How to input IP Address

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

It seems I need to enter the IP address 192.18.2.1
into my PC, (presumably Windows).
How/where do I do this, please.

Thanks...Robert
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Ooops!! That should be 192.168.2.1.
No matter...I just need to know where to enter it and how.

Thanks again.
Robert
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Robt.Black@gmail.com wrote:

>Ooops!! That should be 192.168.2.1.
>No matter...I just need to know where to enter it and how.

Looks like the way to access your router via IE

Put that URL into the address area

Robt.Black@gmail.com wrote:
> Ooops!! That should be 192.168.2.1.
> No matter...I just need to know where to enter it and how.

Try your Web browser address bar.

I think it is 192.168.1.1 and you enter it in the address bar of your
browser. It will then open a web page on your router.

But before you do that, have you run the New Connection wizard in XP?

<Robt.Black@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Ooops!! That should be 192.168.2.1.
> No matter...I just need to know where to enter it and how.
>
> Thanks again.
> Robert
> ----------

<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
>
> It seems I need to enter the IP address 192.18.2.1
> into my PC, (presumably Windows).
> How/where do I do this, please.
>
> Thanks...Robert
> ------------------------

Your best bet is to click Start / Help, then look for help
on TCP/IP. The item "Configure your TCP/IP Settings"
is what you need.

Thanks to you all for your responses.
I am most grateful. None of the options
appear to work, and some, like inputting to
the browser address bar I had already tried.
I must have another issue here.
Maybe I need to reinstall WinXP....Yes??

Regards
Robert
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Robt.Black@gmail.com wrote:
> Thanks to you all for your responses.
> I am most grateful. None of the options
> appear to work, and some, like inputting to
> the browser address bar I had already tried.
> I must have another issue here.
> Maybe I need to reinstall WinXP....Yes??

Before you do something that drastic, have a look at:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/winsock.htm

<Robt.Black@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks to you all for your responses.
> I am most grateful. None of the options
> appear to work, and some, like inputting to
> the browser address bar I had already tried.
> I must have another issue here.
> Maybe I need to reinstall WinXP....Yes??
>
> Regards
> Robert
> -----------
No, you do not need to reinstall XP.
Instead, you must setup the network using the wizards.
Jim

<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
> ------------------------