About John Teodoro Expertise I have 15 years of experience in computer troubleshooting, networking and repairs as well as electronics. I can answer questions concerning Windows Server 2000 and 2003, hardware repair and upgrades as well as questions regarding Windows 2000/XP. If I don`t know it, I can guarantee I will find the answer. I can answer questions regarding Digital Video Editing as I have edited quite a few short films and a feature.
Experience I have worked both as a Technical Director and Information Technology Manager and I have been operating a home-based computer consulting business for many years, which includes the installation, update and security of computer systems and Windows 2000/2003 servers. I have also drafted many IT Plans and consultation reports for specific recommendations.
My experience ranges from Project Planning to finding different networking solutions for companies. My work has demanded that I keep informed and this has always allowed me to be proactive by keeping up to date with technology; this involves researching and learning on a day to day basis, which I find to be fundamental.
I also co-produced and edited a number of films so I can offer a vast knowledge on the subject.
Education/Credentials Some of my credentials include:
Telephony repair and maintenance (2000) - Bell Canada.
ISO 9000 Internal Auditor (1999) - SGS SCI Canada Inc.
Signature Service Consumer Relations (1999) - Wilson Learning Worldwide.
Certified Novell Administrator CNA (1998) Intranetware 4.11.
Micro-Computer Technology, Troubleshooting and Networking (1998).
Electronics Troubleshooting and Repairs (1990-1991).
Office Systems Technology (1989-1990).
Co-owner of Icebreaker Films.
Question Hello,
I recently had to renew my IP Address with my ISP and now the other computers on mynetwork cannot connect to the internet. I am running windows XP on all of these computers and I have tried turning off the DHCP on my router and manually assigning new IP addresses to the computers on my network by using a subnet calculator but the other computers will still not connect to the internet. Please help me find a solution to this problem.
Answer Hi Dan,
When you say you changed IP, do you pay for a static IP address with your ISP?
In any case, if you have a router, the only thing that should change is your public IP address. If however they changed the DNS (Domain Name Servers) information, then what might be happenning is that all the computers simply need to "renew" the information. The reason it would not have renewed is that it could be set to renew in 8 days or 90 days, so what happened is that they kept the same internal IP address but they are missing the DNS information to access web sites.
You should make sure that all computers are set to accept automatically an IP adress, you do that by right clicking on My Network Places go to properties, then right click on your local area connection, then go to properties again. From there click on TCP/IP...then click on properties again. Make sure that the green dots are both set to "obtain an IP address..." and "Obtain DNS server..." click on OK, OK and close the remaining window. Do that on all computers.
From a command prompt type ipconfig /release this should put all addresses to 0.0.0.0 then type ipconfig /renew, this should renew all the information about the ISP to your computers.
If you are having more trouble, post a follow up to this question and let me know what type of provider you have, cable or DSL, type of router and type of setup you have and what error messages you are getting , if any.
Meanwhile I hope this helps anf thank you for writing.
