Cannot release/renew ip in win98

hi im recently installed win98 on an older laptop of mine......i installed my network card and hooked a patch cable up to my cable modem..i run winipcfg but when i click release [ip address] nothing happens.......and when i click renew...........it pauses for awhile and then gives an error message about the DHCP??? I have client for ms netwrks, tcp/ip, and the network adapter installed in networking......did i miss something........


Thanks for any help!!!

 

sorry the error message is DHCP Server Unavailable: Renewing Adapter ""

 

pleaaaaaaaaase help

 

Basic question, where and what is you're DHCP server, if you don't know, set the IP manually, together with the subnet and gateway
cheers,
10forcash

 

The point is......have you got DHCP enabled on your router....error messages generally point you in the direction of the error, if it says it can't reach your DHCP server, then the problem is with the DHCP server. In your case, the router.
Cheers,
10forcash