DHCP Client

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Steve Louie

Have Windows XP SP2 with all the avaliable updates (critical and optional)
installed. My laptop connected to a Windows SBS 2003 network with DHCP server
at work and gets the IP address of 192.168.0.56 I take it home and plug it
into home network, which also uses DHCP, and I get a new IP address
192.168.0.102. However, when I bring it back (shutdown and start) to the
office and connect it to the network, I logon to my laptop and it takes
forever to load my personal settings (10 minutes) and I do not have a roaming
profile setup. Not only that, I cannot access the network or internet.

as it turns out, the IP address from my home network is not being released
and I am not able get get an ip address from my server at work. Once I
performed ipconfig /release then ipconfig /renew, then I am able to get the
new IP and can access my network.

I had this laptop setup as computer name ABC at one point. Then I formatted
it and reinstalled everything and called it XYZ. Don't think this has
anything to do with it.

What is causing this problem and what is the solutions?
Thanks for your help,
steve Louie
 
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