[WinPartners] Vista? Network Autoconfiguration

[Barbara Santorella]

Hi Dave

I just reset my static IP Vista machine to DHCP and I got an address 
with no problem at all.  Have you tried a static address to make sure 
that you have physical connectivity?

Barbara Santorella

Dave Woodruff wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have been trying to get my Vista test machine to obtain an IP
> address automatically from our DHCP server, but have been unable to
> because the machine is giving itself a network autoconfiguration IP
> address, and I can't figure out how to stop it.
> 
> I have set "Obtain an IP address automatically" on the interface
> properties.  When I do an 'ipconfig/all', I see that both 'DHCP
> enabled' and 'Autoconfiguration enabled' are 'yes', and I find that
> the machine has gotten an IP address of 169.254.218.47.
> 
> Microsoft TechNet shows how to use netsh commands, and recommends the
> use of
> 
>     netsh lan> set autoconfig enabled={yes|no} interface="foo"
> 
> I have tried that, but it had no effect.
> 
> When I run 'ipconfig/renew' I get a time out and the error message
> "...unable to contact your DHCP server..."
> 
> Does anyone have experience with this problem?
> 
> 	    Regards,
> 
> 			Dave
> 
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