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general question re resetting/renewing IP connection
First, I'm not sure if this is the best forum for this question, so if it is
not, please advise. I have a general question re network settings under Vista Home Premium. On occasion, during busy times of the day, my cable modem will indicate that the connection is lost. If I manually unplug the power cable to the cable modem and router, wait until 15 or so seconds, and reconnect the cables, I can usually suceed in obtaining a connection. I assume the computer looks and finds a new address from my IP. Under Vista, using cmd.exe (elevated), I tried ipconfig /renew but received the following message - An error occured while renewing interface Local Area Connection : unable to contact your DHCP server. Request has timed out. [end quote] My question, apart from manually disconnecting the power cables from my modem and router, is there any other way to obtain a new IP address from my provider when the 'circuits are over loaded'? Thanks, Dave Horne |