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Hi all,
One of the PC's in our house has a weird problem where it won't connect to the network, and therefore the internet. On turning it on, it won't acquire an IP address so when i do ipconfig, it shows nothing in the IP field. To get it to connect, I have to disable the network connection in the control panel, then enable it, then do an ipconfig /renew. The computer is connected by a longish (10m) cat5 cable into a Linksys 4 port router which in turn goes to a NTL Terrayon modem. My PC is setup virtually the same but works fine every time.
Anyone experienced this sort of thing before? Any ideas where to look to sort it? I have run the usual spybot/adaware/anti-virus scans and checked the cable is plugged in properly at both ends, and that it is set to get an IP address automatically (ie. not a fixed address)
Cheers,
Matt
One of the PC's in our house has a weird problem where it won't connect to the network, and therefore the internet. On turning it on, it won't acquire an IP address so when i do ipconfig, it shows nothing in the IP field. To get it to connect, I have to disable the network connection in the control panel, then enable it, then do an ipconfig /renew. The computer is connected by a longish (10m) cat5 cable into a Linksys 4 port router which in turn goes to a NTL Terrayon modem. My PC is setup virtually the same but works fine every time.
Anyone experienced this sort of thing before? Any ideas where to look to sort it? I have run the usual spybot/adaware/anti-virus scans and checked the cable is plugged in properly at both ends, and that it is set to get an IP address automatically (ie. not a fixed address)
Cheers,
Matt