[WinPartners] [Vista-testers] Vista? Network Autoconfiguration

[Dave Woodruff]

Hi All,

I found the problem!  Sorry if I wasted any of your time.  I was simply 
connected to the wrong LAN... should have taken a clue from that error 
message from 'ipconfig/renew' !!

		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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On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, 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
> ---
> email: dsw at mit.edu
> URL:   http://www.lns.mit.edu/~dsw
> phone: 617-253-6943
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