Re: Client not acquiring IP address from ICS server


"Conan Kelly" <CTBarbarin at msn dot com> wrote in message
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> Hello all,
>
> My Win XP Pro laptop is normally the one that dials-up, so I've run the
> Network Setup Wizard so that the laptop has ICS enabled with a static IP
> address of 192.168.0.1/24. Our Win XP MCE 2005 machine is set up for
> dynamic IP address. We don't leave the computers physically connected all
> the time because our house isn't wired for networking (I'm just running a
> cable behind the couch and across the floor when we want the 2 machines
> connected). The first day I ran the wizard (maybe 3 months ago), both
> machines worked beautifully. But that was for the one day only. Pretty
> much every time I've tried connecting the 2 'puters since then, the MCE
> system could not acquire an address from the laptop (it would end up with
> an address of 169.254.x.x/16).
>
> 2 nights ago, I decided to connect them together, not expecting it to
> work, expecting to have to statically set the IP address. Low and behold,
> the damn thing was working. Tried a registry hack, quit working. Tonight
> I reverted my system back to before the registry hack (good thing I saved
> a System Restore Point), It was working again. After that, I downloaded
> the Security Update for Windows XP (KB912919), and once again it has quit
> working. I have yet to uninstall this update to see if it will fix it.
>
> I guess mainly what I'm interested in is if other people are having the
> same issue with updates affecting their ICS capabilities. I'm pretty
> diligent on keeping the computer updated and I'm wondering if these
> updates are somehow affecting the DHCP functions of ICS.
>
> Any ideas or thoughts on what to check or settings to change (other than
> uninstalling the last update--I'll try that a little later to see if it
> works) will be greatly appreciated. Also, if anyone else is having
> similar problems, let me know.
>
> Thanks for any help anyone can provide,
>
> Conan Kelly
Yes I have had problems with MS updates stopping network connections from
working. I have usually got round it by deleting the network adaptor in
system devices and letting it reinstall.


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