windows xp ips

[jetli68]

hi am new to this forum looks good

right i have got a big prob with computer
for some reason my ip on my network card changes from isp one to some like 169.xxx.xx.x instead of 82.xx.xx.xx is there a way to manually set the ip for the card

it has been doing this for a few weeks on and off

i had outpost 2.1 installed
and nod32

i have tried to unistall outpost when ip goes off with no luck

also unistalled nod32 no luck

after a reformat
it is ok for awhile then

when got
firewall and virus checker on after a few hours it goes off .

could it be one of them changing the ip or
is network card nackered?

anyhelp would be good

thanks

[muno]

169.254.x.y is the address a nic gets in windows (excluding w95) when it no longer has connection to dhcp server.
(it's called apipa, automatic private ip addressing)

Have you tried some other fw?

[Mickwish]

Welcome to TechIMO!

I agree with muno - probably the firewall. "After a reformat" means full windows reformat? Clean reinstall?

Try removing the firewall again (complete uninstall, not just disabling it), then try in a command prompt ipconfig /all and see what it gives. If it's still a APAPI address (169.xxx.xxx.xxx) then try ipconfig /renew and see what error message you get.

Post back here if nothing works.

Cheers
Mick

[jetli68]

hi and thanks for the speedy help i am trying zonealrm at the min

i will let yous know if it goes off again