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Unable to fix IP address on wireless connection

Posted: 11-27-2008, 09:25 AM
Travis
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Hi, I'm having a few issues with setting a fixed IPv4 address for a
Vista Ultimate x64 machine on my wireless network. It works fine with
an automatically assigned IP address, but the network connection drops
out when I try fixing it. It comes back again when I set them to auto
again.

I'm not doing anything lame like trying to use a weird ip address or
the wrong subnet mask or default gateway, in fact the connection
breaks even when I enter exactly the same details as I get from an
ipconfig query.

I'm using a Dlink wireless antenna, Belkin router.

Are there any known bugs with this area or common problems, or is it
probably something I'm doing?

Travis


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Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)
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Re: Unable to fix IP address on wireless connection
Posted: 11-27-2008, 03:29 PM
Posting back the result of ipconfig /all may help. Also have you installed
the latest NIC driver?

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"Travis" <travismorien@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:b42c0a44-83bb-451d-820c-60963bebd5ac@23g2000pry.googlegroups.com...
> Hi, I'm having a few issues with setting a fixed IPv4 address for a
> Vista Ultimate x64 machine on my wireless network. It works fine with
> an automatically assigned IP address, but the network connection drops
> out when I try fixing it. It comes back again when I set them to auto
> again.
>
> I'm not doing anything lame like trying to use a weird ip address or
> the wrong subnet mask or default gateway, in fact the connection
> breaks even when I enter exactly the same details as I get from an
> ipconfig query.
>
> I'm using a Dlink wireless antenna, Belkin router.
>
> Are there any known bugs with this area or common problems, or is it
> probably something I'm doing?
>
> Travis
>
>
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Re: Unable to fix IP address on wireless connection
Posted: 11-27-2008, 05:57 PM
On Nov 28, 12:29*am, "Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)"
<findem...@chicagotech.net> wrote:
> Posting back the result of ipconfig /all may help. Also have you installed
> the latest NIC driver?
I downloaded a Dlink driver for a newer model antenna which worked, as
Dlink didn't bother to create a signed x64 driver for mine. Seems to
work fine.

Ipconfig /all output coming up.

First, this is what it looks like right now, with an automatically
assigned IP address:


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Travis-Quad
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G DWL-
G132 Wireless USB Adapter(rev.A)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-46-EB-10-8F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::31c1:a631:8088:eed8%31
(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.1.3(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, 27 November 2008
9:26:29 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, 29 November 2008
9:26:27 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth PAN Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-7D-0A-B9-97
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family
PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-DB-B7-77-B0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter
for VMnet1
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::251b:a900:606:ca9%13
(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.112.1(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, 27 November 2008
7:10:17 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, 28 November 2008
3:10:19 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.112.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter
for VMnet8
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::91ed:3cf7:22d:bbba%15
(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.65.1(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, 27 November 2008
7:10:11 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, 28 November 2008
3:10:21 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.65.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.65.2
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{11367BEB-0DFD-4E88-A0E3-
EA2F7FFF7666}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-
Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 13:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{76ECBBA3-88F5-4182-
AF3E-10B0B28F53DA}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 14:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.
{F4A1974C-8130-4DA3-85CD-016FA99BA566}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 18:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{5571301C-5F34-4C82-8A1B-
C9DB83CFD72C}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 19:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes


And here is the same with IP fixed at 10.1.1.3: connectivity reports
as local only, I can't get internet but there is obviously some
connectivity because the remote desktop session I had going to another
computer on my LAN continued to work, even after the internet dropped
dead.


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Travis-Quad
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G DWL-
G132 Wireless USB Adapter(rev.A)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-46-EB-10-8F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::31c1:a631:8088:eed8%31
(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.1.3(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth PAN Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-7D-0A-B9-97
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family
PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-DB-B7-77-B0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter
for VMnet1
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::251b:a900:606:ca9%13
(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.112.1(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, 27 November 2008
7:10:17 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, 28 November 2008
3:10:18 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter
for VMnet8
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::91ed:3cf7:22d:bbba%15
(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.65.1(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, 27 November 2008
7:10:11 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, 28 November 2008
3:10:20 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.65.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.65.2
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{11367BEB-0DFD-4E88-A0E3-
EA2F7FFF7666}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-
Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 13:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{76ECBBA3-88F5-4182-
AF3E-10B0B28F53DA}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 14:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.
{F4A1974C-8130-4DA3-85CD-016FA99BA566}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 18:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{5571301C-5F34-4C82-8A1B-
C9DB83CFD72C}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 19:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

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