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Cant get DHCP settings automatically
- Thread starter Joekn22
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Under your network connection properties sheet highlight TCP/IP, Properties, and set it to obtain an address automaticly.
The fact that you can ping all the other workstations on the lan suggests that you have a connection, not all routers will return a ping, and re-installing Windows is unlikely to solve your problem.
After checking your properties sheet, do a Start, Run, CMD
to create a dos session. From that session type:
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
ipconfig /all
and see if you have a valid address. If the IP address is 0.0.0.0, or the ipconfig messages return any error messages from the operation, run this utility:
The fact that you can ping all the other workstations on the lan suggests that you have a connection, not all routers will return a ping, and re-installing Windows is unlikely to solve your problem.
After checking your properties sheet, do a Start, Run, CMD
to create a dos session. From that session type:
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
ipconfig /all
and see if you have a valid address. If the IP address is 0.0.0.0, or the ipconfig messages return any error messages from the operation, run this utility:
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