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by jetwilliams99

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I loaded windows 2000 on my laptop. then i docked it. it recogized the net adapter(3com) built into the dock. dhcp was default. went to dos prompt, typed in ipconfig/release, said was already release. then i typed in ipconfig/renew and it just hung there. closed the window. opened it up again, went thru same steps, and still hung. i have comcast cable internet, using dhcp. i know it works, cuz i am typing this in my desktop. by the way only have one cat5 cable, switched it between the desktop and the laptop. what am i missing? is it in the modem, or something in 2000? help would be greatly appreciated. laptop is inspiron 3800.

thank you,
John

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by avswamy

mostly this will happen when ever a conflict occurs with ur difault ip address, while installing it allots an ip, which is conflicting with another one so it hangs. try this, remove cable connection to lan and login and see what ip it is having and configure to get an ip .... from dhclp then go on, see now what is ur ip it should be it should not be the same. Then u login and connect the cable to ethernet. I hope this will help u.

by techkid

Wow, if you can make sense of the previous post, you're a better man than I.

Cable modems are often set to remember the last MAC address that connected to the cable modem. Which prevents any new/additional MAC addresses from passing traffic. ISP's do this to prevent more than one machine from connecting to the internet. Hence, they want you to buy an additional IP address. Which is usually around an additional $15 per month.

If you leave your modem powered off and unplug all the cables toit for 5 minutes the memory in the modem should be cleared and you'll be able to plug a different computer into the modem.

The best way to avoid this issue is to buy a router that advertises sharing one internet connection with multiple PC's. They're less than $100 and also provide some firewall capabilities.

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