Re: Could a virus do that ?

From: andy smart (newsgroups_at_kingsdown.swindon.sch.uk)
Date: 05/05/04 

Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 16:05:57 +0100

Marcus wrote:

> Hello,
>
> My IP adress is normally assigned by the DHCP of my router.
>
> It works well on all my Laptops which are linked to the router via a
> wireless device (IP address given is 192.168.0.10x). But on my Desktop (it
> used to work ok yesterday) which is linked to the router via a network
> cable, it gives a complete different IP adress (169.254.226.159), it does
> not show any DHCP address or anything else. Of course I cannot connect to
> the internet.
>
> By the way, I use win2000 and my ip configuration in the network
> configuration on my non-working desktop is the same as the working Laptop
> one.
>
> I will really appreciate any help
>
> Marc
>
>
The 169.254\16 address range is an autoconfiguration range for when a
dhcp server cannot be found (see link below) - I'd suggest that your
computer is not actually connecting to the DHCP server, and by extension
perhaps to the network. Check your cable connections or try another
cable perhaps?

http://www.more.net/technical/netserv/tcpip/private.html

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