At 12/5/99 09:05 AM , Robert Bowen wrote:

>When you say that the adapter has no address, do you mean no MAC address?
>Also what is the IP he is being assigned?  If it is 169.xxx.xxx.xxx it is
>Windows 98 auto-config address, and not one being assigned by the DHCP
>server.

I guess that it is the MAC address. It is listed as "Adapter Address" from
the winipcfg
run command. I'll ask if the IP address is 169.XXX.... and get back with you.

Thanks for the help guys.  David, I'm getting him to run the ipconfig
command and will post the results.

Doug


-----My Original Message-----

> >>My son running a Pentium III 400 home-built machine with a generic Ethernet
> >>card, using Win 98 on a collegiate network.  He can get on the network and
> >>can see other machines in network neighborhood. However he cannot query
> >>other machines either by browser, ping or get mail.  Using winipcfg he can
> >>see that his ethernet card has an IP address assigned but the adapter does
> >>not have an address.

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