Re: XP - acquiring ip address...

On 18 Oct 2005 16:06:44 -0700, *email_address_deleted* wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I'm trying to get my verizon DSL modem directly connected to my XP Pro.
>SP2 pc. There is no router involved, it's just a straight modem to
>network card setup.
>
>I've set the "Obtain IP address automatically" option and "Obtain DNS
>server address automatically". It just hangs on "acquiring network
>address" and then defaults to "limited or no connectivity". I've gone
>into "services" and made sure DHCP client is set to "automatic". I've
>also tried power cycling my modem down for 5 minutes and did the
>"ipconfig /release,ipconfig /flushdns,ipconfig /renew" options.
>Nothing seems to work.
>
>I know it's not my nic inside my XP box because I can connect to the
>internet just fine with my linux box acting as a router for my XP box.
>The only way I can get my XP box connected to the internet is if I give
>it a static ip and a couple dns server ip addresses and set up my linux
>box to act as a router. Linux has no trouble acquiring an ip from
>verizon. This works just fine. What I can't do is setup my XP box to
>connect directly to the modem and get an IP address from verizon.
>
>Does anybody have any advice? Thank you for your time.

If you've already gotten your service working, using another computer, then I'll
bet 2 to 1 that you have a MAC address registration problem.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/connecting-different-devices-to-your.html>

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