I have 4 machines on my home network - 3 desktops and 1 laptop. My D-Link router died and I replaced it with a Linksys BEFSR81 router.
My initial issue was that during the router sw instillation, the router could not validate an internet connection. Problem appeared to be that the machines had the router IP address and would not release it.
After a few hours on the phone with Comcast and Linksys, the machines decided to cooperate and release the router IP address and was able to complete the router installation. The laptop and 2 of the desktops are able to hit the net with no issues.
However, my 3rd desktop is unable to connect to the network. I have tried the disable/enable the network connection with no success. I have rebooted the machine hoping to see if this would fix the issue.
When I am in the Network Connections window and click on the local area connection icon, I see in the lower left hand corner an IP address of 169.254.203.3. This IP address shows up everytime I reboot or try to disable/enable the connection.
I have the TCP/IP properties set up to obtain the IP address and DNS Server automatically.
OS - WinXP Pro - SP3
MB - MSI P965 Platinum
CPU - Intel D 3.0
Ethernet Connector - Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabyt
Before my D-Link router died, everything was working great.
Thoughts/ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Daniel
My initial issue was that during the router sw instillation, the router could not validate an internet connection. Problem appeared to be that the machines had the router IP address and would not release it.
After a few hours on the phone with Comcast and Linksys, the machines decided to cooperate and release the router IP address and was able to complete the router installation. The laptop and 2 of the desktops are able to hit the net with no issues.
However, my 3rd desktop is unable to connect to the network. I have tried the disable/enable the network connection with no success. I have rebooted the machine hoping to see if this would fix the issue.
When I am in the Network Connections window and click on the local area connection icon, I see in the lower left hand corner an IP address of 169.254.203.3. This IP address shows up everytime I reboot or try to disable/enable the connection.
I have the TCP/IP properties set up to obtain the IP address and DNS Server automatically.
OS - WinXP Pro - SP3
MB - MSI P965 Platinum
CPU - Intel D 3.0
Ethernet Connector - Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabyt
Before my D-Link router died, everything was working great.
Thoughts/ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Daniel