Vista - Vista having trouble connected to Internet

Hi all,
I have a compaq laptop with Windows Vista Basic pre-
installed. It has a built in network card. I have ADSL modem which I
have connected to my laptop via USB. The following problem occrus
regardless if I connect via USB or via NIC port.
On my DSL modem DHCP is on, however windows vista was never able to
acquire an IP address from DHCP. When I change it to static ip
(192.168.1.6) and then manually enter the dafault gateway
(192.168.1.1, which is my DSL modem) and then I enter the DNS
addresses of my ISP, then it works.

However the problem is that evertime i logg off/on or shut down the
laptop, I have to repeat this step again. First I make it obtain an
IP
address automatically from DHCP(Which doesnt work) then I manually
re-
enter the above info. After re-entering the address manually it
works.
But as I stated before, I have to repeat this step everytime I logg
off/on or restart. In addition to this, if I leave the laptop for
like
20 minutes, then most of the time I have to repeat the above
procedure
again.
In my Local Area connectin properties, I have the following items
CHECKED:
1. Client for MS Networks
2. QoS packet Scheduler
3. File & Printer Sharing
4. Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4)


The following items are UNCHECKED:
1. Internet Protocol Version 6(TCP/IPv6)
2. Link Layer Topology discovery Mapper I/O Driver.
3. Link Layer Topology Discovery Responder
Please be advised, at one time I had all the above checked, still I
encountered the same problem.


Additionally, my "Network Discovery", "File Sharing", "Public folder
Sharing", Printer Sharing and Media Shraring - all are OFF. Only
PASSWROD PROTECTED SHARING is ON.


Can anyone pleaes help me with this, its kind of frustrating to add
the settings manually every hour.


Thanks in advance.

This might be related to the DHCP Broadcast flag.... Check out
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233 and see if that helps.

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> Hi all,
> I have a compaq laptop with Windows Vista Basic pre-
> installed. It has a built in network card. I have ADSL modem which I
> have connected to my laptop via USB. The following problem occrus
> regardless if I connect via USB or via NIC port.
> On my DSL modem DHCP is on, however windows vista was never able to
> acquire an IP address from DHCP. When I change it to static ip
> (192.168.1.6) and then manually enter the dafault gateway
> (192.168.1.1, which is my DSL modem) and then I enter the DNS
> addresses of my ISP, then it works.
>
> However the problem is that evertime i logg off/on or shut down the
> laptop, I have to repeat this step again. First I make it obtain an
> IP
> address automatically from DHCP(Which doesnt work) then I manually
> re-
> enter the above info. After re-entering the address manually it
> works.
> But as I stated before, I have to repeat this step everytime I logg
> off/on or restart. In addition to this, if I leave the laptop for
> like
> 20 minutes, then most of the time I have to repeat the above
> procedure
> again.
> In my Local Area connectin properties, I have the following items
> CHECKED:
> 1. Client for MS Networks
> 2. QoS packet Scheduler
> 3. File & Printer Sharing
> 4. Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4)
>
>
> The following items are UNCHECKED:
> 1. Internet Protocol Version 6(TCP/IPv6)
> 2. Link Layer Topology discovery Mapper I/O Driver.
> 3. Link Layer Topology Discovery Responder
> Please be advised, at one time I had all the above checked, still I
> encountered the same problem.
>
>
> Additionally, my "Network Discovery", "File Sharing", "Public folder
> Sharing", Printer Sharing and Media Shraring - all are OFF. Only
> PASSWROD PROTECTED SHARING is ON.
>
>
> Can anyone pleaes help me with this, its kind of frustrating to add
> the settings manually every hour.
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>