New poster, Long time viewer(non-registered). Awsome site. Here's my problem. I have 2 Laptops, 3 desktops, a Wii and an Xbox 360 all connected to the same router. Laptops and Wii are connected wireless. desktops are connected wired, Xbox is wired as well. 1 Desktop is a FreeNAS server i just got up and running(this is awsome by the way). All pc's and laptops are connected to the server except one desktop. I'm on the same workgroup, can access the internet to view freeNAS webGUI. In the router all IP addresses start the same except the pc that will not connect. Example, PC#1 192.168.0.XX PC#2 192.168.0.XX PC#3 74.163.0.XX Any help would be awsome. Thanks.
1. Did you configure PC# 3 to be on the 74 net? 2. Is PC #3 set up for DHCP? 3. Did you try ipconfig /release --> ipconfig /renew 4. Does PC #3 show a good physical connection to the router?
#1. Not sure what 74 net is. i did not do this on any other PC's. #2. DHCP already set up. #3. ipconfig tools ran, nothing changed. #4. i'm typing on the PC that is diff. at the moment and nothing seems slow. Also, I go to my router ip address and on the home screen it has the same IP as my PC, Exact. It is the only PC to not show up in the router user list. Thanks for the help.
You need to figure out why PC #3 is not acquiring an IP address on your home subnet (196.168.0.xx) 1) Open a DOS window Starr --> run --> cmd 2) ipconfig 3) ipconfig /release should then look like this: Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 4)ipconfig /renew should come back looking something like this: Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : something.something IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.113 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Went ahead and redid this just to make sure and sure enough, I get the same result. A non 192.168.0.XX ip address. Always starts off with 75. not 192. Any other suggestions.
After you did the ipconfig /reset the the IP address show as 0.0.0.0? If yes, then your card is not picking up and IP address from the DHCP server on the router, typically due to a bad or NO Ether connection. If No, then you card is likely not set up for DHCP and has some statis IP address setting.
Alright sorry for the delay. Thanks to everyone who posted. I got it figured out.... are you ready? it was a IP Passthrough on my modem that let it give the computer the same IP as the modem. funny thing is, you have to set this up manualy. It was a fresh install. Weird. Anyway, thanks to everyone for the help.
