Quote Originally Posted by ktheking
This means that before trying the internet with another pc directly on the same cablemodem ,you first have to do a 'release' of your first pc. In windoze you type in a command window : 'ipconfig /release' .
Question for ktheking:

Is this command necessary if the cable modem is hooked up to a Linksys router (wired)?

Does the 'ipconfig /release' command do anything to Windows (i.e. make it unable to surf the net)?

Edit:
I cannot get onto the net and when I tried to automatically configure the DHCP, it comes back with an error.

Also, could it be that it does not recognize my onboard ethernet: MCP integrated NVIDIA MAC + Realtek 8201BL PHY?