Simple name resolution issue

[jsteph]

Hi all,
In my home network, I have a Linksys wrt54g wireless router (I'm using it in wired mode, however). I have DHCP enabled on it, and I have no custom hosts files. Originally, one of the machines I had a hardcoded ip, to 192.168.1.165. I changed it to use dhcp. I set the linksys to use a range from 100-120 for the ip's it hands out.

Yet this machine still has the 165 address. The router lists this machine and the 165 address in it's dhcp clients table. I also did a ipconfig /renew. I don't want to have to reboot, and it's ridiculous if I should have to reboot just to get dhcp to work right. All machines are Windows XP Pro SP2. What is the issue here?
Thanks,
--Jim

 

[ShackDaddy]

Did you just do a "renew" or did you do a "release," and then a "renew"?

That's strange. And it's a fluke of the router, not the workstation.

ShackDaddy
Shackelford Consulting

 

[jsteph]

I did both...after renew didn't work, I did /release, then /renew. Still the same.
--Jim

 

[Zelandakh]

The Linksys has a DHCP server but if you change its settings, it doesn't take effect until reboot. Bounce the firewall then release/renew and all will be well.