[OT] IP Problems in Windoze

[Paul King]

> Paul King wrote:
> > Hello:
> > 
> > I seem to be logging on to an outside network that has superceded my router.
> > The address family of my laptop is now 164.*.*.*, when it ought to be
> > 192.*.*.* (the address family of my router).
> 
> I'm assuming this is the wireless NIC on you laptop?
> 
> Sounds like there must be an open network nearby with a DHCP server.  That's
> probably where you're picking up the unusual IP.
> 
>  From Windows "Network Connections" interface, you should be able to choose
> which wireless signal you want to connect to if there is more than one
> available.
> 

It appears as though there are two with the same name ("default"), and since I 
changed the network name on my router (thinking that that was the problem), the 
problem still hasn't gone away.

The problem of not hooking up still persists when I turn off the wireless and 
switch to cat 5. To get rid of the unusual IP, I run ipconfig or reboot.

Regards

Paul 

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