My local DSL ISP uses static IP addresses that change every month or so for security reasons. So my IP address changes every once and a while and I don't know what it changes too. The problem is is that Windows2000 auto-detects the IP address you are using and then locks it in somehow, so I can't change it and the OS is locked with the IP address after it has been installed- so when the IP addresses change I am left with no bandwidth and no way to change my IP address. In Win2000 help it said to go into my Network Connections and in one of the dialogues to set it to enter IP address manually. Since the IP changes frequently I have no idea what to enter and I really don't want to have to reenter this info all the time+ the added irritance of having to contact my ISP reexplain my problem and ask for my current IP address which they may be inclined not to even give to me. How can I "unlock" my Win2000 IP information so that I can get back online? Thanks

Go into the Control Panel and click on "Network and Dial-up Connections" then Right click on your ISP connection ICON. Then on "PROPERTIES". Then on "Networking". Now click on the "properties" button under the TCP/IP window. Look around this page and you will see a button that says "Obtain IP Address automatically" make sure it is clicked.

Hi Fielding Greaves :), your ISP provides you with a dynamic IP...NOT static IP. If you are going to change your IP to static IP...first you must have your own static IP..otherwise you will lost connection with your ISP. Tony J