Re: IP addressing

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/07/04


Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 21:27:16 -0700

Davenk wrote on 06-Oct-2004 8:49 PM:
> I have an XP Home PC with SP2. It is the dialup gateway(ICS) for another XP
> machine. The ICS machine sometimes gets moved and put back which messes up
> the LAN. The connection gets disabled and the dependent PC can't get on the
> internet even after enabling the LAN. Is this a symptom of using DHCP? How
> can I guarantee the LAN always starts after reboot and all PC's talk and can
> access the internet? I thought that static addresses might solve this, but
> don't know all of the parameters needed to make that happen.

It sounds more like the network configuration is being changed, in which
case you need to re-enable ICS to get DHCP and Internet access working
again. Static addresses won't likely solve this problem.

-- 
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows Security


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