DHCP problem - not assigning IP

[robphelan]

just yesterday when i booted my media server, i could no longer connect to the internet.

I have this directly connected to my router and my main PC and modded xbox connect just fine.

ipconfig /all showed that Windows Autoconfiguration was ENABLED and had assigned an IP address 196.254.xx.xx or something like that.

i've tried ipconfig /release the /renew, but that didn't work.

any ideas on how to stop autoconfiguration from assigning it an IP?

thanks
robert.

 

[jbritt1234]

169.254 addresses are not valid IP addresses. Basically, it's assigning itself that address when it does not get one through a DHCP Server.

Do you have another network cable you could try?
Tried turning off/on your router?

 

[her209]

Assign the NIC a LAN IP address and connect to the Internet. If it doesn't work, its either your cable or the port that is bad.