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5. Notice how our address may differ slightly. When we give up our IP address it
usually will go to one of the next devices requesting an IP…sometimes we get the
same one back and sometimes we do not. Sometimes we encounter an error like
this:
C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>ipconfig /renew_all
IP ConfigurationError
DHCP Server Unavailable: Renewing adapter ""
Windows 98 IP Configuration
0 Ethernet adapter :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . :
1 Ethernet adapter :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 169.254.60.217
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . :
C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>
Notice how our IP address is within the 169 network. Does this mean it worked?
Not at all. Microsoft uses the 169 address as a “place holder” in case something
goes wrong with DHCP.
6. Next, let’s try the same thing with Windows. You can type winipcfg from the
DOS prompt or from the RUN utility. You should see something like this when
you first open it up:
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