Bizarre DHCP problem

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Hi All

I used to have 2 comps on a home LAN.

Linksys BESFR41 router with 4 switch ports, one PC running win2k and a
laptop running win98. I bought a new pc with xp pro and connected it to the
same LAN port as the win2k machine. It works fine. I have moved the old PC
to the bedroom which has a rj45 socket wired back to the linksys router.

For some reason the XP & laptop work fine but the win2k machine refuses to
get an IP address. It has a working physical connection back to the router
because the status lights are on both on the router and the network card of
the PC. However, I cannot ping the router and despite restarting the router,
PC etc, I still cant get anything other than a self configured & useless 169
address.

Checked out the router config and there is nothing in DHCP which suggests
there should be a problem.

Any suggestions??? TIA
 
Can you manually assign an IP addy to the w2k machine? ...does it let you
ping the router then?
 
Try releasing the IP address for your network adapter. (e.g. ipconfig
/release L* ) and renewing it (e.g. ipconfig /renew ). Sometimes, it is
necessary to power down your computer before issuing the "ipconfig /renew"
command; very often, under normal circumstances, your computer will be able
to communicate with the DHCP server w/o any further action on your part.
 
Jack Seredyniecki said:
Can you manually assign an IP addy to the w2k machine? ...does it let you
ping the router then?
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Didnt work which suggested a faulty cable despite the green lights. This was
indeed the case!
 
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