A Description of the Repair Option on a Local Area Network or High-Speed Internet Connection

This article describes what actions are taken if you select the Repair option on a local area network (LAN) or high-speed Internet connection.

The following actions are taken if you select the Repair option on a LAN or high-speed Internet connection.

NOTE: The actions occur in the order that they are listed. A corresponding command is listed next to each action.

• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) lease is renewed: ipconfig /renew
• Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache is flushed: arp -d *
• Reload of the NetBIOS name cache: nbtstat -R
• NetBIOS name update is sent: nbtstat -RR
• Domain Name System (DNS) cache is flushed: ipconfig /flushdns
• DNS name registration: ipconfig /registerdns

The following action has been added to Windows XP Service Pack 1:

• IEEE 802.1X Authentication Restart