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  1. May 28th, 2005, 02:32 AM #1
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    weird problem... need help soon

    I'm trying to fix friend's system: WindowsXP

    The problem is that the system never acquires an IP. The icons comes up saying that the "local area" connection is established but status is always "acquiring IP address" The system nevers go any further than that.

    1. different Ethernet cards ... nothing
    2. different routers ... nothing
    3. YES YES... it's set to DHCP
    4. tried diferent "connection wizard" setups... nothing
    5. it can ping 127.0.0.1

    pls help as soon as you can ...
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  2. May 28th, 2005, 04:03 AM #2
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    What's ipconfig show?

    And if it is set to DHCP, set it to recieve a static IP. Do you have a firewall or anything that could be preventing your computer from making the connection to the router?
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  3. May 28th, 2005, 04:10 AM #3
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    Where is it getting its IP from...an ISP??Router?

    Can you ping them???

    If not check\change the cable...


    All sp\updates installed?

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    Remove tcpip reboot and reinstall...that may help.

    Binding to various cards may have mucked things up
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  4. May 28th, 2005, 04:22 AM #4
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    1. different Ethernet cards ... nothing
    2. different routers ... nothing
    3. YES YES... it's set to DHCP
    4. tried diferent "connection wizard" setups... nothing
    5. it can ping 127.0.0.1
    Have you just tried setting it statically?

    Then and at least making sure you still have a connection some way. Does your friend have only that one machine?... Static IPs are pretty manageable as long as you have less than 10 systems or so.

    I get a problem like this with wireless a lot... It gets the Mac connection, but the DHCP doesn't configure properly. If this is the case you can at least verify the connection by setting a static IP and going from there.
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  5. May 28th, 2005, 01:29 PM #5
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    Open a command prompt window.
    Type 'ipconfig' (without the quotes) to view the status of the computer's IP address(es).
    If the computer is holding a current IP address, type 'ipconfig /release' to let go of the address.
    Type 'ipconfig /renew' to obtain a new IP address (whether or not the computer is holding a current address).

    Hope that helps.
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  6. May 28th, 2005, 01:41 PM #6
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    Hrm.. well...

    Is there a firewall running on this XP box that your friend may have installed, blocking DHCP broadcasts and unaware of the repercussions?

    Have you checked the settings on the routers to make sure that the DHCP server is in fact running?

    Well there's two more ideas for you anyway...
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  7. May 28th, 2005, 06:50 PM #7
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    This happens some times when spyware is removed from a system. You need to re-set tcpip.

    You cant remove tcpip from win xp, you can re-set it. Follow the intructions at the link below.

    http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;299357
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  8. May 28th, 2005, 11:55 PM #8
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    sorry for late reply...

    the static addy did it... WTF

    why would this happen???
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  9. May 29th, 2005, 12:11 AM #9
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    Is the router set up to give out x amount of DHCP addresses then it stops? Is the router set up to give out any DHCP IP's? You said the computer was set to recieve an by IP by DHCP, maybe the router was never set to give any out?
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  10. May 29th, 2005, 01:13 AM #10
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    Looks to me like there's either a firewall on the box stopping the DHCP requests from getting out, or the replies from getting back in, in which case disabling the firewall would reveal thie problem, or that the router is not running a DHCP server.
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