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by Member 22298160

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Are there any dns issues that cause windows 2000 to lose it's ip address when the pc is not in use for 5-15 mintes. I have the problem where I have to repeatedly do a renew of the ip throughout the day.

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by stillatit

It is not a DNS issue. Check your power saving settings -- you probably have your computer set to sleep after some number of minutes of non-use. When your computer goes to sleep, some network cards do not re-initialize when the computer wakes up. Ifthis happens, you could lose your IP address. Check on the card manufacturer's web site for details/fixes/workarounds.

Power-saving settings can be found, depending on machine, in the bios and/or in a Windows control panel applet.

Good luck.

by thornley

the DHCP server could be set to reset your connection if idle for 5 or 15 minutes which ever. In which case you could change this on the server to expire in 1 day or which ever is better for you.

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