TCP/IP won't renew to router's addy

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From: Rachael (Rachael_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/04/04 

Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 06:05:32 -0700

Below is my original post.

I don't have ICS (assuming that's internet connection
sharing) set up, so that shouldn't be an issue.

I went home last night. Now, I can't even connect to the
internet direct without the router. I thought my ISP was
down, but when I called, they couldn't find any network
outages. My ISP tried everything to release and renew my
IP. I could ping their ip, and they could ping me, but I
coudn't get on the internet at all last night.

She figured I must have some kind of internal firewall or
something running that's screwing up things. I have
this "IPv6" thing in XP. Could that be it? And there's
ICF (Internet Connection Firewall) which I turned off.
What could that be doing to prevent proper IP renewal? Is
there anything else in XP that's built in that might be
causing it.

I have norton anit-virus, but I don't think that would
impact it.

I'm desperate here. My computer is out of warranty (just
barely), so I can't call them. Help!

Subject: Re: XP home TCP/IP won't release/renew
 From: "Rachael" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
Sent: 5/3/2004 7:25:53 AM

Thanks for the quick reply. What is ICS? I was looking
for info on my computer last night, and I couldn't figure
out what it was. I thought maybe that was why. See my
replys below:

>-----Original Message-----
>Rachael wrote:
>> I have a USR8000 wired router. I have set uop a network
>> on a similar router under WIN 98 so I know how almost
>> what to do.
>>
>> However, when I "release" my ip addresses and
>> then "renew" then, they aren't the ones for my
>> router "192.168.123.XXX (100-199)". It is always
>> 192.168.1.150. IS there anything in XP that could be
>> preventing it from connecting (some internal firewall
or
>> something?).
>
>Not that I can think of. Check your DHCP server settings
on the
>router....are you 100% sure they're correct? And there
is no other DHCP
>server anywhere on your network? Note that if you have
ICS enabled on a
>computer, it will act as a DHCP server....disable ICS if
it's enabled
>anywhere (doesn't sound like you need it anyway).

I can't check the DHCP settings on the router as I can't
even log into its control system. My computer is the only
one on the network. Once I get mine working, I will be
tackling my boyfriend's MAC issues to add his to the
network.

As stated above, what is ICS and how do I disable it (I'm
new to XP)?

>>
>> I also tried to get the router to work with 2 other
>> computers (win 98 and MAC OSX), and the same thing.
None
>> of them will renew to the router's address. Is is
router
>> related or XP related.
>
>Clearly DHCP server (router or ICS) related as it's
happening on other
>computers with other operating systems & versions....

Once I figure out how to disable ICS, I will try again.

>>
>> I can ping my ethernet card, but not the router.
>>
>> in the "command" window, it's telling me my IP address
is
>> linked to "www.medicallegalexperts.ca".
>
>How are you seeing that? What did you type in the
command line?

when my computer is attached to the router, and I type
in "ipconfig", one of the lines has that webaddress. I
will post exactly what it says when I get home tonight.

>
>> Could there be
>> some spam/virus that's making it not work?
>
>Check the above suggestions first - but of course make
sure all computers
>run current-generation antivirus & update signatures
regularly (daily if
>possible).
>
>Does your router include a built-in firewall? If not,
I'd consider getting
>another that does. NAT alone isn't enough. Or get
firewall software on all
>the computers.....but the former is my preference for
networks (even if you
>*also* choose software firewalls on the connected
computers).

I pretty sure this router has a built-in firewall, so I'm
ok there. (it was free from a friend when he went
wireless). I run spyware removal daily (several times)
and update anti-virus whenever I use my computer.

Thanks for the help. Let me know about ICS so I can start
there tonight.
>>
>> Thanks!
>
>
>.
>
.

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