Re: Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)

FYI, APIPA can be disabled. From KB220874:
For Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, APIPA can be
disabled by adding the "IPAutoconfigurationEnabled" DWORD registry entry
with a value of 0x0 to the following registry key:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interf
aces\<Adapter GUID>

Louis

"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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APIPA is not your problem, it's a sign of your problem. Whenever your
computer cannot get an IP address assigned (or reassigned) by your DHCP
server you get the private IP address instead. This is entirely normal
and
cannot be disabled. What you need to be looking for is the reason your
computer loses its connection to the network and substitutes a private IP
address instead. Any bad hardware, including cables, between you and your
DHCP server could cause this.

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"Jeffrey" <Jeffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Every now and then, my IP address changes to a 169.254.x.x address and I
lose
my internet connection. Nothing I've tried has allowed me to get rid of
this
address (except for a re-install of 2k.)

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Is there some way to APIPA off?

Thanks




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