Not able to renew ip address

Computer has been working fine: WinXP Pro on a Netware 6 network using DHCP. Don't know of any changes made that would cause a problem, but all of a sudden TCP/IP isn't working - IPCONFIG shows an IP address of 169.254.198.98, which I understand means it couldn't get a DHCP address. So I installed a static IP address. Thereafter, I could ping the local network but DNS still didn't work, even tho I was pointing to a known good DNS. Tried installing a different NIC - no change. Also tried doing a system restore back to the day before the problem first appeared - no change.Further clues:1) ZoneAlarm 3.x was installed on this machine. Disabling and completely uninstalling it has made no difference.2) From a command line, IPCONFIG /RENEW gives the error msg: "An error occurred while renewing interface Local Area Connection: an operation was attempted on something that is not a socket."3) I installed Microsoft's WNTIPCfg.exe from the Resource Kit (GUI version of XP's native IPCONFIG). Pressing the Renew button from there yields: "Error 10038: Renewing adapter {long number here}."4) With a static IP address configured, running the above WNTIPCFG shows no DNS address, even tho primary and secondary DNS addresses were assigned.5) From a command line, issuing a ping command (to a local network address) shows: "Pinging * with 32 bytes of dataestination host unreachable(repeated 4 times)Ping statistics for *:etc etc"In the above msg, in place of the * it shows a different non-alphanumeric character (a triangle); whereas on a properly working machine, it shows in those locations the IP address it was pinging. So that makes it look like something is wrong--but I knew that already....6) My (Netware) DHCP server shows an IP address having been assigned to that machine yesterday morning, right around or before the time that the problem was first observed (inability to surf the Web).Thanks for any ideas or help! - Natoraf

I assume you released, then renewed... >?
I had crap of this sort happen on an old Win98 machine a while back... you have an extra switch laying around? if u do, throw it in the mix and see if it works...

You have a corrupt TCP stack. You need to run this fix:
http://www.hometownohio.com/faq/files/WinsockXPFix.exe

Let me know if that doesn't work....but I'm almost sure it will.

Thanks guys and I will get back to ya as soon as I get my head straight up
from class finals. I really appreciate your concerns.

Thanks everyone i've got it working agian. I downloaded the WinsockXPFix.exe
like you said and puff its up and working. Thanks

Another sub problem arouse from here. I am unable to fileshare with my peer comps. When i
ping to the comp that i had the problem with i get an error reporting that :
Request timed out(4x)
but when i ping using the comp to other it works perfectly, lost (0 %).
If anyone has help which they can provide i am very grateful. Thank you in advance.

I had the same problem, thanks for the fix.

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Tried everything now including installing a new NIC
Loopback 127 works fine
network does not see my PC (of course no valid IP address)
ipconfig /release does not work
Ipconfig /renew times out

going bald pulling my hair out !!

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I just ran into this problem today fixed it like a charm

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wow apparently this is a big problem, its ben resurected 3 times

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Spent hours on microsoft knowledge base to no avail. Again, many thanks.

I had the same problem. I use my wireless connection to surf the web, since the cat5 jack in my room is broken. Lately, windows has been notifying me that I have Limited or No Connection at all. When I choose the option to REPAIR the wireless connection, it says that its UNABLE to renew the IP address. Do any of you think this problem is related to the one posted by the thread starter? I'll try to run the application posted above, and I'll bring news if it works. If anyone has any other alternativves, please post. You're my only hope. Thanks




*edit* I tried the application above and it worked like a charm. Thanks for the help