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Hi! I'm a newbie to networking, so forgive me if I'm not that detailed. I have Windows XP Home at my apartment, and I'm connected to Ethernet from my university network.
Around 20 hours ago, my Internet connection dropped, and I can't get it back on. I double-checked my cables and everything, but it won't fix itself.
When I go to Network Connections and to LAN, it says that there's "limited or no connectivity", and when I try to "repair", it waits for a minute or so, and then says that it can't renew my IP address. I also tried to use the command line prompt to run ipconfig/renew, but it also waits and displays an error message, about a DHCP server (?) time-out.
I highly appreciate any solutions/suggestions. Thanks!

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