Vista: static works, DHCP does not work

[chicagotech]

Have you installed the latest firmware for the router or driver for the NIC? If yes, you may try to remove the IPv6 completely. This how to may help. Please post back with the result.

Vista IPCONFIG and Network Settings
How to disable IPv6 and Tunnel completely on Vista How to disable ICS public connection in Vista How to: Enabling ICS on Vista ...
www.howtonetworking.com/vista/vistaipconfig.htm


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"max" <max> wrote in message news:57985F96-8111-4A36-9186-472F8CB0AD8B@microsoft.com...
> wired and wireless both work fine when static IP-adresses are assigned, they
> do not work when configured as DHCP-enabled on home and work network, where
> XP DHCP-enabled computers work fine.
> Tried :
> DhcpConnForceBroadcastFlag=0/1
> DhcpConnEnableBcastFlagToggle=0/1
> in all combinations with reboots and reinstalls of both MS and vendor drivers.
> still error message: "unable to contact your DHCP server. Request has timed
> out."
>
> NICs show that they send but receive no byte whatsoever
>
> I'm pretty clueless and cannot use the idea of static adresses since I have
> to travel to several sites frequently.
>
> Any help/ideas?
> tnx in advance
>

[guest]

Also check this post: Vista static IP works but not dymanic IP
- http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/vi ... =9674#9674