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Chris W · 02-06-2004, 22:22

sounds like the old winsock 2 error.

When you next get the 169ip address, get a dos prompt up (start-> run-> cmd) then type ipconfig /renew

if you get a message "an operation was attempted on something that is not a socket" check this article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;318584

02-06-2004, 22:22	#3
Chris W cf.mega poster Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Reading Age: 42 Services: Virgin Media Broadband Size M Posts: 6,546	Re: Changing IP address (when I don't want to) sounds like the old winsock 2 error. When you next get the 169ip address, get a dos prompt up (start-> run-> cmd) then type ipconfig /renew if you get a message "an operation was attempted on something that is not a socket" check this article: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;318584