Does your high-speed Internet connection sometimes temporarily go away under Windows 2000? If you frequently sleep or hibernate your machine, or if you often cycle the power to your cable or DSL modem, Windows may not correctly link back up to your Internet connection when your computer comes back on. If this occurs, try entering the following commands at the DOS prompt before you once again cycle the power to your cable or DSL modem:

ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

This releases, and then renews if possible, your IP address for your Internet adapter.

Better yet, put both these commands in a batch file to quickly refresh your Internet connection. I do this on my systems with a batch file I created called 'ip.bat.' And, for added convenience, consider creating a shortcut to this batch file on your Desktop or QuickLaunch bar for one or two-click IP address release and renewal. You may want to add a "pause" command to ensure the Internet connection property refreshed its address before the batch file's DOS window closes.

Here's an example ip.bat:

@ipconfig /release
@ipconfig /renew
@pause

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