Uninstalling Norton anti-virus from XP home wipes IP address aparantly !!

[Eoin]

Tried uninstalling using norton's uninstall and XP's add/remove program
s to no avail. The program is removed sucessfully but it wipes the
ip address, the internet won't work as it can't see the modem,
using ipconfig I get 0.0.0.0 for the IP address?

I then have to restore to a point before the uninstall
to use the internet again ??

Any help greatly appreciated,
Eoin

[The Tool]

Hmm I am not sure.

IP is only assigned to your computer when you connect to internet?

[Eoin]

What if its a broadband connection and its on the whole time,
I'm fairly hazy about the infrastructure but I believe its a modem connected to a network card, so is the ip address fixed?

[beeboy]

If its broadband can you not repair the connection by right clicking the modem or card and picking repair? Found in control panel under internet connections.