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Apparently the FIOS Router (Westell 9100 in my case) doesn't like the IPv6 that Homegroup uses. I lost DHCP service on all three computers that have Win7 installed. I could manually set the IPv4 addresses in the Network Connector options on my computer and every thing worked fine. If I tried to use DHCP for IPv4 I wound up with a private network address (169.xxx.xxx.xxx).
DHCP for IPv4 worked fine adfter I disable IPv6 and the associated topology services. I also removed the HomeGroup option from our network setup.
If you want to use home group be prepared to manually set the IPv4 addresses in your network devices.
Good luck
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Interesting, thanks for posting.
Are these Windows 7 PCs that you installed 7 onto yourself, or ones that came with it? I have an HP laptop that came with Windows 7 already installed, no issues at all about IPv6 that I know of. IPv6 is still activated, works just fine on my FiOS Actiontec router, but maybe the Westell is just enough different to be sensitive to that.
Strange.
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Justin
Verizon FiOS TV, Internet, and phone
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Keller, TX 76248