dcaldwell

After a couple of more days of configuring reloading, I have determined that the problem has to be in my DSL modem. I have to shut it down for several minutes in order to get an IP on another computer. I have contacted Verizon ( phone support in India ) to try and resolve the problem. I already have spent too much money on this problem. What is a good DSL router and how much do they cost. Thanks!

More information--I have had up to three PC's connected to the DSL gateway via an Ethernet switch. That is one of the reasons I thought it was hardware. I even moved the PC and directly connected it to the DSL gateway with no success. Unless Verizon has changed their support of DSL, I thought that this narrowed it down to the PC. My laptop never had a problem. I reloaded XP after purchasing a new CD/DVD drive (frustration got the best of me) and it still did not work. I disconnected the DSL gateway and moved it directly to the PC and it worked. I am still working some issues out with XP and the hardware. Thanks for all the moral support and assistance!

Thanks for the responses. I am running McAfee. I am getting the 169.x.x.x ip address and a subnet of 255.255.0.0. What's weird is that I cannot release once I have "acquired" that address. I have to manually force an ip address. The ip I get from my ISP is in the 71.105.x.x range. My setup is: I connect via DSL and an Ethernet switch. I have a work laptop running XP pro that is connected continuously with no issues. The PC that is having the problem is a "recreational" PC for my family. I am stumped!

Help! Short of reloading XP (HE) I have tried everything with no luck. When I do an ipcongig I get the same bogus IP address. I have seen several threads regarding this same problem. I have downloaded the utility to clean the registry, but that didn't work either. I have been battling this the last couple of nights any suggestions?