Re: Cannot Configure Network Devices

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Hi,

Not really a fix but a work around...

because I go to various sites with my laptop I have various batch file to change my ip address using the netsh command
the following is my 'Static.cmd' file...

@Echo Setting LAN to 192.168.0.254
@netsh interface ip set address "Local Area Connection" static 192.168.0.254 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 1
@netsh interface ip set dns "Local Area Connection 2" static 192.168.0.1 primary

and then my 'DHCP.cmd' file

@Echo Setting up DHCP on LAN
@netsh interface ip set address "Local Area Connection" source=DHCP
@netsh interface ip set dns "Local Area Connection" source=DHCP

Hope this helps a little.

Regards
Paul Mckenna

<s7master@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1165267502.287832.282230@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I recently bought a new HP laptop with Windows XP Media Center Edition.
It has built-in wireless and ethernet. My problem is that only my
wireless shows up under "Network Connections." When I plug in an
ethernet cable, it will connect via dhcp, but I would prefer to enter
manual settings. Any reason that the ethernet icon isn't showing up
under "Network Connections," or is there another way to manualy
configure my ethernet card? Thanks for reading, let me know if you have
any ideas.

Taylor Killian

P.S. Below is a little bit about my network

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : XIBOX
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : wowway.com
wowway.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : wowway.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-36-A9-08-51
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.106
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 64.233.222.2
64.233.222.7
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 04, 2006
3:58:30 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, December 07, 2006
3:58:30 PM

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : wowway.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-A5-D2-68-B3
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 64.233.222.2
64.233.222.7
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 04, 2006
3:48:35 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, December 07, 2006
3:48:35 PM

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC>


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