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stevencbyers · 05-02-2005, 11:38 AM

No IP through router
I have two computers on a DSL router. After 8 months of working fine, only one or the other will be assigned a real IP, not 196.254.x.x. I can go into the modem with one and reboot and it will work fine, then go back into the router and the other won't work. I have tried many things, new NIC card, new router, winsock fix, restoring. I can release the IP and get 0.0.0.0, but the most I can get back to is the 196.254.x.x. I can't wrap my head around this one. Both computers are running windows XP, the one that usually doesn't work hangs a bit at startup, maybe DHCP? Its verizon DSL. Let me know what else you need to know. Thank you in advance.

05-02-2005, 11:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
stevencbyers Newb Techie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 11	No IP through Router No IP through router I have two computers on a DSL router. After 8 months of working fine, only one or the other will be assigned a real IP, not 196.254.x.x. I can go into the modem with one and reboot and it will work fine, then go back into the router and the other won't work. I have tried many things, new NIC card, new router, winsock fix, restoring. I can release the IP and get 0.0.0.0, but the most I can get back to is the 196.254.x.x. I can't wrap my head around this one. Both computers are running windows XP, the one that usually doesn't work hangs a bit at startup, maybe DHCP? Its verizon DSL. Let me know what else you need to know. Thank you in advance.