"Stephen SL. Lo" wrote:
>
> I live in Vancouver BC CA and use Cable for my Internet connection, single
> PC with Win98, no home networking. The ISP is Shaw@home which took over
> Roger@home a few months ago. On May 3 a tech came to my house and replaced
> the cable modem with a new one and advised me changing from static IP to
> dynamic IP. My nightmare started. My browser (Netscape 4.77 in Win
> 98) cannot access any webpage, no email, no newgroups. I checked the IP
> configuration no IP is assigned to me. when I used release and renew I got
> an error saying "DHCP server unavailable to renew the adapter". With the
> help of the tech support in Shaw@home. I did the following:
>
> 1. removed TCP/IP protocol in Win Networking and added again.
> 2. removed my NIC from device manager and added it again as new
> hardware. so reinstalled the device drivers.
> 3. Physically remvoed the NIC and put in a spare slot.
> 4. power off the cable modem checked and swapped all connectors.
> 5. got a new NIC and installed in my PC, trying in different slot.
>
> but get the same result "DHCP server unavailable" and cannot access the
> Net.
> Finally the new modem was suspected faulty. I am now waiting Shaw@home to
> deliver another modem but it take a week.
>
> Do you have any suggestion about this problem? Any advice and suggestion
> is highly appreciated.
>
> Thank you very much for your response.
>
> Regards!!
I'm not sure your problem is Netscape related, but I would go to
Edit|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies and make sure "Direct Connection to the Internet"
is checked.
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Kelly Younger
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