Alpha(my desktop, Bravo is my laptop) has gone sentient. Probably Sifty's doing.
I recently moved, and when I did, one of the first things that I did was hook up my computers. (What else would a Siftaholic do?) My laptop connected to the internet just fine, both wireless and via Ethernet. But when I got Alpha hooked up, I saw something was wrong. Did it have a blow out with Sifty? Were they no longer talking? Did Sifty insinuate that he was packing a measly GeForce 2? I don't know, but he refused to connect to the internet. Normally, not a big deal. Reset the modem, try again. Nope. ipconfig? Nope. Reset adapters? Nope.
I tried wireless via DSL modem, and wired via DSL and cable modem (we have to cancel the DSL, but all to no avail. I was getting pissed. There was no reason that I could think of for it to refuse three different connections.

So I looked into my IPv4 properties and I saw that since the move, Alpha had decided to switch itself from obtaining addresses automatically to using a manual address. WTF?

All I know is that Sifty and Alpha better Shake and make up, because Bravo isn't much good for gaming anymore.