Ok, this thread continues from here - when I thought the problem was fixed.
This computer is only a couple of months old and has functioned flawlessly until last week when the network dropped. It is a standalone system connected via ethernet to a Netgear DG834 modem/router. DHCP is turned on, on the router which is 192.168.0.1 and it assigns (or did) the computer ip as 192.168.0.2.
Last Thurs night, when the system was idle it abruptly dropped the connection to the modem and windows assigned its "Automatic Private IP Address". This was in the event viewer at the same time - The IP address lease for 192.168.0.2 for the network card with network address
blah) has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message)- I have no idea what this means.
I tried assigning the ip as static, winsockfix, reinstalling onboard LAN drivers etc, nothing made any difference, couldn't ping anything (Destination Unreachable). It was finally fixed with a repair reinstallation of windows, that had some unrelated other hiccups (see other thread) but it fixed my networking problems.
Just as I was getting back to the way I like it, it happened again last night! I applied all updates well before that so it is not an update issue, nor a software conflict issue, I didn't change anything, it just dropped (while idle). Tried again what I did before - nothing works.
I can still access the net just fine on Knoppix which I think rules out any hardware faults.
Please help, I am out of ideas on this one. What does a repair reinstallation do to the networking component? Is there a way to do this without going through the whole process? Any networking fixes, resets, please advise.
Thank you for your assistance.
This computer is only a couple of months old and has functioned flawlessly until last week when the network dropped. It is a standalone system connected via ethernet to a Netgear DG834 modem/router. DHCP is turned on, on the router which is 192.168.0.1 and it assigns (or did) the computer ip as 192.168.0.2.
Last Thurs night, when the system was idle it abruptly dropped the connection to the modem and windows assigned its "Automatic Private IP Address". This was in the event viewer at the same time - The IP address lease for 192.168.0.2 for the network card with network address
I tried assigning the ip as static, winsockfix, reinstalling onboard LAN drivers etc, nothing made any difference, couldn't ping anything (Destination Unreachable). It was finally fixed with a repair reinstallation of windows, that had some unrelated other hiccups (see other thread) but it fixed my networking problems.
Just as I was getting back to the way I like it, it happened again last night! I applied all updates well before that so it is not an update issue, nor a software conflict issue, I didn't change anything, it just dropped (while idle). Tried again what I did before - nothing works.
I can still access the net just fine on Knoppix which I think rules out any hardware faults.
Please help, I am out of ideas on this one. What does a repair reinstallation do to the networking component? Is there a way to do this without going through the whole process? Any networking fixes, resets, please advise.
Thank you for your assistance.