Windows 2000 Pro Network Issue
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I have a strange problem (aren't they all, before they're figured out? ;P). I just clean-installed a box here with Win2kPro, and on booting up I checked to see if it got the correct IP from the router's DHCP. It hadn't. It had [edit] 169.254.55.209 (rather stupid of me, forgot to include that while writing my message :-O)[/edit], instead of the usual 192.168.1.2 internal address. I reinstalled the connection, protocols, everything I could think of, but nothing helped. Then out of desperation I tried disabling the LAN connection, then immediately re-enabled it. It worked, it had the right IP, default gateway, everything! So I thought my problems were solved... I restarted, checked the IP, and it was back to what it was! :confused: I did the re-enabling rigmarole, and it picked up the right IP. It does this consistently each time I reboot. Any ideas? All welcome :-D [edit] I just installed SP4, and it still does the same thing :( [/edit] Paul ;)
Garfield.Bark(); **---Configuration: garfield - Win32 Deworm---** C:\garfield.cpp(9) : error C2039: 'Bark' : is not a member of 'CCat' -
I have a strange problem (aren't they all, before they're figured out? ;P). I just clean-installed a box here with Win2kPro, and on booting up I checked to see if it got the correct IP from the router's DHCP. It hadn't. It had [edit] 169.254.55.209 (rather stupid of me, forgot to include that while writing my message :-O)[/edit], instead of the usual 192.168.1.2 internal address. I reinstalled the connection, protocols, everything I could think of, but nothing helped. Then out of desperation I tried disabling the LAN connection, then immediately re-enabled it. It worked, it had the right IP, default gateway, everything! So I thought my problems were solved... I restarted, checked the IP, and it was back to what it was! :confused: I did the re-enabling rigmarole, and it picked up the right IP. It does this consistently each time I reboot. Any ideas? All welcome :-D [edit] I just installed SP4, and it still does the same thing :( [/edit] Paul ;)
Garfield.Bark(); **---Configuration: garfield - Win32 Deworm---** C:\garfield.cpp(9) : error C2039: 'Bark' : is not a member of 'CCat'Hey Paul- That is a puzzling problem, and i don't know how well this will help you, but here's a start. I know that when windows cannot find a DHCP server, and it's set to detect the IP automatically, windows sets the IP address to be in the range of 169.254.*.* (on my machine, Win2KPro as well, i ran a test where it set my IP to 169.254.66.67 when it couldn't find a DHCP server). So, based on everything you've said, it sounds like the machine isn't trying to do a DHCP lookup once the PC starts. Check that the DHCP Client service is set to startup as soon as the PC loads. Beyond that, check with your DHCP router that it is receiving a request from the client PC. Hope this has helped some. -Daniel D Daniel Larsen, Professional Casanova Blood, Sweat, Toil and Tears
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Hey Paul- That is a puzzling problem, and i don't know how well this will help you, but here's a start. I know that when windows cannot find a DHCP server, and it's set to detect the IP automatically, windows sets the IP address to be in the range of 169.254.*.* (on my machine, Win2KPro as well, i ran a test where it set my IP to 169.254.66.67 when it couldn't find a DHCP server). So, based on everything you've said, it sounds like the machine isn't trying to do a DHCP lookup once the PC starts. Check that the DHCP Client service is set to startup as soon as the PC loads. Beyond that, check with your DHCP router that it is receiving a request from the client PC. Hope this has helped some. -Daniel D Daniel Larsen, Professional Casanova Blood, Sweat, Toil and Tears
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Hey Paul- That is a puzzling problem, and i don't know how well this will help you, but here's a start. I know that when windows cannot find a DHCP server, and it's set to detect the IP automatically, windows sets the IP address to be in the range of 169.254.*.* (on my machine, Win2KPro as well, i ran a test where it set my IP to 169.254.66.67 when it couldn't find a DHCP server). So, based on everything you've said, it sounds like the machine isn't trying to do a DHCP lookup once the PC starts. Check that the DHCP Client service is set to startup as soon as the PC loads. Beyond that, check with your DHCP router that it is receiving a request from the client PC. Hope this has helped some. -Daniel D Daniel Larsen, Professional Casanova Blood, Sweat, Toil and Tears
Hi Daniel :) I'm not really sure what I was thinking when I replied above, but I must've still been asleep (I had just climbed out of bed) :-O I forgot to mention that I had reinstalled Windows XP :-O That's working fine now, the network as well :-D Please forgive my stupid reply :-O Paul ;)
Garfield.Bark(); **---Configuration: garfield - Win32 Deworm---** C:\garfield.cpp(9) : error C2039: 'Bark' : is not a member of 'CCat' -
Hi Daniel :) I'm not really sure what I was thinking when I replied above, but I must've still been asleep (I had just climbed out of bed) :-O I forgot to mention that I had reinstalled Windows XP :-O That's working fine now, the network as well :-D Please forgive my stupid reply :-O Paul ;)
Garfield.Bark(); **---Configuration: garfield - Win32 Deworm---** C:\garfield.cpp(9) : error C2039: 'Bark' : is not a member of 'CCat'Paul- I'm glad everything's working fine now :) Did you ever figure out what the problem was, or was it simply a NFI (network fixed itself)? -Daniel D Daniel Larsen, Professional Casanova Blood, Sweat, Toil and Tears
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Paul- I'm glad everything's working fine now :) Did you ever figure out what the problem was, or was it simply a NFI (network fixed itself)? -Daniel D Daniel Larsen, Professional Casanova Blood, Sweat, Toil and Tears
I don't think it was totally an NFI, because I'm pretty sure the computer was at fault, not the router. But it might have been an incompatibility of Win2k with the NIC (it is an el cheapo $14 NIC), that XP seems not to mind. I still don't know why though. The reason I feel the computer was at fault is before disabling/enabling the network *nothing* worked, not pinging, or anything. It just seemed to wake up after being re-enabled. Oh well, it works now :-D Paul ;)
Garfield.Bark(); **---Configuration: garfield - Win32 Deworm---** C:\garfield.cpp(9) : error C2039: 'Bark' : is not a member of 'CCat'