What exactly does the "repair" option in XP do? (for LAN's)

[PoPPeR]

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[PowerMacG5]

It releases and then renews the IP.

 

[Iron Woode]

By "repair" do you mean the Advanced Repair Console or the repair option that shows up a little ways in when installing XP?

Edit : my bad.

 

[Eli]

I've wondered this myself..

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: KraziKid
It releases and then renews the IP.

Ahhhh. That makes sense. Stupid terminology though.. why don't they just call it Renew?

Hmm.. I'll have to see if I can get into the habbit of clicking that instead of opening a command prompt.

 

[PoPPeR]

so when is it useful to use the repair option?

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
so when is it useful to use the repair option?

If you lost your connection, it might help to repair it (aka renew)

 

[m2kewl]

it's for people not smart enough to do the ipconfig/release, renew thinggumajig