Re: often need to stop and start DNS service....

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 03/14/04 

Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 10:32:57 -0500

anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
<snip>
> Thanks so far. It is service pack 4. This problem began
> a couple months ago and there haven't been any changes to
> any hardware, network related or not, in over a year. I've
> noticed that when I turn the cable modem off and back on,
> it is necessary to either start and stop DNS service or
> reboot in order to regain network communication.... From
> what you've said already, should I (in order) first
> replace the network cables, update the NIC driver, then
> replace the NIC?

After you reboot your cable modem--presuming you're directly connected to
it--you may need to run

ipconfig /renew

from a command prompt. Does that work?

If you're using a broadband router, you more likely need to reboot the
router after restarting the cable modem, so it can receive a new IP from the
cable modem.

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