Re: new IPCONFIG reading, from router?

[Bernard Peek]

Eddy wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Are we on to something here?  As follows:
>
> 1.  I deleted the Realtek Ethernet from the "Network Connections"
> section in "Device Manager", then switched everything off, unplugged my
> USB dial-up modem, plugged in the router, then switched on the computer,
> and then ran IPCONFIG, and got the following:
>
> C:\>ipconfig /all | more
> Windows IP Configuration
>
>         Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DAVID
>         Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
>         Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
>         IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>         WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 7:
>
>         Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
>         Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 
>                 Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC #2
>         Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0B-6A-B3-C7-9B
>         Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>         Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>         Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.237.180
>         Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
>         Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>
> What do you make of the above, guys?

First, the card is installed. The drivers are working. So much for the 
good news.

The bad news is that the 169.254... address tells us that the card 
hasn't been able to find a DHCP server. Normally a router includes one. 
If we hadn't already found that the cable was connected I would have 
suspected that.

More good news is that it's quite easy to deal with this.

What you need to do is to change the IP properties for the network 
connection. You need to give it a static IP address. Select that 
connection, right-click and select Properties.

Select the TCP/IP protocol line, right-click that and select Properties 
again. You will see a form with a radio button selected that says the 
card should get its IP address automatically. You need the other option, 
to specify a manual address. Enter the address 192.168.0.2, a net mask 
of 255.255.255.0 and a gateway address of 192.168.0.254.

Change the DNS Server entry too. Enter the addresses of your ISP's DNS 
servers. Enter the router's IP address as the third DNS server. After 
that everything should work.



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