Ok folks, I'm stumped. Yesterday I switched my old COM21 modem for a
Motorola Surfboard 5100i modem in order to use my provider's DHCP
service. Previously I had been assigned a static private IP (10.x.x.x)
and static DNS and gateway parameters. Now with the new unit according
to tech support all I have to do is set it to automatic and the
computer does the rest.

But no. I turn on Win2k Professional, run ipconfig and get all
parameters set to 0. I disable the interface, enable it, same thing.
When I run ipconfig /renew all I get is an internal error message
telling me to unplug the interface or reboot (of course I reboot and
nothing changes).

Initially I thought the patch cable might be the problem (maybe it
broke when I unplugged the old modem). So I changed it for a new one
and got no result. Then I figured my CNet switch might be the problem.
I plugged in directly, no result. Finally I figured the darn modem
might be defective. So I plugged in my Linux box and it happily logged
on and got an address. Still having doubts I rebooted the Linux box
into Win98 mode... and win98 got an address and happily logged on.

If I change both machines into their old configuration (private IPs)
they´ll happily talk to each other without any trouble, which leads me
to believe this is definently a Win2K software problem.

Anyone had a similar problem? Frankly I have no idea where to go on
this one. I've been through most of the basic stuff you can do to
win2k on the network interfaces control panel, and got not results.

Q wrote:
Try following the fixes in this article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;837333

If that doesn't work, remove the NIC, and install a new NIC in a
different slot. But try the above article first, or this may not help,
either.

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Warren H.

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Well, I do know the surfboard *doesn't* connect to the internet if the
mac-address of the networkcard was modified (or if changed card).
Only remedy is to unplug the surfboard for 5 secs, then plug it in again....
and on ya go ;-)



"Q" <mmelendez@celeridad.net> wrote in message
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Ok folks, I'm stumped. Yesterday I switched my old COM21 modem for a
Motorola Surfboard 5100i modem in order to use my provider's DHCP
service. Previously I had been assigned a static private IP (10.x.x.x)
and static DNS and gateway parameters. Now with the new unit according
to tech support all I have to do is set it to automatic and the
computer does the rest.

But no. I turn on Win2k Professional, run ipconfig and get all
parameters set to 0. I disable the interface, enable it, same thing.
When I run ipconfig /renew all I get is an internal error message
telling me to unplug the interface or reboot (of course I reboot and
nothing changes).

Initially I thought the patch cable might be the problem (maybe it
broke when I unplugged the old modem). So I changed it for a new one
and got no result. Then I figured my CNet switch might be the problem.
I plugged in directly, no result. Finally I figured the darn modem
might be defective. So I plugged in my Linux box and it happily logged
on and got an address. Still having doubts I rebooted the Linux box
into Win98 mode... and win98 got an address and happily logged on.

If I change both machines into their old configuration (private IPs)
they´ll happily talk to each other without any trouble, which leads me
to believe this is definently a Win2K software problem.

Anyone had a similar problem? Frankly I have no idea where to go on
this one. I've been through most of the basic stuff you can do to
win2k on the network interfaces control panel, and got not results.