I found the solution to this irritating problem on a different support
website. I can't find the original solution post to give them proper
credit (and post a thank you). Anyway, here is the Microsoft KB for the
solution: 'Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address from certain
routers or from certain non-Microsoft DHCP servers'
(
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233)
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