlieb1979" wrote:

> I am also unable to get IP through DHCP. I am not getting a 169 address. I
> just get 0.0.0.0. I have reinstalled windows and my on board network card,
> updated drivers, and installed a new network card and still nothing. I have
> checked and changed security settings and switched off my firewall. Everyone
> else on the network is ok but not me...
>
> I have even tried a wifi network card to see if this helped. Nothing...
>
> I have upto date virus and spyware protection that was also reinstalled.
>
> I just can not find the issue.
>
> I can statically ip my machine (which is what I have to do now). but it just
> stopped working yesterday and i have not been able to sort this out.
>
> Any ideas greatly appreciated