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Old June 12th 06, 01:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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BoB wrote:


Last year I had to release and renew winipcfg because I could not
get to a particular site. Could not even get a ping response.


Ran winipcfg, release and renew and both sites became accessible.


Why does winipcfg need this repair, although it is very infrequent?


Winipcfg doesn't need this repair, it's the TCP/IP protocol. The TCP/IP
protocol leases an IP address from your ISP or from your router (the DHCP
server). Normally this IP address is valid for some hours. When it
becomes invalid, the protocol asks for a new IP address, and gets one.

When the renewing fails, or when the DHCP server 'forgets' that the IP
address was already in use and gives it to another computer or whatever
can go wrong, the IP address gets invalid and your computer isn't
reachable from the internet anymore. Then you have to release and renew
the IP address manually.
 




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