XP Pro failure to renew ip lease

[Fury190]

XP pro refuses to renew my ip lease. I am on a dhcp cable connection, that renews the ip lease every 8 hours. I am not on a network, do not have a lan, and do not hardware firewall.
I am in desperate need of a solution/workaround.

 

[bozo1]

Did you power cycle your cable modem? Failure to renew a lease is usually a problem with the modem/router or a problem on your ISP's end.

 

[Saltin]

If you cannot renew in that situation, and you have not changed anything on your end, it's likely the ISP's problem.
It happens.

 

[GrumpyMan]

ISPs screw up all the time. Mine has a DNS resolution problem they are clueless as how to fix (RoadRunner). At least they gave me a proxy server to connect to until they fix it. The only bad thing is that it is at half the speed (1200 kbps dwn). Normally I can double that.

 

[ultimatebob]

Did you try unchecking the "Register this connection's addresses in DNS" checkbox in your TCP/IP properties? I've found that disabling that fixes most DHCP resolution problems in Windows 2000/XP.

By the way, if anyone has found a solution to my suspend/resume problem, please let me know...

 

[Charles]

<< By the way, if anyone has found a solution to my suspend/resume problem, please let me know... >>

What kind of resume problem do you have?

 

[GrumpyMan]

<< Did you try unchecking the "Register this connection's addresses in DNS" checkbox in your TCP/IP properties? I've found that disabling that fixes most DHCP resolution problems in Windows 2000/XP. By the way, if anyone has found a solution to my suspend/resume problem, please let me know... >>



Hmmm..........you may have something here.

 

[ultimatebob]

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<< By the way, if anyone has found a solution to my suspend/resume problem, please let me know... >>

What kind of resume problem do you have? >>



This One

 

[Fury190]

well I *do not* have this problem under 98se. only in xp. so its not an ISP issue. any other suggestions. ?

 

[nihil]

did you try ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew ?

 

[Fury190]

Ok I am trouble shooting my issue. I am unsure of a couple of settings. Please help. Btw, its XP Pro..

In control panel/ Network settings/TCP/IP properties/Advanced/DNS Tab, Should: Register this connections addresses in DNS be checked or unchecked.

also on tab over. WINS: should enable LMHOSTS be checked. Below that. NETBIOS SETTINGS: Should Default be checked?


now its renewing every 4 hours. I will try your advice the next time it expires. But i know for sure its not an ISP issue.

 

[GrumpyMan]

Uncheck register this connections addresses in DNS. That should take care of most of your problems. LM hosts should be checked and try Netbios default.

 

[Fury190]

ok i unchecked that, and it didnt help.

yes i did try ipconfig /release ipconfig/renew, and it also didnt work.

im loosing connectivity every 4 hours, because my isp's dhcp server renews the ip lease at that rate.

Please help!

 

[GrumpyMan]

If you are running XP, did you check to see if in hardware props your nic isn't set to shut down to save power by the operating system?

 

[Fury190]

yes i checked that.. any other ideas ?