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by flashtube105 1 view

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I use Windows 2000 pro SP4 on a Compaq N600c laptop wired to the network and also sometimes with a wireless card. I sometimes notice I can not get to the Internet so I check my IPCONFIG and find my laptop has reverted to DHCP. I lost my static IP address. Then I go back and install all the static IP settings and its fine. I sometimes have to reset them twice a day. What is causing the laptop to loose the static IP addresses? Thank you.

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by voldar

To avoid any further problems like that, just create in the DHCP server a reservation for your laptop - with all IP data needed (DNS, IP, subnet, gateway etc.), and this is going to solve your problem.

by flashtube105

I do have a reservation on our Win2k server. I went to check the reservation and it is still intack all except for the MAC address of my machine, entered into the settings for the reservation has been changed. I have no idea how it was changed, because only I have access to this server. I changed it back to my laptops MAC and all is ok. Now I am on a mission to find the bogus MAC address. Thanks for your help.

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