Hi all,
I have a PC running Windows XP. The network card is a realtek chip on the motherboard.
Here is the problem:
The NIC works correctly, if I manually configure it with a static IP address, and name servers. If I change the driver to use DHCP, the interface hangs when trying to renew the IP address. I've tried disabling/re-enabling, rebooting, removing the interface (including switching off in the BIOS) and re-installing, but to no avail.
Thing is, this used to work some time ago, and I've no idea why it doesn't work now.
My PC is on a LAN behind a Netgear FVS 114 router/switch (which is connected to my cable modem). The router is configured to act as a DHCP server, and three other devices on my LAN are able to use this DHCP service. One of those devices is a laptop that dual boots between Win XP and Solaris, and both OS's can use DHCP to configure the network interface.
I've checked the router configuration, and can find nothing which would prevent the PC from using DHCP, and I can't find any WinXP config that would stop it working either (although I'm not WinXP networking expert). I've also tried upgrading the network driver to the latest version.
Nothing has changed on my LAN - the IP address range in use is the same, the subnet hasn't changed. It could be a hardware problem possibly, but I doubt that given manual configuration works.
Anybody got any ideas?
Thanks,
Mut.