IP Address not set static, always as automatic

[David Walther]

I upgraded ME to XP Professional. I have set a specific
IP address for the machine, and the network is working
fine. However when you go to the network connection,
Internet Protocol, properties, the setting indicates
an "automatic IP". Support tab on network connection
shows the IP address "manually configured", which is
correct. Why won't the Internet Protocol properties
setting reflect correctly ?

[Steve Winograd]

In article <08b401c2dd30$fb887cf0$8ef82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA04>, "David

Since ME and XP show their network properties differently, let's make
sure that you're looking in the right place on XP:

1. Right click the local area network connection.
2. Click Properties.
3. Click "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)".
4. Click Properties.
5. Click the General tab.

If that says "Obtain an IP address automatically", click the
"Alternate Configuration" tab and see if you entered the specific IP
address there. XP uses the alternate configuration when the primary
configuration is "automatic IP" and there's no DHCP server on the
network to provide an IP address automatically.

If you've used the Alternate Configuration, you can change it back to
"automatic IP" and put the specific IP address in the General tab.
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[David Walther]

The alternate configuration is set at "automatic private
address". The general table is also "automatic IP". Yet
the system reports a "manually configured" address.
Something is not right !

>-----Original Message-----
>In article <08b401c2dd30$fb887cf0

>.
>

[Steve Winograd]

In article <028e01c2e45b$67a3a550$a601...@phx.gbl>, "David Walther"

<dav...@walther.mynetwork.org> wrote:
>>>I upgraded ME to XP Professional. I have set a specific
>>>IP address for the machine, and the network is working
>>>fine. However when you go to the network connection,
>>>Internet Protocol, properties, the setting indicates
>>>an "automatic IP". Support tab on network connection
>>>shows the IP address "manually configured", which is
>>>correct. Why won't the Internet Protocol properties
>>>setting reflect correctly ?
>>
>>Since ME and XP show their network properties differently, let's make
>>sure that you're looking in the right place on XP:
>>
>>1. Right click the local area network connection.
>>2. Click Properties.
>>3. Click "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)".
>>4. Click Properties.
>>5. Click the General tab.
>>
>>If that says "Obtain an IP address automatically", click the
>>"Alternate Configuration" tab and see if you entered the specific IP
>>address there. XP uses the alternate configuration when the primary
>>configuration is "automatic IP" and there's no DHCP server on the
>>network to provide an IP address automatically.
>>
>>If you've used the Alternate Configuration, you can change it back to
>>"automatic IP" and put the specific IP address in the General tab.
>

>The alternate configuration is set at "automatic private
>address". The general table is also "automatic IP". Yet
>the system reports a "manually configured" address.
>Something is not right !

Are you sure that you're looking at the right network connection?

Here's another place to check the configuration: enter this command in
the Start | Run box:

cmd /k ipconfig /all

What does it show?

[David Walther]

>-----Original Message-----
>In article <028e01c2e45b$67a3a550

>.

The output from the ipconfig/all is the following:

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : daw-desktop
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : home.org
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : home.org

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com 3C905TX-
based Ethernet Adapter (Generic)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-60-08-9C-
73-36
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.1.4
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.1.253
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.1.3

[Steve Winograd]

In article <177701c2edc8$a837b360$2f01...@phx.gbl>, "David Walther"

>The output from the ipconfig/all is the following:
>
>Windows IP Configuration
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : daw-desktop
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : home.org
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : home.org
>
>Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com 3C905TX-
>based Ethernet Adapter (Generic)
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-60-08-9C-
>73-36
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.1.4
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.1.253
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.1.3

That shows a manually configured private IP address of 172.16.1.4. Is
it the complete ipconfig output? Was there a Local Area Connection 1
or 2?

Is that the IP address that you configured? Where did you configure
it? Do the Default Gateway and DNS Servers addresses make sense to
you?

The whole problem might go away if you go to Device Manager,
un-install the network card, and let Windows XP detect and re-install
it.