Lag boot time DHCP

When booting my aging laptop there is a slow down due to this;



I was hoping someone can help me solve so to increase boot time ?

Is there an option there to set a static IP instead of looking for DHCP?

Wullail said:

Is there an option there to set a static IP instead of looking for DHCP?

From within the BIOS or router ? If you mean from within the BIOS, there is no option.

The BIOS on this laptop is extremely limited; therefore I don't have the options shown in the YouTube videos. Any other suggestions ?

Bumping the thread hoping for any other input to this problem ?

Set to NIC to static by changing the adapter settings in the Network & Sharing Centre

Changing the adapter settings involve changing the IP and subnet mask; therefore I checked my router DHCP information and tried the suggestions from this page. Unfortunately when manually entering IP & subnet mask information, rather then let Windows do it automatically, the network ceases to work ?

I can't seem to resolve the problem with DHCP when the laptop boots, without disconnecting the network connection.