dhcp assigns ip address 169.254.27.37

[manersj]

dhcp keeps assinging this ip address to my stepsons pc so it cant find the charter network connection all the other pcs work find and find the settings but this one. thanks in advance for any help you can give me. running windows xp home edition.

 

[pansophic]

You are on the right track, this host cannot see the DHCP server. Have you checked the cable, the drop, the port on the switch, etc? Do the idiot lights on the NIC card light up when you plug in the cable? Does the LED on the switch light up when you plug in the computer?


pansophic

 

[varuna]

It could be a broken IP stack, if nothing else seems to work you could try unbinding TCP/IP from your NIC then binding it again. Or reinstall TCP/IP, there is a doc on how to do this in MS KB.

Hope this helps..

VArs

No Pain No Gain

 

[alidabiri]

i had the same problem. usually the ip addresses of a computer in a small network should be 192.168.0.x where x is any number. if the computer connect to internet through another computer, then the default gateway should be 192.168.0.1 otherwise it will not have a default gateway. try this:
go to a command line.
enter "ipconfig" or "ipconfig /all" without the quotes
you should see ip address, and subnet mask. subnet mask usually is 255.255.255.0 and ip address 192.168.0.x (x is any number).
next try ping
in command line type "ping 192.168.0.x" and see if the pc can find itself on the lan.
if it can find itself, next try "ping computername"
if it can find itself by computer name, it's a good sign.
next go to control panel, admin tools, services.
check to see if "TCP/IP NetBios Helper" is enabled and started. if it's not started, double click on that line in the general tab, choose from drop down box of "path to executables" automatic. the path to excutables should like:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k or something similar.
after you enable it to automatic, go to dependencies tab.
there should be "AFD Network Services" and
NetBios over TCP/IP with a plus sign, click plus sign.
under it, there should be "TCP/IP Protocol Driver" with a plus sign, and under it there should be "IPSEC Driver". if you can find these, post a reply to see next.
next you can assign a static ip address to the pc. just like 192.168.0.x and 255.255.255.0 for subnet mask. you just have find out which computer in the lan is not using x.