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reboot · 03-07-2003, 09:48 AM

What is the IP the computer gets?
If it's 169.xxx.xxx.xxx, then you do have some big problems, and you need to manually reset the TCP/IP stack.
If it's a normal IP, then it could just be that his ISP doesn't know that it's his computer (MAC address based IP), and he'll have to call the ISP.

03-07-2003, 09:48 AM	#2
reboot Member (14 bit) Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Kelowna, B.C., Canada Posts: 9,138	What is the IP the computer gets? If it's 169.xxx.xxx.xxx, then you do have some big problems, and you need to manually reset the TCP/IP stack. If it's a normal IP, then it could just be that his ISP doesn't know that it's his computer (MAC address based IP), and he'll have to call the ISP. __________________ Black holes are where God divided by zero... Cheers, Jim Jims Modems