IP Address Fails

Symptom:

Whenever I enter the IP address for my computer, I get an error message.

Solution:

The network adapter may not have an IP address, or the wrong address for your computer is registered to your DNS server.

To test whether either one of these conditions exists, do the following:

In a command line window, enter the following command:
```
ipconfig
```
Your local IP address displays.
Enter hostname.
Your computer's name displays.
To test whether DNS has the correct name for your computer, enter the following command:
```
ping hostname
```
This step echoes the IP address that DNS thinks matches your hostname. If it differs from what ipconfig returned, then there is a mismatch.
To fix a mismatched IP address, enter the following command:
```
ipconfig /renew
```