This isn't UT or even LAN party related (maybe just a bit).
I took my pc to a lan last night, renewed my ip, so that it would be on the default 169.211.*.* network, and thus be on the same tcp/ip network as everyone else. Now, when I got home, plugged everything back in, and went to renew my ip to get back on roadrunner's network, it didn't. I'm still on the default "no server" tcp/ip network, despite both the hub recognizing that a physical connection exists and that the other two comps we have online are working just fine with roadrunner. I even renewed theirs a couple of times, and they worked normally. The thing is, this has always worked in the past, but for no apparent reason hasn't today. I haven't changed any settings from last time; I've power cycled the cable modem, etc. frustrating
I took my pc to a lan last night, renewed my ip, so that it would be on the default 169.211.*.* network, and thus be on the same tcp/ip network as everyone else. Now, when I got home, plugged everything back in, and went to renew my ip to get back on roadrunner's network, it didn't. I'm still on the default "no server" tcp/ip network, despite both the hub recognizing that a physical connection exists and that the other two comps we have online are working just fine with roadrunner. I even renewed theirs a couple of times, and they worked normally. The thing is, this has always worked in the past, but for no apparent reason hasn't today. I haven't changed any settings from last time; I've power cycled the cable modem, etc. frustrating