Re: DHCP

I checked, and my network that uses the card I installed already has the IP
address selected manually. Does the internet connection have to have the IP
set manually, because it was set automatically before and it didn't do all of
that extra stuff during start up?


"Dana Cline - MVP" wrote:

> For the price of that second network card, you could have probably gotten a
> 4-port router instead. You'd put this between the cable modem and your PC,
> allowing both PCs to share the internet as well as network with each other.
> Plus it would act as a hardware firewall. You can typically get these at
> OfficeMax or CompUSA or other electronics stores on sale for maybe $20
> (check your Sunday paper's insert ads).
>
> You're getting that error because, yes, if the network adapter is connected
> directly to the other PC, then there is no DHCP server anywhere around to
> assign the IP address. If you want to continue this way, you'll need to
> create an IP address for both PCs in the network properties for the
> associated network adapters.
>
> Dana Cline - MVP
>
> "S Murder" <SMurder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:EE3E1506-69F9-4AD0-9D5F-7A78148883F5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > The second one that I installed is so I can connect to another computer I
> > have with a cross-over LAN cable. My on board port conects to the internet
> > with an LAN cable. The only firewall I have is the Windows XP firewall.
> >
> >
> > "CWatters" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > "S Murder" <SMurder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:49710682-AF66-4C51-863D-64961096BF9A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > When ever I start my computer, before starting Windows it displays a
> PCI
> > > > listing, my Ethernet card, my MAC address, and then I have to wait for
> it
> > > to
> > > > look something up with DHCP. After a little bit, it says no DHCP or
> prxy
> > > > information was recieved and then starts Windows XP. I think it only
> did
> > > this
> > > > after I installed an Ethernet Adapter (in addition to my on board
> one). Is
> > > > there any way to avoid this process?
> > >
> > > Is the Ethernet card connected to anything? If it's conncted to a router
> > > chances are that the router can be configured to provide an IP address
> via
> > > DHCP. Otherwise set up the network card to have a manual/static IP
> address
> > > as Jamie suggested.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
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