Hey Guys, I have 3 computers networked on my home system and computers #1 & 2 have Windows XP Professional and Computer #3 has Windows XP home. I use computer 1 to connect to the Internet via cable modem and Computer 2 connects to Internet via Router off cable modem. Computer 3 also is connected to the router. However Computer 3 will not connect to the Internet even though the "2computers" icon is on. All 3 computers obtain IP addresses under Internet Protocol as Address Type: DHCP. The IP Address for the 3 computers are: Computer 1)- IP Address: 192.168.1.101 - connects ok to Internet Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1 Computer 2)- IP Address: 192.168.1.100 - connects ok to Internet Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1 Computer 3)- IP Address: 169.254.114.139 - WILL NOT CONNECT Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway: ....none All 3 computers are configured to allow the system to assign the IP address automatically. It is apparent that computer 3 is not assigning IP address correctly. How do I fix that? Carl ctm007@houston.rr.com

First make sure Computer #3's firewall is disabled. If it already is, get back to me. Why it is not pulling a valid IP I'm not sure but check the firewall first. KTTD

Have you uninstalled and reinstalled the network (using the Wizard) on Computer #3? At present it is simply showing the Windows address, not one assigned by the router as you correctly note. (Or first, have you gone into MyNetwork Planes / View Network Connections / and done a REPAIR for the Local Area Connection?)

For computer #3 start>run>cmd then type ipconfig /? This gives you a list of available commands under ipconfig. Type ipconfig /release {enter} Then type ipconfig /renew. This will release your ip and renew it from the dchp server from the router. Hope this helps.

Make sure the router is set to allow three computers. Just a thought. Renewing the nic should do it though - in fact it just worked for me a couple of days ago - renew -bingo - instant connection. Good luck Greaner

Running the XP network connection repair automatically releases and renews the connection -- simplest way to do it in XP

ok i have a problem similar to this... i go to repair the connection and i get this error... The Following steps of the repair operatoin failed: Renewing the IP address. Refreshing all DHCP leases and re-registering DNS names. Please contact your network admin or ISP. is there any way i can fix this? some background info on what ive already done... i had ics running on both of our computers, these computers are connected to eachother via patched cable, after words i created a network bridge in order to share files, after that i deleted the network bridge cause when the other computer was to shut down it would sever the internet connection to the main computer, afterwords i tried to switch back to ICS but it kept bringing me those errors please help me