<Robt.Black@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I over-enthusiastically 'cleaned out' my computer.
>
> The upshot is that I can no longer access the internet or email.
> I checked with BT who assure me that there is nothing wrong
> with my Router or their phone line after running some checks
>
> I cannot config /release or renew as normal.
> I am left with 0.0.0.0

Go to a command prompt, start, run, cmd.

Type ipconfig /release and press enter, then ipconfig /renew and press
enter.

Do you get a message that no adapter is in a state that it can be released
or renewed?



> It seems I need to enter the IP address 192.18.2.1
> into my PC, (presumably Windows).

No, you do not. The problem is elsewhere. Plus, that address is likely
*your router* and you will generate an address conflict. Use 2.5 instead,
for the moment. However, if you use fixed IP addresses you also likely
need to know the DNS server addresses; if you don't know this and do need
them, you'll get to the router and nowhere else.

Set your network adapter to DHCP (automatic) rather than fixed, and this is
in Control Panel, Network, right-click on the adapter and choose Properties,
then TCP/IP and properties.

If you can't release and renew and have this work, close from there, go to
Device Manager and uninstall the network adapter, then restart the system
and allow it to be re-detected and reinstalled.

Finally you can reset TCP/IP by going to a command prompt and issuing the
following command:

netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357

HTH
-pk

> How/where do I do this, please.
>
> Thanks...Robert
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