Computer Help!

[Twister II]

Since I've been sick over the past few days, I havn't been on the computer.

 

I started up my computer about an hour ago, when it finally gets up and running, there is an error.

 

My IP address is invaild. Internet and IM won't work.

 

When I did the 'ipconfig' in the CMD box, it came up with:

 

IP Address: 0.0.0.0

Subnet Mask: 0.0.0.0

 

How do I solve this?

 

Thanks...

[memphish]

Renew your IP address.

 

USAGE:

ipconfig [/? | /all | /renew [adapter] | /release [adapter] |

/flushdns | /displaydns | /registerdns |

/showclassid adapter |

/setclassid adapter [classid] ]

 

where

adapter Connection name

(wildcard characters * and ? allowed, see examples)

 

Options:

/? Display this help message

/all Display full configuration information.

/release Release the IP address for the specified adapter.

/renew Renew the IP address for the specified adapter.

/flushdns Purges the DNS Resolver cache.

/registerdns Refreshes all DHCP leases and re-registers DNS names

/displaydns Display the contents of the DNS Resolver Cache.

/showclassid Displays all the dhcp class IDs allowed for adapter.

/setclassid Modifies the dhcp class id.

 

The default is to display only the IP address, subnet mask and

default gateway for each adapter bound to TCP/IP.

 

For Release and Renew, if no adapter name is specified, then the IP address

leases for all adapters bound to TCP/IP will be released or renewed.

 

For Setclassid, if no ClassId is specified, then the ClassId is removed.

 

Examples:

> ipconfig ... Show information.

> ipconfig /all ... Show detailed information

> ipconfig /renew ... renew all adapters

> ipconfig /renew EL* ... renew any connection that has its

name starting with EL

> ipconfig /release *Con* ... release all matching connections,

eg. "Local Area Connection 1" or

"Local Area Connection 2"

[Twister II]

Im not understanding.

 

Im doing 'ipconfig/release' in the cmd box, and it says its invaild because windowns dosn't have a specified adapter, or something like that.

[memphish]

Are you using DHCP or a manually configured IP address?

You should be able to release / renew your IP if you are using DHCP.

Step 1:

 

>Click Start

>Control Panel

>Network Connections

 

>Right click on Local Area Connection

>Click Disable

 

>Right click on Local Area Connection

>Click on Properties

>Click on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

>Click Properties

 

Ensure that Obtain an IP address Automatically, and Obtain DNS Server address automatically are checked.

 

>Click OK

>Click OK

 

>Right click on Local Area Connection

>Click Enable

 

 

 

 

Step 2:

> ??

 

Step 3:

> Profit!

[Twister II]

Alright, that worked! Thanks!

[memphish]

Are you able to get an IP address now?