Re: Cannot get IP address from Router DHCP

Thanks a lot for replying,

- I can ping both the preferred and alternate DNS servers from the
wired computer and in fact I am using the ISP's servers (as you can see
in the ipconfig output for the wired desktop).

- Here are the results of the ipconfig in the wired computer that
cannot get its address from the DHCP server:

Windows 2000 IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Casa
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet
Adapter(NC100 v2)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-17-56-2C-4D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.8.10
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.8.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.93.41.125
24.93.40.76

Now here are the results from the wireless laptop that has no problems:

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Portatil
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : REDE

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : REDE
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Tarjeta Mini-PCI Dell
TrueMobile WLAN 1300
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-90-4B-24-1F-CD
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.8.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.8.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.8.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.93.41.125
24.93.40.76
24.93.40.64

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100
Integrated Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0B-DB-1D-CC-9A

Should DHCP be enabled on the Win2K machine as they are in the XP? if
that's the case, how do I change it? Maybe it is because I have
assigned an static IP address.

- Yes, address= IP address (sorry); you access the setup utility on the
router by typing its address on a browser but I cannot get to the
utility when I type it; however, I can ping the router from this
(wired) same machine.

- I bought a new cable and a new NIC for the computer with problems and
did try a different port; I also wired the laptop to the same (#1) port
on the router using the old cable and it works.

I really appreciate your help; thanks,
Efren


Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] ha escrito:

> Inline....
>
> In news:1128530369.421509.140920@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> Efren <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
> > Hi,
> > I set a Home Network a few months ago consisting of a wired desktop
> > connected through a D-Link NIC, a wireless Dell laptop using its
> > TrueMobile G card and another wireless desktop connected through a USB
> > G linksys adapter and using a Linksys WRT54G Router. Everything worked
> > fine until two days ago when the wired desktop suddenly stopped
> > connecting to the network and to the internet. I did not install
> > anything new nor made any changes to the network configuration. The
> > LED on the router and the NIC were green suggesting connection but the
> > desktop got an autoconfigured IP address instead of the assigned by
> > the DHCP on the router and I could not ping the router or any of the
> > computers on the network (they were on a differente subnet mask).
> > Since this strange phenomenon happened I had tried:
> >
> > * Assigned an static IP address to the wired desktop; now it can
> > access the network and ping other computers on it but I can't ping
> > yahoo.com or access the internet from this computer.
>
> Can you ping your DNS server?
> What DNS server did you assign? Use your ISP's.
>
> > The wireless have
> > no problem at all accesing both services.
>
>
> Run ipconfig /all in a command line on each computer & compare them. You can
> use ipconfig /all >c:\myip.txt to pipe the output to a text file to make
> this easier.
>
> > Now, a strange thing is that
> > I can ping the router but I cannot get to its web based utility by
> > typing its address either on Firefox o IE6. I can do this from the
> > wireless laptop without a problem.
>
> Address = IP address?
>
> >
> > * Disabled the wireless card on the Laptop and wired it directly to
> > the router. It can connect to the router, the network and internet.
> > * Bought a new NIC, now a Linksys Network Everywhere (hoping for
> > compatibility with the router) and cable and installed it on the wired
> > computer. Same problem: autoconfigured address and no access.
>
> Did you try a different patch cable? Different port on the hub/switch?
>
> >
> > * Did a hard reset on the Motorola Cable Modem and on the router
> > and reconfigured manually the options. No luck either.
> > * Disabled and then unistalled ZoneAlarm to test connections. Still
> > no internet access. I have now reinstalled it and accessing the
> > network through a static IP but I cannot connect to the internet.
>
> See above (re DNS)
> >
> > So far it does not seem to be related to the router, the cable or the
> > NIC card on the wired desktop so I am thinking of a software setting.
> > I have run out of ideas of things to try and hope you can help. The
> > wired desktop is running W2K Professional and the others XP SP2. The
> > wireless network is running with WEP but I have no problem in the
> > wireless section of my network, it's the wired the problem.
> >
> > Thanks for your interest in helping me,
> > Efren

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