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At the beginning of this year I had purchased a
Linksys
LNE100TX Networking Card to be installed on my
windows 98
computer. After installing the network card, the past
few
months, I have been having a terrible time tring to
connect to the internet with this network card. I was
told by my ISP that I need to use DHCP address and
not a
static address by going into the TCP/IP settings and
making sure that the following settings are as
followed...

1. In the IP Adress tab make sure that a check mark
is
on "Obtain an IP Adress automaticlly"

2. In the DNS tab make sure that there is a checkmark
on "DNS disabled"

3. In the WINS Configuration Tab make sure that there
is
a checkmak on "Use DHCP resolution" or something like
that. It's the third checkmark at the bottom of the
window.

... once these settings are set, then restart the
computer and make sure that you log on to the
network.
Though still doing this and looking at the
winipconfig
tool, the IP address I get is a 169.254.x.x.

Recently looking through the knowelledge based
support of
Linksys, I found a topic to my problem called "Cannot
obtain a valid IP address using the LNE100TX network
card". In here is details of stating to run
winipconfig
and to click on the "Release All" button so that the
IP
Adress will reset to 0.0.0.0. Though when I do that
nothing happens. What I get is still the same IP
address
of 169.254.0.0.

Is this a common issue with Windows 98 or is there
something really wrong with my system that I can't
release All IP Adresses and how do I go about fixing
this?

Settings #1-3 are right for getting an IP address by
DHCP from your
ISP.

The 169.254.x.x IP address shows that your computer
can't communicate
with your ISP's DHCP server to get an IP address.
That address wasn't
assigned by DHCP, so it can't be released in Winipcfg.

The problem could be with your network card, Ethernet
cable, cable or
DSL modem, etc. Here are some things to try:

1. Download and install the latest driver program from
the Linksys web
site.

2. Make explicit speed and duplex settings. Automatic
sensing doesn't
always work.

3. Un-install the card in Device Manager, move it to a
different slot,
and re-install it.

NICs are commonly available for less than $15. If
nothing else works,
I'd replace the NIC.

Yeah but, I was told that the Release All button
doesn't
have to do with my network card. It has to do with
Windows 98 is not resetting the IP address. So it
doesn't
even matter if I purchase another network card or not
because Windows 98 isn't resetting the IP Adsress

No, that's not right. The Release All button releases
(sets to
0.0.0.0) all IP addresses that have been assigned by a
DHCP server.
The 169.254.x.x address wasn't assigned by a DHCP
server, so Release
All won't do anything with it. That's how it's supposed
to work.

I recommend trying the three steps that I suggested,
with NIC
replacement being the last resort if the other steps
don't solve the
problem.

Try a different Ethernet cable. If you have a hub or
router, try
connecting to a different port. If you have access to
another
computer, see whether that computer can get an IP
address using the
same connection that fails with yours.

If you replace the NIC, un-install it in Device Manager
before
installing the new one.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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Thanks Steve,

Now I understand what you mean.