re: CANNOT RENEW 169.254.x.x Pls HelP
Friday, October 11, 2002 at 10:53 am
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Posted by Robert
(4 messages posted)
Jason,
I can not believe this but it is working now. I had tried everything you have and
everthing suggested in this thread to no avail. Here is what worked(at least for
now) and I don't really understand how, as I think I had tried it several before.
This is the exact order in what I did:
(1) Checked to make sure XP firewall was disabled.
(2) Disabled all protections in Norton Internet Security.
(3) Disabled all functions in Norton Antivirus.
(4) Opened Network Connections. Found a Macport connection, which I uninstalled.
(5) Opened Device Manager and removed the two network adapters that were there.
(6) Powered down my PC.
(7) Unplugged power cord from PC.(this may have been key)
(8) Unplugged power from Linksys router and Best Data cable modem.
(9) Left everything unplugged for over an hour(this may have helped)
(10) Plugged in cable modem. Waited until I had three firm lights.
(11) Plugged in router. Waited a few minutes.
(12) Plugged in power to PC and booted up normally.
(13) Voila! Internet connection worked and I could connect to other home computer.
From a command prompt I ran ipconfig /all and there was the correct 192.xxx.x.xxx
instead of the dreaded 169 monster that had plagued me for so long.
I am no technician but for some reason this procedure released and renewed everything
this time. (I had read somewhere that someone had left everything powered down overnight
and were successful) Try this, if you haven't before, and let me know if it works
for you. Thanks, Robert
On Thursday, October 10, 2002 at 11:21 am, JasonS wrote:
>IT's crazy, it doesnt seem like there is any fix to this problem. Everyone thinks
>its as simple as calling your ISP, People don't understand i tried that, This problem
>goes beyond, your ipconfig /release... ipconfig/renew. You cannot put in a static
>address entry because that won't work. I called my ISP, they couldnt help me. Even
>if you tried to telnet into your router and release it from there it wont work.
>Im going a step further and disconnect my router and just try to get online directly
>via cable modem via NIC CARD and USB TO CABLE MODEM, it doesnt work. I tried 3
different
>nic cards in 3 different PCI slots, and restarted my pc after removal of NICS 3
seperate
>times. I tried stopping all services from administrative tools, dhcp service amongst
>1 of them reboot and then start the service again, bam! 169.254.x.x again. IT DOES
>NOT WORK. I tried reinstalling the drivers for my cable modem after i removed the
>device, that doesnt work. I think I pretty much tried everything, for someone
with
>3 years of experience I feel like im an idiot. I should just copy everything to
cd,
>but i have 20 gigs worth of stuff to move down, I just cant fix it. Maybe i'll just
>make it my game machine used only for video games. but for now FORMAT C:\ /u
is
>not the answer for me,, yet!!. I've had this problem since 7/02/02 and still no
>results. I hope someone can help, Im not looking for smart ass answers, eighter.
> I think the next step i will try, is Reinstalling TCP/IP.
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