Tomp or other Network guru......

[kaz]

I was looking through my event log and keep seeing this recurring DHCP error every day, I'm running XP but it seems to run the same as 2K. Is the OS looking for a specific IP address from my router? Everything seems fine, no other errors in the event log just a bunch of Information logging........Thanks

[CrowdAds]

[Yoda_abx]

Your system will boot faster and be much cleaner if you just use static IPs. The defaut static range (Linksys I assume) is 192.168.1.2 thru .99

DHCP range is 192.168.1.100 thru .150

This is how you get the 254 available IPs

This will also fix that error....

[kaz]

Ooopps yes Linksys BESFR41, ok I don't have a static IP address but what you're saying is to put the range of available IP addresses from the router into the OS to make it think it's getting a static IP address, correct?

[S.SubZero]

Does the XP machine still end up with the IP intended for it? It's trying to get that .101 address, and if something else has it, this error may pop up.

You could also try this, which I got from just going to google.com and typing in "error 1002"

http://www.springfieldtech.com/Windo...rs/nt_1002.htm

-SSZ

[cryogen_abx]

kaz
if ya don't have a static ip, i believe forcing it in windows will NOT help....
but im unsure of that routers capbilities, so i'll just keep quiet
in my experience, forcing an ip when its dynamic, will cause problems...mine on cable is mostly static, but if it changes, and i have told windows what ip to use, boom, bye bye network when it does change.....
just a couple extra cents
cryogen

[kaz]

Thanks for the replies guys, what I think it is is that that's the IP the router handed it when I installed XP and now that's what XP wants all the time, the router hands out IP's based on what computer it sees first when it's turned on, everything works XP just probably starts a couple of seconds slower while it tries to argue with the router....hehehe, I guess I should just ignore it and not look for problems when sh*its working......

[Yoda_abx]

If you look at the router's DHCP table, the default DHCP IP range is that which I listed above. Notice that the static range I gave you is not in that list. This means you can use some machines on the router as static and the range of .101 to .25x is for DHCP!

Trust me on this! I have both static & DHCP on my router and you do too!

[kaz]

Problem resolved, under local area connection settings in the OS (XP) I checked "release current settings when doing renew" and that seemed to fix it. I think I could have set up the LAN side as static and the WAN side as dynamic but I know I would have been posting for Tomp and the rest of you network guys for help all night........hehehe

Thanks everyone......

[Yoda_abx]

I'm no network guru

[kaz]

Oh yes you are, when I think routers and IP addresses and protocol's your name is the first one that pops to mind....

[Yoda_abx]

Gosh **turns red in face**