Dynamic IP's

[vaughnb21]

Alright, I'm about to end up tearing my hair out over this. I'm trying to get my IP to refresh, so I can get a new one. Doing it on Windows XP was easy enough. But for the life of me, I cannot get this dang thing to work. Each time I try

ipconfig /release

OR 

ipconfig /renew

It gives me a stupid error. I've been to every corner of the internet trying to figure out what in the world I'm supposed to do. Now I'm not exactly super-savvy with this stuff, but I do know that everything I've tried so far should work. I know I have a dynamic IP address, checked that myself and called to find out. But even so, I always have the same one.

So. Does anyone, at all, know how to get a dynamic IP address to change, or to use the above codes to change it? Or something else? Tearing out my hair here...

EDIT: The errors I get:

C:\>ipconfig /release

Windows IP Configuration

An error occurred while releasing interface Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1 : The sy
stem cannot find the file specified.



C:\>ipconfig /renew

Windows IP Configuration

An error occurred while releasing interface Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1 : The sy
stem cannot find the file specified.

Used most of these, none seem to work: How to change (Dynamic) IP address in Windows 7 or Vista?

 

[ryo]

hello..

did you already check the cable UTP,,is it have the light??

try to uninstall your driver ethernet card and install again. see how is works.

 

[Darryl Licht]

Alright, I'm about to end up tearing my hair out over this. I'm trying to get my IP to refresh, so I can get a new one. Doing it on Windows XP was easy enough. But for the life of me, I cannot get this dang thing to work. Each time I try

ipconfig /release
 
OR 
 
ipconfig /renew

It gives me a stupid error. I've been to every corner of the internet trying to figure out what in the world I'm supposed to do. Now I'm not exactly super-savvy with this stuff, but I do know that everything I've tried so far should work. I know I have a dynamic IP address, checked that myself and called to find out. But even so, I always have the same one.

So. Does anyone, at all, know how to get a dynamic IP address to change, or to use the above codes to change it? Or something else? Tearing out my hair here...

EDIT: The errors I get:

C:\>ipconfig /release
 
Windows IP Configuration
 
An error occurred while releasing interface Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1 : The sy
stem cannot find the file specified.
 
 
 
C:\>ipconfig /renew
 
Windows IP Configuration
 
An error occurred while releasing interface Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1 : The sy
stem cannot find the file specified.

Used most of these, none seem to work: How to change (Dynamic) IP address in Windows 7 or Vista?

According to the error you are receiving, you either do not have a NIC (network interface card) or you dont have the drivers installed. NOTE the "Loopback Pseudo-Interface" part of the error...

What does Device Manager show for Network devices???

 

[vaughnb21]

nVIDIA nForce 10/100 Mbps Ethernet... And I noticed that. Problem is, I don't know what that means.

 

[ryo]

yah you can try to reinstall driver..

go to device manager and see the driver..is it already installed? or still icon question.

 

[vaughnb21]

It's always BEEN installed. I don't get why it's not working.

 

[Darryl Licht]

It's always BEEN installed. I don't get why it's not working.

Can you post a screen shot of Device manager?

 

[ryo]

maybe you do this step. check your connected cable UTP if you use PC and connect by UTP cable.
then see the status is connected or not.

if still can't so i guest the LAN card is broken, try the other card..

 

[Darryl Licht]

maybe you do this step. check your connected cable UTP if you use PC and connect by UTP cable.
then see the status is connected or not.

if still can't so i guest the LAN card is broken, try the other card..

ryo... from his error message the PC isnt seeing the NIC. Either a bad NIC or bad/incorrect/nonexistant driver.

 

[vaughnb21]

Yeah, here: http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/3966/03172010235124.png

 

[Darryl Licht]

Yeah, here: http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/3966/03172010235124.png

OK, that looks fine.

What happens when you type IPCONFIG/ALL in command prompt? Can you post those results?

 

[vaughnb21]

Removed. If someone wants it back, tell me. I don't know how much info in that could be used against me...

 

[ryo]

maybe you do this step. check your connected cable UTP if you use PC and connect by UTP cable.
then see the status is connected or not.

if still can't so i guest the LAN card is broken, try the other card..

ryo... from his error message the PC isnt seeing the NIC. Either a bad NIC or bad/incorrect/nonexistant driver.

yah i know that,,but at top he already say the driver, so it's mean NIC card already installed into system, just for make sure, sometimes it's can be happen when the NIC already broken.

 

[Darryl Licht]

Removed. If someone wants it back, tell me. I don't know how much info in that could be used against me...

please PM me the image then... and no nothing there can be used against you! We are here to help.

 

[brady]

Your "Pseudo-Interface 1" adapter is not the card (adapter) in which you would be releasing or renewing.


Your "ipconfig /all" should show "nVIDIA nForce 10/100 Mbps Ethernet" as the top adapter with a DNS suffix, ip address... etc.

From Start Orb:
click control panel / Network and Sharing Center : click "Change Adapter Settings.

In this new window you should have at least one adapter in there. please screen shot that window and post it here, please.

 

[vaughnb21]

Screenshot for Brady:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Lunatias-PC
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : gateway.2wire.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : gateway.2wire.net
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-54-F0-34-B3
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a574:b260:769d:6689%11(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.64(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, March 17, 2010 11:53:26 PM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, March 19, 2010 6:18:38 AM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 234890068
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-12-7B-AF-7D-00-23-54-F0-34-B3

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.gateway.2wire.net:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : gateway.2wire.net
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:3cd9:f49:9ce5:775f(Prefe
rred)
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3cd9:f49:9ce5:775f%13(Preferred)
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Windows\system32>

Didn't mean to offend anyone by removing it, just don't know if anything in that could be used by people with lesser intentions against me.

 

[brady]

Your adapter seems to think you are on a static ip address for whatever reason. Do you have static addresses placed anywhere in your adapter properties?

 

[vaughnb21]

Not that I would know of. How would I check that?

My router/modem(it's actually both at once, as it has built-on wireless, and multiple ethernet ports) is an AT&T U-Verse 3800HGV-B.

 

[Darryl Licht]

Your adapter seems to think you are on a static ip address for whatever reason. Do you have static addresses placed anywhere in your adapter properties?

Preferred isnt the same as static... also note that DHCP is on.

 

[vaughnb21]

So...any ideas?