[WinPartners] Vista? Network Autoconfiguration

[Dave Woodruff]

Hi Barbara,

Yes, no problems with physical connectivity.  Looks like the problem is 
restricted to my machine, though, if you had no trouble.

		Dave

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David S. Woodruff
MIT Lab for Nuclear Science
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Cambridge, MA, 02139
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On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Barbara Santorella wrote:

> 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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> > David S. Woodruff
> > MIT Lab for Nuclear Science
> > 24-030g, MIT
> > 77 Massachusetts Avenue
> > Cambridge, MA, 02139
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> > email: dsw at mit.edu
> > URL:   http://www.lns.mit.edu/~dsw
> > phone: 617-253-6943
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