RE: Unable to renew Ip via DHCP from modem on a laptop



UncleSam89 wrote:

> Malke wrote:
>>Your daughter's laptop is configured to work with the school network
>>which is different than yours. Your daughter should either use the
>>Alternate Configuration to set up the network at home or a third-party
>>multinetwork manager.
>
> But I didn't changed anything with the Westel modem=router and when I
> m directly connecting the laptop to it everything works.
> It stops only when I connecting laptop to it via Microsoft Networking
> 10/100 Ethernet 5 port Switch model MN150.
> It stoppped to work when I switched from 1.5mb ADSL to 3 mb ADSL and
> was working before.
> All desktops continue to work with this switch with no problems.
> By the way I tried to do an alternate Configuration it wasn't working
> either.

If the Internet connection works when the machine is directly connected
to the dsl modem and stops working when connected to the switch, swap
out the switch for a known-working one.

Malke
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