This is the weirdest thing ever...

I connect to the internet via a dsl router, connected to a wireless router so I can use my laptop (which is what I'm on now). All was well until suddenly, I can't connect to the internet on my PC but my wireless connection works fine on my laptop. In network connections, it detects my IP settings automatically, and it says the ip address is 0.0.0.0...

So I tried to repair the connection, but it said it couldn't renew my IP address. So in that command prompt thing which I'm clueless about, I did the whole ipconfig /release and /renew thing, and it said that "it can't renew my ip address because the RCP server isn't available" I don't even know what an RCP server is...

So how can I get this thing to give me an IP address?

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I don't even know what an RCP server is...

Found this beyond my experience:

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Rcp
Copies files between a computer running Windows XP or a Windows Server 2003 operating system and a system running rshd, the remote shell service

This could be something as simple as your routers "driver" has corrupted (need updating?) or B) As you are on DSL the Firewall may be in need of a reinstall ? Or something along those lines
First Question are you using this computer to post this query?
Regardless of the answer Run these 2 tasks In the Run Box on the Start menu this may rectify the issue? NOTE Does take a while to complete...Scandisk may spot and fix the issue?(Run this 2nd)
www.fayette.k12.il.us/99/Intro2Comp/checkdisk.html
If there are any errors displayed then a cleaner program like www.ccleaner.com will clear these (after unticking the cookies & history boxes) errors from your computer Like a mini defrag

Try this program out...WinsockXPFix.exe It fixes the addressing part of the "IP Stack" (to do with connections)
www.iup.edu/house/resnet/winfix.shtm
Clear illustrated guide is on this webpage
Download link here too,about (1MB)
I got it via a lady who had an Issue with a seemingly immovable piece of Spyware and a "Hijack this" Log scan and advice did not help
But this solved her issue
How she got it I cannot tell Just luck?