renewing ip address

ginjim

think i have this problem with my comp
i cant get a connection and if i try to repair it says in need to renew ip address
could someone explain how i can do that please
many thx

johngc

Can you post a bit more info....

ginjim wrote: »

think i have this problem with my comp
i cant get a connection (what to? The internet? Your own network? a printer? a server? etc)and if i try to repair (how are you trying to repair it) it says in need to renew ip address
could someone explain how i can do that please
many thx

Are you trying to connect wirelesly or by cable?

For starters, try restarting your modem / router.

ginjim

sorry its a wired network( not too sure if its a network yet though) i have 3 comps one wireless and two wired out of a wireless router
one of the wired comps doesnt connect to the internet
i am trying to connect wired

i try to repair it by right clicking on the connection

johngc

Has it worked in the past and now stopped or never worked?

Sometimes resetting / restarting a router can give it a kick start and find / issue the relevant IP address'.

If you log into the router setup program / page there should be an option to restart it. You should also be able to look at the allocated IP addresses for all computers on the network.

ginjim

yes it worked previously
i can go online with this laptop and the office comp no problem but yesterday couldnt get onto the lounge one
i did try and network the lounge and laptop but wasnt to osure if i did that properly

thanks

Blacksheep1979

if you go to start and run and type cmd on one of the computers that does work
then type ipconfig in the dos window that comes up - copy n paste what it says here

ginjim

connection specific dns suffix:
auto configuration ip address :192.254.41.93
subnet mask:255.255.0.0
default gateway:

Blacksheep1979

ok thats a little strange - whats the other computer say when you do it?

ginjim

connection specific dns suffix:
ip address:192.168.0.33
subnet mask:255.255.0.0
default gateway:192.168.0.1



from wireless laptop

Blacksheep1979

ok if you go to the computer thats not working

click start/control panel/network connections

right click on the connection you want to use and select properties a box should pop up and in the scroll pane there should be a choice tcp/ip - highlight that and click the properties button.

Another box should pop up in that fill in these details

192,168.0.50
255.255.0.0
192.168.0.1

192.168.0.1

you can leave the second dns server blank

ginjim

tried that still no connection
gonna reboot comp see if that works
thanks