Can not release and renew IP

I have a W98SE PC connected with a NIC thru a Linksys WRT54G router to an ISP
cable modem. and was been working fine.
Recently, I mistakenly removed the W98 VPN network adapter from CONTROL
PANEL-SYSTEM - DEVICE _ HARDWARE MANAGER without first removing VPN from
CONTROL PANEL-SYSTEM-ADD or REMOVE PROGRAMS.

I Re-installed VPN but now I can not see my routers IP address nor can I
release and renew the IP address using winipcfg or ipconfig. I can PING my
computer to verify that I have TCP/IP and have checked arp - a which says
that my cache is empty.

Do I need to re-install W98SE or can I get myself out of this mess in an
easier way?

wi-Fi R US wrote:

> I have a W98SE PC connected with a NIC thru a Linksys WRT54G router to an ISP
> cable modem. and was been working fine.
> Recently, I mistakenly removed the W98 VPN network adapter from CONTROL
> PANEL-SYSTEM - DEVICE _ HARDWARE MANAGER without first removing VPN from
> CONTROL PANEL-SYSTEM-ADD or REMOVE PROGRAMS.
>
> I Re-installed VPN but now I can not see my routers IP address nor can I
> release and renew the IP address using winipcfg or ipconfig. I can PING my
> computer to verify that I have TCP/IP and have checked arp - a which says
> that my cache is empty.
>
> Do I need to re-install W98SE or can I get myself out of this mess in an
> easier way?

Is the machine still getting its IP address via DHCP?

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I will have to check when I get home tonight . I also remember that there
was no Tx LED activity from computer at RJ 45 plug on NIC but there is
activity (blinking) from router.
"CJT" wrote:

> wi-Fi R US wrote:
>
> > I have a W98SE PC connected with a NIC thru a Linksys WRT54G router to an ISP
> > cable modem. and was been working fine.
> > Recently, I mistakenly removed the W98 VPN network adapter from CONTROL
> > PANEL-SYSTEM - DEVICE _ HARDWARE MANAGER without first removing VPN from
> > CONTROL PANEL-SYSTEM-ADD or REMOVE PROGRAMS.
> >
> > I Re-installed VPN but now I can not see my routers IP address nor can I
> > release and renew the IP address using winipcfg or ipconfig. I can PING my
> > computer to verify that I have TCP/IP and have checked arp - a which says
> > that my cache is empty.
> >
> > Do I need to re-install W98SE or can I get myself out of this mess in an
> > easier way?
>
> Is the machine still getting its IP address via DHCP?
>
> --
> The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to
> minimize spam. Our true address is of the form che...@prodigy.net.
>

I found out what the problem was. I had a dial up adapter that had a
conflicting IRQ. I disabled it.

"wi-Fi R US" wrote:

> I will have to check when I get home tonight . I also remember that there
> was no Tx LED activity from computer at RJ 45 plug on NIC but there is
> activity (blinking) from router.
> "CJT" wrote:
>
> > wi-Fi R US wrote:
> >
> > > I have a W98SE PC connected with a NIC thru a Linksys WRT54G router to an ISP
> > > cable modem. and was been working fine.
> > > Recently, I mistakenly removed the W98 VPN network adapter from CONTROL
> > > PANEL-SYSTEM - DEVICE _ HARDWARE MANAGER without first removing VPN from
> > > CONTROL PANEL-SYSTEM-ADD or REMOVE PROGRAMS.
> > >
> > > I Re-installed VPN but now I can not see my routers IP address nor can I
> > > release and renew the IP address using winipcfg or ipconfig. I can PING my
> > > computer to verify that I have TCP/IP and have checked arp - a which says
> > > that my cache is empty.
> > >
> > > Do I need to re-install W98SE or can I get myself out of this mess in an
> > > easier way?
> >
> > Is the machine still getting its IP address via DHCP?
> >
> > --
> > The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to
> > minimize spam. Our true address is of the form che...@prodigy.net.
> >