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What's up with Ipconfig?
I'm new to Windows 7 so this is probably an easy fix. I'm running W7x64 Ultimate.
The other day I had a quick power outage. When this happens (when I had XP) I would always have to cycle the power on my modem and router before I could reconnect to the internet. Most times I'd have to run ipconfig /release then ipconfig /renew in order to get a functioning IP address, then that was the end of it.
Yesterday the power hiccuped for the first time while running W7x64. I cycled the power on the modem & router. My Xbox 360 was able to get online perfect. My computer however, no.
Ipconfig /release was fine. However ipconfig /renew timed out and left me with the 169.xxx.xxx.xxx IP address and I was unable to do anything in terms of network connectivity. I vaguely remember having this issue with a Vista computer years back. But I donno. Is there something simple I'm missing?
How'd I get online this morning? I left my router/modem unplugged all night long and also tried different Ethernet cables, ultimately using the original cable I had before the power jumped.
Any thoughts? I ran ipconfig from the CMD prompt, just as I always have with XP.