Hi, Jordan...

On 02/28/10 02:13 pm, J R FOX thus wrote :

After using fixed-IP DSL for many years, I'm still pretty new to DHCP, which I previously only used as a Guest at others' residences
or offices. The other day, I lost the internet connection towards the end of a few-hours session.  *Every* attempted URL then became a 'Page Not Found.'  This hardly ever happened with the fixed IP + DSL, and when it did it was very obvious that it was some major event, like the local or regional AT&T broadband service being down.  (I think that is much more common around S.D., with TWC, where someone will dig up a cable somewhere in the area, and then Kablooey.)

Under Windows, it's nigh on impossible to do this *without* the command prompt (if someone has a way, please let me know - Access Connections, perhaps, if running a ThinkPad?). Just go to a command prompt and enter:

   ipconfig /release <Enter>
   ipconfig /renew <Enter>

It should come back with your new address information after the /renew operation.