Unable to contact your DHCP server

Windows XP Network >> Unable to contact your DHCP server Hello,

I get the error "unable to contact your DHCP server" when I do an ipconfig
/renew. I'll get a 169 ip address which I know is wrong. This used to work
for months and my laptop will work just fine. So it must be a problem with
my desktop. I have WinXP SP2.

The only thing I was doing was trying to add a router betwen my DSL modem
and my desktop. The router would not work. I used the installation disk
that came with the router. It just walked me through the same type of things
I would normally do via the 192.168.1.1 web site. The other thing that
happened is that I changed the password with my ISP (Verizon). But they said
that this was just for accessing mail on their web site.

So I don't know what happened.

I've installed a patch KB884020. And by the time you read this I've
probably used the WinsockFix application.

Please help - Its my Dad's PC, I'm leaving town in 2 days, and I don't want
him unable to access the internet because I tried to use a router.

Thanks in advance.

Windows XP160

Windows XP Network >> Unable to contact your DHCP server BTW - I am not using the router anymore. I'm just trying to get straight
from the DSL router to the PC. My laptop works fine - but my desktop PC does
not.

"Bentwood" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I get the error "unable to contact your DHCP server" when I do an ipconfig
> /renew. I'll get a 169 ip address which I know is wrong. This used to work
> for months and my laptop will work just fine. So it must be a problem with
> my desktop. I have WinXP SP2.
>
> The only thing I was doing was trying to add a router betwen my DSL modem
> and my desktop. The router would not work. I used the installation disk
> that came with the router. It just walked me through the same type of things
> I would normally do via the 192.168.1.1 web site. The other thing that
> happened is that I changed the password with my ISP (Verizon). But they said
> that this was just for accessing mail on their web site.
>
> So I don't know what happened.
>
> I've installed a patch KB884020. And by the time you read this I've
> probably used the WinsockFix application.
>
> Please help - Its my Dad's PC, I'm leaving town in 2 days, and I don't want
> him unable to access the internet because I tried to use a router.
>
> Thanks in advance.

Windows XP Network >> Unable to contact your DHCP server
"Bentwood" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> BTW - I am not using the router anymore. I'm just trying to get straight
> from the DSL router to the PC. My laptop works fine - but my desktop PC
> does
> not.
>
> "Bentwood" wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I get the error "unable to contact your DHCP server" when I do an
>> ipconfig
>> /renew. I'll get a 169 ip address which I know is wrong. This used to
>> work
>> for months and my laptop will work just fine. So it must be a problem
>> with
>> my desktop. I have WinXP SP2.
>>
>> The only thing I was doing was trying to add a router betwen my DSL modem
>> and my desktop. The router would not work. I used the installation disk
>> that came with the router. It just walked me through the same type of
>> things
>> I would normally do via the 192.168.1.1 web site. The other thing that
>> happened is that I changed the password with my ISP (Verizon). But they
>> said
>> that this was just for accessing mail on their web site.
>>
>> So I don't know what happened.
>>
>> I've installed a patch KB884020. And by the time you read this I've
>> probably used the WinsockFix application.
>>
>> Please help - Its my Dad's PC, I'm leaving town in 2 days, and I don't
>> want
>> him unable to access the internet because I tried to use a router.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.

Do you mean that you are connecting the modem direct to the PC? Does the
Modem have a DHCP server? How did you share the internet before? Did you
use ICS (i.e. the PC with the internet connection had to be on for the
laptop to connect)?

Windows XP Network >> Unable to contact your DHCP server Tony - I did not share the connection before. I'm switching the cable from
my dad's PC to my laptop. My laptop works - I'm writing to you now. But his
PC does not. I've tried disabling his Norton Security just in case the
Linksys install changed a permission.

All the Network Config setting look good to me.

"Tony" wrote:

>
> "Bentwood" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
> news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> > BTW - I am not using the router anymore. I'm just trying to get straight
> > from the DSL router to the PC. My laptop works fine - but my desktop PC
> > does
> > not.
> >
> > "Bentwood" wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I get the error "unable to contact your DHCP server" when I do an
> >> ipconfig
> >> /renew. I'll get a 169 ip address which I know is wrong. This used to
> >> work
> >> for months and my laptop will work just fine. So it must be a problem
> >> with
> >> my desktop. I have WinXP SP2.
> >>
> >> The only thing I was doing was trying to add a router betwen my DSL modem
> >> and my desktop. The router would not work. I used the installation disk
> >> that came with the router. It just walked me through the same type of
> >> things
> >> I would normally do via the 192.168.1.1 web site. The other thing that
> >> happened is that I changed the password with my ISP (Verizon). But they
> >> said
> >> that this was just for accessing mail on their web site.
> >>
> >> So I don't know what happened.
> >>
> >> I've installed a patch KB884020. And by the time you read this I've
> >> probably used the WinsockFix application.
> >>
> >> Please help - Its my Dad's PC, I'm leaving town in 2 days, and I don't
> >> want
> >> him unable to access the internet because I tried to use a router.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
>
> Do you mean that you are connecting the modem direct to the PC? Does the
> Modem have a DHCP server? How did you share the internet before? Did you
> use ICS (i.e. the PC with the internet connection had to be on for the
> laptop to connect)?
>
>
>

Windows XP Network >> Unable to contact your DHCP server Tony - I found the issue. Verizon only allows one MAC address to access
their network. I had apparently done the sequence of events (release on the
PC and a renew on my laptop) to change the MAC defined with Verizon. I did
not know how to change it back. I would always do a renew in conjunction
with the release on my laptop.

THis is the same reason why the router would not work - it has its own MAC.
We found the issue after I did a Clone MAC address from on the router from my
laptop.

I'm frustrated that the ISP does not have this as a part of their checklist
- they knew we had multiple computers involved.

Thanks for your assistance.

"Tony" wrote:

>
> "Bentwood" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
> news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> > BTW - I am not using the router anymore. I'm just trying to get straight
> > from the DSL router to the PC. My laptop works fine - but my desktop PC
> > does
> > not.
> >
> > "Bentwood" wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I get the error "unable to contact your DHCP server" when I do an
> >> ipconfig
> >> /renew. I'll get a 169 ip address which I know is wrong. This used to
> >> work
> >> for months and my laptop will work just fine. So it must be a problem
> >> with
> >> my desktop. I have WinXP SP2.
> >>
> >> The only thing I was doing was trying to add a router betwen my DSL modem
> >> and my desktop. The router would not work. I used the installation disk
> >> that came with the router. It just walked me through the same type of
> >> things
> >> I would normally do via the 192.168.1.1 web site. The other thing that
> >> happened is that I changed the password with my ISP (Verizon). But they
> >> said
> >> that this was just for accessing mail on their web site.
> >>
> >> So I don't know what happened.
> >>
> >> I've installed a patch KB884020. And by the time you read this I've
> >> probably used the WinsockFix application.
> >>
> >> Please help - Its my Dad's PC, I'm leaving town in 2 days, and I don't
> >> want
> >> him unable to access the internet because I tried to use a router.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
>
> Do you mean that you are connecting the modem direct to the PC? Does the
> Modem have a DHCP server? How did you share the internet before? Did you
> use ICS (i.e. the PC with the internet connection had to be on for the
> laptop to connect)?
>
>
>