Sounds like you unwittling installed the Windows XP Advanced Networking
Pack, and the restore point pre-dated it. See:
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...A4/ANP_FAQ.htm
Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
"Feronni" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:d6ffkr$lib$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
>
> I have two PC's at home (in the UK) both running XP Pro and both with
> network cards installed (to share broadband connection) going into an
Origo
> ADSL Router ( broadband ISP is Wannadoo)
>
> Everything has been fine until the other day when one computer stopped
> getting Internet access and I got the :
>
> I clicked Repair, but that failed, saying
>
> Connection Status. Limited or no Connectivity. You might not
> be able to acces the internet or some network resources. The problem
> occurred because the network did not assign a network address to the
> computer."
> I clicked Repair, but that failed, saying
> "Windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following
> action cannot be completed : Renewing your IP address
>
> I had a spare NIC card lying around and installed this thinking that it
was
> a hardware fault but still got same response.
>
> and creating an ipcofig logfile gave this response and it seems that
windows
> was assigning its own defalut address to the card
>
> logfile at end of post
>
> there was also some stuff about Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling
> Pseudo-Interface ?? in logfile that wasn't there if i created a logfile on
> PC that was working ok.
>
> I had now decided that it wasn't the NIC card that was at fault and was
> thinking about posting here for advice when I just thought I'd use the
> System Restore in XP and rolled it back a few days. And much to my
surprise
> it worked and the network card connected to router and I had my broadband
> back and everything's back to normal.
>
> Can anyone tell me what had actually happened for this to happen in the
> first place and maybe how I could have gone about sorting the problem
> without using System Restore?
>
> I had tried ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew to sort problem but
that
> didn't solve it?
>
> Thanks
>
> IPCONFIG.TXT
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast
Ethernet
> Adapter
>
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0B-6A-1D-65-14
>
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
> Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.241.254
>
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
>
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::20b:6aff:fe1d:6514%5
>
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
>
> fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
>
> fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
>
>
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 7:
>
>
>
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI
Fast
> Ethernet NIC
>
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-30-BD-B4-88-BC
>
>
>
> Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
>
>
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling
> Pseudo-Interface
>
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF
>
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5445:5245:444f%4
>
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>
>
>
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