Re: IP address and LAN problems

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Tallan wrote:
I have an ISP and hardwired LAN to a singlt computer, This has worked for years until the broadband network failed for a week over Xmas. When the ISP got it back on-line, I could not get a connection. Eventually they advised using the netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt command. Whilst this fixes the problem with the network access, it destroys the LAN connection. When I re-build the LAN connection, I lose the network connection (error 720) if I restart the host computer. The command gets it back again, but I lose the LAN and therefore have to start again. I have tried reseting Winsock, but this makes no difference. I have tried using another host computer, and that one works OK, even though the network properties are the same on both. One thing I have noticed is that the IP address assigned by the ISP does not have the 192.168.0.xxx format on the computer which does not network properly, but does on the one with no problem. Can someone please suggest a fix. Thanks




It's difficult to figure out from your post how you have configured your systems. It sounds as if you are using Windows Internet Connection Sharing. Is this correct? Also, how exactly is the "host" computer connected to the Internet? Please supply make and model of the device that's between the computer and the wall and how it's connected to the "host" computer.

How do you "rebuild the LAN connection"?

Please explain more clearly what you mean by the following:
I have tried using another host computer, and that one works OK, even though the network properties are the same on both. One thing I have noticed is that the IP address assigned by the ISP does not have the 192.168.0.xxx format on the computer which does not network properly, but does on the one with no problem.

What network properties are the same? What IP address are you referring to, and what is its value?

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