Basic IP challenge :-)

Hello all,
Scenario: a pretty small LAN on my desk, one machine acts as a DHCP
server, the other is a simple Win98 client. The first machine is in
fact a Win2K machine with internet sharing enabled (192.168.0.xxx).
Problem: The Win 98 machine occasionally fails to acquire proper IP
upon startup (IPCONFIG returns local IP=0.0.0.0). My simple solution
so far is to restart the machine to requery the DHCP server.
Question: Is there another way other than restarting?
Cheers.

Dev

Start -> Run -> winipcfg
Select your network adapter, then click "release" and "renew".

Dev_Prog wrote:
> Hello all,
> Scenario: a pretty small LAN on my desk, one machine acts as a DHCP
> server, the other is a simple Win98 client. The first machine is in
> fact a Win2K machine with internet sharing enabled (192.168.0.xxx).
> Problem: The Win 98 machine occasionally fails to acquire proper IP
> upon startup (IPCONFIG returns local IP=0.0.0.0). My simple solution
> so far is to restart the machine to requery the DHCP server.
> Question: Is there another way other than restarting?
> Cheers.
>
> Dev

Why not use a static IP?

"Dev_Prog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello all,
> Scenario: a pretty small LAN on my desk, one machine acts as a DHCP
> server, the other is a simple Win98 client. The first machine is in
> fact a Win2K machine with internet sharing enabled (192.168.0.xxx).
> Problem: The Win 98 machine occasionally fails to acquire proper IP
> upon startup (IPCONFIG returns local IP=0.0.0.0). My simple solution
> so far is to restart the machine to requery the DHCP server.
> Question: Is there another way other than restarting?
> Cheers.
>
> Dev

ipconfig /renew

>-----Original Message-----
>Why not use a static IP?
>
>"Dev_Prog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Hello all,
>> Scenario: a pretty small LAN on my desk, one machine
acts as a DHCP
>> server, the other is a simple Win98 client. The first
machine is in
>> fact a Win2K machine with internet sharing enabled
(192.168.0.xxx).
>> Problem: The Win 98 machine occasionally fails to
acquire proper IP
>> upon startup (IPCONFIG returns local IP=0.0.0.0). My
simple solution
>> so far is to restart the machine to requery the DHCP server.
>> Question: Is there another way other than restarting?
>> Cheers.
>>
>> Dev
>
>
>.
>

Thank you all.
Silly me, I should've read the ipconfig help beforehand. :-)
Robert, I don't use static IP as I cannot control the DHCP.
Cheers all,

Dev