Re: automatic private address - again

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What is the hub connected to? What is your DHCP server? What do you mean
by your "floor box." What kind of NIC card? or Do you mean a built in
Ethernet port? With this kind of information how can you expect anyone to
advise you?

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"dman" <dman@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Previous History.
>
> i have a sony laptop and it recently had a motherboard failure.
>
> i sent the laptop to sony so they can repair the motherboard. the whole
> motherboard has been replaced.
>
> now the laptop is booting up fine, however the NIC card is not able to
> talk to the DHCp server.
>
> i have tried renewing the IP address, through the GUI and command line
> but nothing works.
>
> i have change the ethernet cable but it stills gets a 169. number.
>
> so i tried plugging directly into the hub and bingo, it managed to get
> a proper IP address but when i plug the ethernet cable through any
> floor box it will still give me a automatic provate address. yet i know
> the floor box is working and ethernet cable is working.
>
> does anyone have any ideas.
>


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