Releasing and renewing an IP

[The Youngn]

So my brother's laptop is connecting to my router but won't go online. I release the IP. Checked it and it registered all 0's for the IP and when I try to renew it, it times out. Any fix for this or alternative methods to renew an IP?

[Paul]

doesn't sound like he is connecting to anything if you see all 0's...

wireless/wired connection?

[The Youngn]

Its a wireless connection. An IP shows up but I was saying it shows all 0's once I release the IP but won't renew itself

[nx2000det]

Is the wireless connection secured?
Does the settings inside the router allow for another computer to connect? (is the IP range wide enough)
Have you restarted the wireless router?

[The Youngn]

Yes yes yes. Everything can connect to the router besides the laptop so I already know its not the router. Question is about getting another IP on the laptop to replace the one that it seems to be locked on

[nx2000det]

give it a static IP

[The Youngn]

Everything that you said was stuff that I already knew to question or even tried already and I'm horrible with technology.

Problem was solved with the help from my friend Zeek

[green91]

Usually if its a security issue you can check the packet count on the interface. If you're connecting to a secured network it will show transmitted packets but 0 received. More than likely it wasn't communicating with the dhcp server properly.

[Maki]

winsock reset ftw!!!! i know its fixed but you could bypass rtr and confirm tcp/ip setting for dhcp.

[jorgen]

how do you reset winsock? i've had to problem before and don't remember how i fixed it...

[Maki]

on xp sp3 and up its netsh winsock reset, sp2 is netsh winsock reset catalog