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No matter what device I plug into the computer it will not get the IP, either the router or directly to the cable modem. If i unplug the network cable from the computer and then plug it into another it works fine. When I had the same problem with Windows XP it was a IP Stack error, but i can't find anything on how to fix this error in Windows 2000.

The problem started on the cable modem and is having the same problem on my LAN right now (linksys router). The cable modem was power cycled many times with no results. On my network I can not get windows to release/renew the IP. When i run ipconfig /release it remains on 169.254.201.3

I did try to manually assign an address and it will work with the linksys when I set that address as a permanent on the router but when I go back to obtain address automatically it sticks to 169.xxx.xxx.xxx Oh something I forgot to mention is that its on my network right now but when I give it back to my friend (fixing it for him) its going to be directly connected to a cable modem so I need DHCP for that

I've had this problem with Windows XP and successfuly used a utility to repair the IP stack but can't find a fix for Win2K. In DOS I type ipconfig /release and I get the error something to the affect "Adapter is not bound to a DHCP and can not be released" and it stays on the dreaded 169.254.xxx.xxx IP address. It is connected to a linksys router and all other computers work fine, the only thing I did was restarted and couldnt log on to network anymore. I've tried uninstalling/installing TCP/IP installing a new NIC card, no luck. Has anyone had any experience with this problem? I'm about 2 steps from doing a clean install I'm so frustrated Thanks for the help