"Dave Horne" wrote in message
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"Sinner" wrote in message
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"Dave Horne" wrote in message
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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'?



Most cable ISPs don't change your IP address very frequently. You'd have
to be off-line for at least 2 days before they'd change it out. At least
that's the way Comcast works around here.

That may be, but I've found by manually unplugging the modem and router,
and reconnecting, I can more often than not get back online.

I was wondering if there is a software version (ipconfig \renew) of the
manual unplugging? Thanks, DH

Try right-clicking on the network icon in the systray and choosing "diagnose
and repair"....

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