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From: HeyBub on 15 Jun 2010 19:37
J Tinsby wrote:
> Doesn't XP flush the IP address when it's shut off so it's ready for a
> new one when you restart it? The reason I ask is:
>
> I have a Linksys WRTP54G wireless router that has 2 phone ports for
> use with the Vonage phone company.
>
> When we have electrical strorms I unplug everything including my cable
> connection to my modem, the router and of course the 'puter. After the
> storm it can take me up to 45 minutes to get an internet connection
> again.
>
> The setup is a Surfboard cable modem that feeds the Linksys then to
> one of my motherboard's 2 ethernet connectors. When powering up after
> a storm I power them in that order. But I continually get the message
> ballon that says " A network cable has been unplugged." The ethernet
> connection light on the router is either blinking or isn't on at all.
> When I have a proper connection it's on solidly all the time until I
> shut off the computer then it goes dark. In spite of all this I do get
> a useable phone connection as the phone light on the Linksys comes on.
>
> If I elminate the router, of course losing my Vonage, and plug the
> computer in directly to the modem and power up, I get a connection
> immediately.
>
> The only way I could get THIS connection after 5 reboots of everything
> was to change to the other ethernet port on my MB.
>
> I don't think it should take all this fooling around to get an IP
> address so I can get a connection.
>
> I have tried the command 'IPCONFIG/RELEASE."
>
> Once I have a good connection to the 'net with the above setup, I can
> shut the machine off entirely, or let it sleep or hibernate and once
> it starts to boot I get a solid ethernet light on the router.
> Unplugging everything sends it into a frenzy!
>
> I am using XP pro SP3 with all updates, the ISP is Comcast. What is
> wrong or what am I doing wrong?
>
> Vonage, although they try to help haven't been able to fix the
> trouble, it may be beyond their purvie, but they do try.
>
> I hope this topic is appropriate for this forum, if note please move
> it to where it should have been posted.
>

At a command prompt, type:

ipconfig /release

followed by:

ipconfig /renew

See if that helps.

Look under your couch cushions for spare change. Finding same, buy a surge
protector.


From: Jordan on 16 Jun 2010 22:25
I had that router and it sucked with Gigabit ports. Even when I forced the
NIC to 100 MB it still had issues.



"J Tinsby" <none(a)present.com> wrote in message
news:q25c16l8o1dui8i9oei47lsoftbv4u3j4c(a)4ax.com...
> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:53:23 -0700, Mike S <mscir(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>I have an XP Pro box that I run into a router, which itself is connected
>>to another router. I hibernate my machine instead of turning it off, and
>>when I boot up it often has problems connecting, so I made a small batch
>>file that I run when I restart it after a hibernate. Maybe running this
>>batch file will help you. This is just a patch, I'm not sure what the
>>source of your connection problem is, but if this works it's an easy fix.
>>
>>Just save this as a filename.bat file on your desktop and double-click
>>it to run it after when you have turned everything on but still have a
>>blinking ethernet light on the router. Remove the first line to change
>>to a default color scheme.
>>
>>color 4f
>>cd \
>>cls
>>rem ================================
>>rem Releasing IP Configuration
>>rem ================================
>>rem
>>ipconfig /release
>>cls
>>rem ================================
>>rem Renewing IP Configuration
>>rem ================================
>>ipconfig /renew
>>cls
>>echo ================================
>>echo Done!!
>>echo ================================
>>
>>Mike
>
>
> Mike,
>
> Thanks for the batch file I will try it! The odd thing is I never used
> to have this trouble.
>
> Regards,
>
> J T
>



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