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IP Autoconfiguration

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by lshone11

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We have an HP Compaq PC and What gives when you can only obtain an autoconfiguration address in windows xp.. this pc is a hp compaq with an on board broadcom nic..we have connected it to a different router/network same thing ..we tried everything we could think of short of a system restore going back 2 weeks.. we installed another nic in the pci slot..same thing .we get link lights and all but no ip from the router ..even staticly configured ip will not connect to the internet .. tried firefox and IE ... PLEASE HELP!

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by bfilmfan

You are not reciving a DHCP-configured IP address. And you have stated that you cannot connect to the router via a static IP.

Is the Windows Firewall on if you are using Windows XP? If not, what operating system are you using?

Firefox and IE do not configure the IP stack.

If you plug another known working system into this network port, does it work?

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by jaqui

start>run cmd
ipconfig
see what config the network has

if using dhcp:
ipconfig /release
clears config ( ip and dns data )
ipconfig /renew
gets ip data from dhcp server.

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