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Originally Posted by deerhunter
Call your provider they can help you
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Or not. Most of them are just Microsnot flunkies who don't have a clue when confronted with a real operating system, like Solaris or SuSE or OpenVMS or CICS.
In this particular case, it looks like either the I.S.P. is not servicing DHCP requests, or the OP's machine is not issuing them, or is not using the response correctly. First step would be to cycle the xDSL/IP gateway (ie. reboot it). Then check the configuration of the operating system to make sure it can send out requests for a new ip address. Some work on it was apparently done, maybe the repair tech set it up to use a static address or adjusted the mask a bit so routing packets can't get through, at this home connection. Release the ip address and restart it, similar to:
# ifconfig <interface_name> dhcp release
# ifconfig <interface_name> dhcp start
# ifconfig < " > dhcp status
A list of available interfaces would be shown with his equivalent to:
# ifconfig -a
In addition to calling the ISP's help number, a call to the repair place where he got the work done might be appropriate.