Unattended and IP issue

[imbrod00]

Hi all-

Got a quick question......

I have 4 ACPI machines I am testing my Windows XP unattended install on: 2 HP Vectra VL400's, 1 Compaq EVO D510 & 1 Compaq Evo N410C.

If I run my unattended installation on all 4 of these machines:

1) The HP Vectra VL400 gets an IP address and can access the internet

2) The other Vectra VL400 does not get an IP address and cannot access the internet

3) The Compaq EVO D510 gets an IP address and can access the internet

4) The Compaq Evo N410C does not gets an IP address and cannot access the internet

They are all plugged into the same hub/switch. Normally, XP will set NIC settings to auto detect and do their own configuration. However, both Vectra's have the same NIC and one works, the other doesn't.

Troubleshooting:

When you do an IPCONFIG you get no default gateway and just a local address of: 169.254.206.226.

The ipconfig /release - renew did not work either.

Installing the driver from the vendors website did not work. (

If I give it a static address I can for the first time, ping other machines bit still cannot get on the internet.

Switching cables and trying different LAN connections/ports did not work.

Bios settings look good.

Any thoughts or ideas? Something with DHCP I assume by the machine not getting a default gateway but could it be the NIC specifically?

Thanks

Dave