My IP address always shows 169.254.81.207

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From: Ankit Shah (AnkitShah623_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:59:24 -0700

Hi guys,

I have problem with my nic card. I have a router install and keeps showing
169.254.81.207 while it should show 192.168.0.XXX. The DHCP is set on
automatic. My subnet mask is 255.255.0.0. I don't get it. My router DHCP
address is working because the rest of computer that connected to the router
are working properly. Even when i manually assign an IP address i still
don't get internet or can't access network for shared resources. I click
repaired hundreds of time, but it fail and asked to contact my network
administrator. Also I went in Command Prompt and type "ipconfig /flushdns"
and it did beautifully, and then I type "ipconfig /release" an it gave me
this Message"

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 5:

                Connection-specific DNS suffix........:
                Autoconfiguration IP Address...........: 169.254.82.207
                Subnet Mask....................................: 255.255.0.0
                Default Gateway...............................:

C:\Document and settings\Jay Doshi>

I also tried to renew the ipaddress and this what it gave me as an error
message.

Windows IP Configuration

An error ocured while renwing interface Local Area Connection 5: An
operation was attempted on something that is not a socket.

C:\Document and Settings\Jay Doshi>

I have also tried to delete the NIC card from device manage and restarted
the computer. Still the same problem. Can anyone help me out.

Ankit Shah

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