Can't release or renew IP address
Running Windows 7, I get an error when I try to release my IP address. There is no error with ipconfig, but with ipconfig/release or ipconfig /release, there is an error. Please see screen shot.
Dave Baldwin
Type "ipconfig /all" to get more info including whether it is using DHCP.
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Thank you both. I do use a static IP address for this adapter. If I understand correctly, a static IP can't be released/renewed with that command?
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Thank you. My internet connection is intermittently lost for a few minutes, a few times a day. The ISP says my network is too complicated, and I need a business account with a fixed IP. That is prohibitively expensive (around $500 a month versus $50 a month, to get the same bandwidth). Power cycling the modem fixes the issue immediately, or else it self-corrects after several minutes. I thought, perhaps I can just do an IP release & renew instead of power cycling. I've replaced the modem twice, with the exact same result. However, using a legacy DOCSIS2 modem, there is no such issue.
I tried using a static IP address, and releasing/renewing the IP during a service interruption, and it didn't help.
I tried using a static IP address, and releasing/renewing the IP during a service interruption, and it didn't help.
Ipconfig release/renew is unlikely to resolve the problem. It sounds like an ISP issue with the newer class modem
"IP release & renew" on your computer has nothing to do with the external IP address and network used by your modem either.
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Good to know, and that makes sense.