Okay... My PC connects to the internet through a Netgear router, as does my Powerbook and iBook. All of a sudden, the PC stopped getting its IP address from the router's DHCP server - it kept getting that 169.x.x.x address instead. The two Macs connect fine. I thought it was my PC's ethernet card, so I bought a wireless card, installed it, and it did exactly the same thing - cannot connect to DHCP server.
I've tried Bill Castner's Winsock thing (and kind of feel like I know Bill, I've read his posts so much), tried reinstalling both cards, one card, the other card, rebooting, putting in manual tcp/ip addresses (still can't ping the router), ipconfig release and renew do nothing - I've even reinstalled Windows XP (Home) as an upgrade/repair thing, but it's still giving me the same grief.
I haven't installed or uninstalled anything recently - I used to have Norton AntiVirus, but uninstalled it about a year ago.
Please, for the sake of my sanity, can someone help?
I've tried Bill Castner's Winsock thing (and kind of feel like I know Bill, I've read his posts so much), tried reinstalling both cards, one card, the other card, rebooting, putting in manual tcp/ip addresses (still can't ping the router), ipconfig release and renew do nothing - I've even reinstalled Windows XP (Home) as an upgrade/repair thing, but it's still giving me the same grief.
I haven't installed or uninstalled anything recently - I used to have Norton AntiVirus, but uninstalled it about a year ago.
Please, for the sake of my sanity, can someone help?