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Renewing ip address

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wwboyz
Posts: 169 - Karma: 11
my computer cant renew my ip address and when i went to ip config it said i need to be disconnected from the media...i have no idea what the media is can someone help me?
Feb 21 2006 4:36PM
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wwboyz
Posts: 169 - Karma: 11
anybody
Feb 21 2006 4:43PM
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jib-unit00
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no idea
Feb 21 2006 5:20PM
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wwboyz
Posts: 169 - Karma: 11
great
Feb 23 2006 6:35PM
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chowe6
Posts: 357 - Karma: 30
reboot your machine then before you open anything up try and release and renew your ip if it still says the same thing check and see what apps you have the run at startup and turn them off
Feb 23 2006 6:41PM
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Badfish2
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you probably have more than one network device. media state .... media disconnected means that something isn't plugged in - if you're on the internet don't worry about it cause obviously everything is okay

ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
you should see both ethernet adapters and that will renew it. But, if you're looking to change ip addresses, you probably won't get a different one.
Feb 23 2006 6:41PM
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JockinJLoads
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open up command line and type in ipconfig


see what it says...the ip could be back
Feb 23 2006 8:04PM
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chowe6
Posts: 357 - Karma: 30
if its telling you that you have to disconnect from a media device to renew then at the time your computer is trying to renew its IP some media device or program on your machine is accessing a network resource and in case using your ip so the computer cannot release it to renew, so make sure nothing is running in the background
Feb 23 2006 8:10PM
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wwboyz
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thanks
Feb 26 2006 1:59PM
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wwboyz
Posts: 169 - Karma: 11
im on a different computer and thats why im on the internet but its still nto worknig
Mar 27 2006 10:25PM
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Ski_Unit_19
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i would pm GhostDragon. The man pretty much invented the internet
Mar 27 2006 10:27PM
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