98 PC will not release an IP address

I have a 98 PC on our network, configured to use DHCP,
that will never release it's IP address. Our DHCP server
assumes the lease has expired and issues it to other
nodes. Winipcfg release/renew does not work. I've
removed and reinstalled TCP/IP with no luck. I rather not
use a static IP. Any ideas?

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 13:33:38 -0800, "Kirk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have a 98 PC on our network, configured to use DHCP,
>that will never release it's IP address. Our DHCP server
>assumes the lease has expired and issues it to other
>nodes. Winipcfg release/renew does not work. I've
>removed and reinstalled TCP/IP with no luck. I rather not
>use a static IP. Any ideas?

Have you tried giving it a static address, then re-enbaling DHCP?

Jim

In article <036701c3a964$a23aeba0$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Kirk"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I have a 98 PC on our network, configured to use DHCP,
>that will never release it's IP address. Our DHCP server
>assumes the lease has expired and issues it to other
>nodes. Winipcfg release/renew does not work. I've
>removed and reinstalled TCP/IP with no luck. I rather not
>use a static IP. Any ideas?

What exactly happens when you try to release/renew the IP address? If
there's an error message, what does it say?

What's the IP address? If it's 169.254.x.x, it wasn't assigned by
DHCP, so it can't be released. That address indicates that the PC
can't communicate with the DHCP server to get an IP address.
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What a totally illogical idea... It might just work.
Thanks. I love Microsoft.

>-----Original Message-----
>On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 13:33:38 -0800, "Kirk"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I have a 98 PC on our network, configured to use DHCP,
>>that will never release it's IP address. Our DHCP
server
>>assumes the lease has expired and issues it to other
>>nodes. Winipcfg release/renew does not work. I've
>>removed and reinstalled TCP/IP with no luck. I rather
not
>>use a static IP. Any ideas?
>
>Have you tried giving it a static address, then re-
enbaling DHCP?
>
>Jim
>.
>

In article <31e101c3a9f4$c13890d0$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Kirk"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>I have a 98 PC on our network, configured to use DHCP,
>>>that will never release it's IP address. Our DHCP server
>>>assumes the lease has expired and issues it to other
>>>nodes. Winipcfg release/renew does not work. I've
>>>removed and reinstalled TCP/IP with no luck. I rather not
>>>use a static IP. Any ideas?
>>
>>What exactly happens when you try to release/renew the IP address? If
>>there's an error message, what does it say?
>>
>>What's the IP address? If it's 169.254.x.x, it wasn't assigned by
>>DHCP, so it can't be released. That address indicates that the PC
>>can't communicate with the DHCP server to get an IP address.
>
>When I click on release, it releases the IP address. When
>I click on renew, I get the same IP address as before.
>The IP address is a valid IP in the range from the DHCP
>server.

That looks like completely normal DHCP behavior to me. Why do you say
that "release/renew" doesn't work"? From your reply, it seems that
the computer is able to release and renew its IP address.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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