Re: 169 IP address probs

"oubball14" wrote:
> HELP PLEASE!!
> Today my boyfriend went to his computer which he had restarted
> and he tried to connect to the internet (cable modem) and he
> couldn't get online. He usually has his computer on ALL THE
> TIME, and is constantly on the internet. when we called our
> service provider they had us run through some things trying to
> repair the connection and they couldn't fix it and said w
> should call microsoft because we have the 169 IP address and
> it means there's something wrong with our computer not our
> connection. I have been researching online all night looking
> for answers and we have tried a number of different things to
> fix this. Please, if anyone can help, let me know. I am
> pretty computer stupid, so you may have to spell things out
> for me. Thanks in advance for anyone who is willing to help
> us out.
>
> Btw, there is no network set up in our apartment yet, his
> computer is the only one that's been connected to the
> internet, and we've had the internet set up for over 4 months
> now...if you need anymore info, let me know
>
> thanks

IP address asighnments are made by the ISP, if the IP address is
wrong, it would be the ISPâ??s fault not microsofts (althouhg I blame
microsoft for alot of things). What kind of cable modem is it, is it a
direct cable modem (i.e. pluged into a usb port or other wise) or a
gateway cable modem, and plugs into the ethernet/RJ-45/Network port on
the PC?
.

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