EDF Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 I have a DSL MOdem,wll i have 2 when i plug anything ethernet in it says aquiring network address i tried uninstall ethernet card and everything is there a fix for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalN. Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 your post made almost no sense... so what I understand is, is that when you plug in an ethernet cord with something on the other end (IE a modem) it says "Aquiring Network Address?" cause that is totally normal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Cu_Guy Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: Rinkworks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledai Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 based upon the above to posts. It could be you fit into the category suggested by el_cu_guy as aquiring a network address is normal for any dhcp enabled network card. This should continue for a max of a minute - and if it doesn't find one, it should revert to a ip in the 169 range. However, if this does what mine does, and continues even after recieving an ip address - unless i have the cable plugged in during boot, its because of a service that has been disabled. I haven't tracked down which one yet, as I disabled a lot of them. mine has currently been plugged in, after resuming from hibernation for a couple of hours and still says this. but i can surf the net fine, the IP address has no prob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital.K Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 You must be using XP with SP2? I had the same problem with my dsl modem. All I did was go to the internal page of the modem, copied down the ip address, subnet mask, and default gateway address, go into the tcp/ip properties, uncheck 'obtain ip addresses automatically' then check the other box, feel in the info, click ok, and voila, no more constant searching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drgrudge Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 You must be using XP with SP2? I had the same problem with my dsl modem. All I did was go to the internal page of the modem, copied down the ip address, subnet mask, and default gateway address, go into the tcp/ip properties, uncheck 'obtain ip addresses automatically' then check the other box, feel in the info, click ok, and voila, no more constant searching. 585520852[/snapback] Hmm, that wont work always i have tried it. Even after the internet is connected it will show the same! This has been going on for a month or so, and i thought it as normal and left the issue :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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