Win XP IPconfig not recognized

[Vash]

I recently brought my laptop which is brand new to
college and attempted to access the college ethernet. But
when I tried releasing and renewing my IP, the dos prompt
is not
recognizing "ipconfig", "ipconfig /release". "ipconfig /re
new" or anything similar as a command. Any information
that could be helpful will be appreciated. Thank You

[Richie]

If the college LAN is using DHCP, just make sure your LAN connection TCP/IP
settings are set to 'Obtain an address automatically' (same with the DNS
servers). I wouldn't worry so much about leasing and releasing the IP. This
will occur during a reboot anyway, but not recognizing the ipconfig command
is a problem.

Try running, at a Dos prompt, 'sfc /scannow'

Rich

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

In article >, "Vash"
> wrote:
>I recently brought my laptop which is brand new to
>college and attempted to access the college ethernet. But
>when I tried releasing and renewing my IP, the dos prompt
>is not
>recognizing "ipconfig", "ipconfig /release". "ipconfig /re
>new" or anything similar as a command. Any information
>that could be helpful will be appreciated. Thank You

If you're typing the commands into the Start | Run box, there must be
a space between "ipconfig" and "/release":

ipconfig /release

If you're typing the commands into a command prompt window, the space
isn't needed.

If XP tells you that ipconfig "is not recognized as an internal or
external command, operable program or batch file", the problem is
probably an improper setting for the PATH environment variable.
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