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If you’ve had the opportunity to play around with a beta version of Windows Vista you’ve probably noticed that many of the day to day admin tasks have slightly changed or have been moved from where you’ve been accustomed to.
It’s been over 5 years now since Windows XP was was released and that’s a lot of time for habits to form on how to access things. Well, it’s time to retrain our brains to the intricacies of Windows Vista. Today I’m going to cover how to statically configure a network card’s IP by using the windows GUI.
Configuring a Static IP in Vista
Click on the start orb to open a list of programs and content. The start menu has been replaced by the “start orb” which still gives you the same functionality as the start button from previous OS versions, but consumes less screen real estate.
Right click on “Network” and go to properties. That opens the “Network and Sharing Center” which is your central office for anything pertaining to (just as it says) networking or sharing resources.
On the left hand column you want to click on “Manage Network Connections.” This opens the Network Connections Window which you will find familiar to Windows 2000/XP. It will list all of your NICs or Wireless Connections.
Right click and go to properties of the connection you would like to statically assign. You will now be prompted for an administrative password. This is part of Microsoft’s new User Account Control (UAC) which will help unauthorized changes to your systems.
Once you have authenticated you will see the properties of the selected network connection. The properties screen is very similar to what you’ve seen in the past, but one thing you will likely notice is by default Windows Vista supports IPv6. If you’re on a corporate or government network that is running IPv6 you can fill in your IP information there.
Otherwise, you will select Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) and click properties. Now you will be able to enter in your IP, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, and DNS addresses and click OK.
Close the Network Connections Window and you’re running with your new IP.
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You should add that after doing this Vista automatically changes the network to Public, which means you can’t acess it from other computers. You have to then click ‘customize’ in the Network and Sharing Center then change it to ‘Private’.
how does give ip add in vista
very good
Very helpful thank you
i no how to get here..but its clear the guide u give..however i can connect to the network but cannot connect onto the internet….my IP comes up as 169.254….can anybody please help??
Hi el-
It sounds like you do not have DHCP setup on your router or network. The 169.254.xxx.xxx is from Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) which is something Vista and XP machines have enabled on them. If you have your IP set to obtain automatically and it is unable to find a DHCP server to obtain an IP from then it will revert to your alternative settings and then to APIPA.
If you do not have DHCP setup on your router/network but you know your IP settings for your gateway, subnet mask, and DNS Servers than you can follow the article and manually configure your IP address.
assigning an ip to vista is very much easy but after assinging it is communicate with network but not communicate with that pcs which have vista oreating system on network so vista to vista communication is problem after assinging it automatic ip address its communicating smoothly. is there any body have the solution of that
When you’re configuring a static IP address you need to make sure that your are properly configuring the IP on the correct subnet, your gateway is correct, your DNS is correct and that you’re IP does not conflict with any other hosts on that same subnet. That’s one of the great things about DHCP; once you’ve got DHCP configured properly it handles this for all of the hosts on a network.
My suggestion would be to watch our TCP/IP training videos which are available under the free training videos section. These should help you better understand TCP/IP and what is being configured when you set a static ip.
when you give help on a specific product you should actualy try following your instructions. Vista for example does not show a subnet mask – it shows a subnet prefix length. Also if your giving help do an example.
Hi Alex-
Thanks for the feedback. This article was written back on a release candidate of Vista over 2 years ago so some of the labels may have changed with the final release. Thanks for pointing that out.
We’ll be heading to TechEd this week so I’m not sure if my schedule allows for it, but I’ll add a quick video to my todo list.
Thanks.
This all works well and good.
but could someone please explain this?
after setting up my static ip and forwarding the ports needed. when i restart my pc my ip changes and it goes back to “auto find IP”
ow can i make it so the static IP is constant even after a restart?
Hi Everyone-
Alex, in response to your question about the subnet mask vs. subnet prefix length I’m not sure if that is just because we’re using different versions of Vista or we’re looking at two different spots, but in the US version of Vista Business and Vista Enterprise it is labeled Subnet Mask.
Drazor, couple things I’d look into. 1) make sure there aren’t any group policies that are being applied to force Obtain an IP Address Automatically. 2) Make sure that after clicking ok you check you IP address to see if the static IP is truly being applied. Other than that I can’t think of anything off the top of my head, but I’ll ask around to see if anyone else has run into that issue before.
Video Coming Soon!! need to re-install my VM and I’ll get it posted after the long weekend.
Video is now live. Let me know if you still have questions.
Nice…. ty..,,,,, very usefull
I have the same problem as Drazor.
Running Vista Ultimate on two computers, desktop and laptop.
On the desktop computer I installed a USB WLAN adapter and configured the network with a static-IP. Pressed APPLY then OK. Everything worked fine until a reboot. After a reboot IP changes to 169.254.xxx.xxx, but subnet and gateway are still as I wanted them to be. Going back to the settings shows everything correct as I typed it before rebooting, but the IP in reality is 169.254.xxx.xxx. Only way to get it functioning again is to change it back to DHCP, APPLY and then OK and then go back and write in the static IP settings again, APPLY and OK. Then it will work again until next reboot.
Same situation on my laptop with a integrated WLAN card.
I solved this by making a .bat script in the STARTUP folder that forces the settings every time Vista Ultimate boots. The code that it’s running is:
netsh interface ip set address name=”WLAN” static 192.168.2.3 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.1 1
Works great, but I still don’t understand what is causing the original problem.
That is so strange. It’s almost like your NICs are resetting every time you reboot. The 169.254.x.x IP address you’re getting is an automatic private IP Windows will assign when the NIC is set to dynamic IP and no dhcp server can be found.
I’m goin got ask around and see if anyone has ever run into this problem before.
Have you tried to set your static IP address in the alternate configuration tab? I’m wondering if that will remain after the reboot and with the network not having a DHCP server it will fail-over to that IP. It’s not a fix, but might be a work-a-round.
Just wanted to add that this problem does not occur on these same computers when I use wired LAN and static IP. Only occurs with WLAN
Hi thanks very much for your video. I have setup the static IP with all the steps you showed in the vid, but when I type IP config at the end the IPv4 address stays the same for some reason (192.168.2.4). Even though the properties < internet protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4) is registered as 192.168.2.41!
Please could you help me out! Thanks very much, Pete
Hi Peter-
Do you have multiple NICs in your computer? 2 Wired NICs or a Wired and a Wireless?
The reason I ask is if you have multiple interfaces its possible to set one to static and one to dynamic. Then when you go to ipconfig make sure that your looking at the correct interface.
Another thing to check is if you run ipconfig /release it will release your dynamic IP and then you can configure statically. This normally isn’t required, but sometimes it helps to clear everything out and start from scratch.
Let me know if this helps.
-Gary
Don’t forget to run ipconfig from cmd.exe window to get the default gateway, in case you don’t know what it is. Vista requires an entry. If you leave it blank in the ipV4 settings, it confuses Vista and Vista calls it an “unknown network.”
There a change I had to make to the IPv4 address. Instead of 192.168.1.1, I had to use 192.168.1.11 – so I could use 192.168.1.1 as the default gateway.
Also, I had to use my IP’s DNS servers in the appropriate DNS boxes in the “Use these DNS server addresses” fields.
This may seem intuitive to many, but some people will save some Google time by following these tips.
Thanks Robby. All good tips.
What do I use for the last number of the ip address as you used 41 …..It shows DHCP server when i open ipconfig /all…im lost please help ????Do i just type in the ip address as given or something else …in simpler form please thanks well in advance
I need help for the ip config address the last number…..do i just type in whats given with the ip address…cause when i type in ip config /all I see the DHCP server do i use that please help
Hi Jimmy-
The last octet or number in this case is the host number and based on the subnet can be any number between 1-254 that isn’t being used by another host(computer or network device) on that same network. I chose 41 because on that network we have DHCP configured and I knew the range on that DHCP Server didn’t include 41 meaning it would never assign another computer to that same IP address.
To find out the DCHP Server’s range you need to log onto it whether its a physical server or just a home router.
I strongly suggest reviewing the Free TCP/IP Videos we have here: /free-video-training/tcpip-fundamentals-training-videos/
I think they’ll help clarify even more.
Ok well if u do this and u dont have a router but u have a static ip isnt there a risk of ur ISP banning you from connecting to the internet?
If you’re doing this without a router you MUST use the IP address, DNS, and Gateway that your ISP has given you. Not because they’ll ban you, but because the IP’s used in this video/article are for private networks. They won’t be able to talk with your ISP’s network. Most personal internet accounts only come with one public ip, business come with more. This IP is just your public IP, your static IPs on your home computers are going to be your private IPs and the router(or you can setup a computer as a router/NAT server, but this is more complicated) shares the internet access and creates your private network.
For security reasons as well as lack of public IP addresses available, you don’t want to have public IPs for every computer you have. The private network allows you to build a “safer” zone and almost all routers use a technology called NAT that allows you to funnel that public traffic to the correct system on your local network.
hi, I have a question. what does it mean when you go into command prompt and it says, ipconfig is not recognized internal or external. I dont know what to do. I have a windows vista laptop and one day my wireless connection just stop working. I tried to trouble shoot the best I can. is it possible that I may need a new wireless adapter? because the wireless card is not reading from my 2wire network. but it runs off of Wi-Fi.
I thought i had a static ip, and i called my isp. They said i had a dynamic ip. I have tried every method to change my IP address NONE of them worked. I don’t know much about this kind of stuff but all i know is i dont have a modem and i have wireless built in to my modem. If anyone has any methods in changing my ip address please tell me. I searched up my ISP up and lots of other people have been having the same problem they call it a “sticky ip” so yea.
Hi Moneta-
I’m afraid that probably isn’t good news. That means your operating system isn’t seeing any network interface devices. It could just be that the device drivers got corrupted, but could also mean the device burnt out.
I would start by re-installing your device drivers and verify that your wireless card isn’t disable in the device manager or your BIOS(some systems you can enable and disable built-in devices in the BIOS.)
Hi Tim-
In the case where your ISP is giving you a dynamic IP address there is no way you’ll be able to set your public IP to a static address. This has to do with the communication between your modem and your ISP’s routers.
There are application our there link DynIP that you can install on your computer if you’re looking to be able to always be able to connect to a specific computer remotely.
If you’re looking to statically assign a private IP just for a local workstation then you’ll need to determine the IP address of your modem’s router as it will be your Gateway IP and you’ll need to know the subnet that your network is setup as. Much of this can be determined either by logging into your modem or going to the cmd prompt and typing ipconfig /all in order to see the settings that you’re getting dynamically.
Also, check out the Free TCP/IP Videos we have here: /free-video-training/tcpip-fundamentals-training-videos/
That will help get you caught up on the terms and protocols.
hi
very good help
Great training video for setting up an static ip address. One question: I have a wireless network at home and a wired network at the office with a static ip address.
How can I go back and forth between networks without creating problems for myself?
Hi Bob-
Good news. The wired and wireless network cards in your laptop have their own IP settings. You will be able to setup both with static IPs or one with dynamic one with static if you don’t have static IPs on both networks, but as you move from one network to the other it should route traffic out the device that is connected.
Gary,
Thanks again. You are so right. After I setup the static IP at work on our wired network following your video’s directions, I had internet access. When I got home that night and turned on my laptop, I was still able to connect with no fuss to my wireless network. All on auto-pilot.
IMHO – you have the best training site out there.
Bob
Thanks heaps Gary!
I just set it up on my computer and your step by step guide was awesome! Though when first setting it up my computer froze and i had to restart and reset the numbers again, but other than that it went fine! thanks so much!
Jono
It was very good as weel as very helpful for me ………….
I have installed vista in my laptop and with help of virtual machine I have installed server2008 and I wanted to connect those to so that I can learn a bit on networking as well as
I configured the static ip to vista as well as server 2008 which is installed in vmbox
but ip when I am pinging is not reachable .please direct me how to configure ip to both . Do I need to identify DNS server and gateway ip……If yes, what ip should I assign to my systems so that I am able to connect through both the systems…………..
Hello, I’m having issues sharing files with Vista and Windows 7. Do I have to statictly assign an ip address to the vista computer so windows 7 will see it? Please help
Neha-
My first question is:
Do you have the firewall on? It’s on by default and a good idea to keep on, but will actually blocks ICMP protocol which is how the ping command communicates. It’s possible they are able to communicate but not ping each other.
Can you access the server by going to \\servername\ ?
Are you sure you have the IP’s on the same subnet?
Damian-
No you do not need to have a static IP address to share files. The first place I’d check is to make sure that file and folder sharing and networking discovery is enabled.
Here is a quick link to do just that in Windows 7:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Enable-file-and-printer-sharing
Hi.
This is great.
But i have a problem.
When I’m finished he is saying that i can’t do it because another computer has the same like my computer.
So i don’t know what i need to do.
Please help me with a Mail.
Bye Mitch
Hi Michell-
All that means is the IP address you assigned to you computer has already been assigned to another computer or network device whether you assigned it statically or a DHCP server assigned it. Think of an IP like a social security number or a state ID. Everyone has to be different as it helps others locate and identify others.
In this case you need to assign an IP that isn’t used on your network. If you have a DHCP server setup on your wireless router or a Server on your network you’ll want to assign an IP outside the scope(usable #s) that is given to that DHCP server. A common scope or range for a DHCP server on a 192.168.1.0 network is 100-149. You’d want to assign your static IPs outside that range.
Best of luck.
thank’s..its nice…i alredy solve my problem
I’m having what seems to be a unique issue compared to what I’ve found on this particular problem with Vista (Home Premium svp2). When I set static IPs for 2 laptops I have running vista, it will only allow me access to the network but not to the internet. For some reason the only way they are able to access the internet is if I allow the DHCP server to assign an IP address to them. My other 2 computers on the network run XP and have no issues whatsoever…..any suggestions.
Hi Robert-
Sounds to me like when you configure your static IP either your Gateway or more likely your DNS is miss configured. When you have your IPs dynamically set, run “ipconfig /all” in your cmd prompt. See what is listed as the gateway and DNS and try using those IPs for gateway and DNS when you configure statically.
Let me know if this helps.
really awesome guide, Thanks!
I noticed in ipconfig that my dhcp is not enabled and ip routing also disabled. is this a problem and if how do i fix. thanks bob.
Hi Bob-
I’m not exactly sure what you’re having trouble with, but if you don’t have obtain IP automatically enabled, you won’t have DHCP enabled. Static IP addresses disable DHCP so you set your IP address manually instead of via DHCP.
Have you considered a static ip video for win 7?
Hi Andy,
Yes we have! It will be available very soon. Thanks for your suggestion!
Kasia
i watched your piece. i have windows 7 and it wont connect to my hub via wireless just ethernet.why its driving me nuts. i followed instuctions for vista and manually put in my ip add e.t.c but still nothing my xbox live still works so i no it is my new lap top and pos a problem with ipv6 /ipv4. please help…..
Hi Nikki-
I’d suggest a couple of things. First would be to make sure the NIC is not looking for an IPv6 address. This can be done by removing the check box next to IPv6 in the Wireless Network Connection Properties panel. Ultimately, I doubt this is the issue because unless the router is sending out a IPv6 IP Address then the IPv6 you have assigned is nothing more than an auto assigned or self assigned IP address which then your system would use the IPv4 address designated to the NIC. As I type right now I’m on a Windows 7 with IPv6 enabled but I’m connected to my router via IPv4.
Second, verify that you have the correct subnet information. Some routers like the one I demo come with the 192.168.1.x subnet (network identifying portion of IP) (with the x being the host identifying portion of the IP address) while other routers may use other subnets like 192.168.0.x. The important part is to make sure your static ip is on the same subnet and you’ve got your gateway and DNS configured properly.
Hope this helps,
Gary a great day
He there,
thanks for the simple but very effective video!
However I noticed (in ipconfig /all) my DNS server did not show the same adress as my ”default gateway” is. It is totally different……Is that a bad thing???:P
thanks!!
and greets,
Armand
Hi Armand-
This can be a good or a bad situation. Ultimately, the IPs you enter need to be correct so if one isn’t correct then its a bad thing. However, many networks you will have different servers for your default gateway and your DNS. That is the case here at Train Signal. Our Default gateway(layer 3 switch) connects our local network with our public network. Our DNS server is on a physical server on our local network. Each device has a seperate IP address.
In the article and video they were the same due to the network I was working with. Most home routers (dlink, linksys, etc…) end up acting as both the default gateway and DNS for a local home network because you don’t have a seperate DNS server.
Hope this helps and let me know if you have any more questions.
Hi!
I read in an earlier thread that “where your ISP is giving you a dynamic IP address there is no way you’ll be able to set your public IP to a static address.” I am quite the computer novice so apologies if my explanation is difficult to understand….
I assume my ISP is giving a dynamic IP as the last three octaves change each time I connect (90.x.x.x)
I have been trying to establish a connection from my the internet on my laptop (wireless internet via usb key) to my ps3 via an ethernet.
I have unchecked the IPv6 box in networking (my OS is Windows7) and attempted to assign the ethernet with a static IP address. I have also checked the boxes of my LAN connection to allow ICS.
The ethernet refuses to establish a connnection, stating it is an unidentified (public) network. When I open up the ethernets “status”, it details the static ip address and subnet mask that I have assigned, in addition to an Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address: 169.254.213.241 and IPv4 Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0. Upon reviewing threads I understand this is the automatic IP that my machine assigns to itself when it has no response from DHCP.
So i guess my questions are:
Is it possible to establish a network given my situation? If so, how? Or, is the only way around this to purchase a router?
Thanks,
By the way, very good online tutorials… has given me a much better understanding of the basic concepts.
Hi Aaron-
Couple things I can offer up.
1) if the wireless internet is local then you should be able to use the PS3 to connect locally to the same router that your laptop usb key is connecting too.
2) If the USB key/wireless internet your using is a Mobile Broadband internet like Clear, Sprint, AT&T, Verizon, etc… then there are two options I see. Best practices is going to be to get a router like CraddlePoint’s MBR1000 Mobile Broadband ‘N’ Router | 3G/4G Wireless Router. This would then allow you to connect up to 64 devices to your mobile broadband via the USB on the router that you’d connect the USB key to. (Verify your device is supported) This option however is pretty costly, $275 retail. Assuming your mobile broadband device doesnt’ support MiFi which is basically built in routing.The alternative would be the path your down now, but with a few tweaks. You’ll need a cross-over cable or a switch. Cross-over cable is a CAT5e cable that instead of being wired straight swaps 4 of the wires on each end. This is automatically done by a switch which is why that is another option. Connect the crossover cable from the PS3 to the laptop. This creates an ad-hoc network. Then make sure you have ICS enable correctly and you should be able to pass the internet through your device. The laptop must be on for this to work.
Its been a little while since I played around with this and believe that you dont have to do any addition IP configuration, but let me know if you’re still having trouble and I can see if we can play around with it here is the office. I knew the PS3 in our lounge would come in handy for business one day
Have a great day and good luck.
Wondering why my internet seems to drop connection every so often. I just assigned my static IP a few days ago, and it seems like I lose connectivity every so often. I’m not sure what is causing it. Can you think of anything that would cause this problem? It seems like once I unplug and replug the router it reconnects for some period of time, then drops again.
When I run the diagnose and repair (vista) it says my modem or router is not available. I am running a linksys router and haven’t had problems until I made a static ip.
Hi Ky-
Is the IP address you’re statically assigning outside of the DHCP scope of the router. On a linksys router the default is normally 192.168.1.100-192.168.1.149. If you assign a static IP address. Make sure it is outside of that range. If not what happens is the router can give that IP to another device and when you have two devices on the same network with the same IP one or neither depending on the network can communicate.
Also make sure the router has updated firmware and it isn’t overheating. I’ve had issues with this before, but since it didn’t start happening until you assigned a static IP, I doubt these are the cause.
I wonder how http://www.whatismy?p.com can see my ?P and report it to me when I log on to them but why windows Vista has no commands to show it to me … ?T is my personal info … which can be read by a site but not by myself.. this is an insult ..
and whether I can change my static IP to its original one after I execute your instructions …
Hi Metin-
Whatismyip.com is simly taking information that you can get from any website/browser/computer. Your IP address is not a private item. Its actually very similar to a street address of a house or appartment. It is the way that your computer/web browser communicated with a webserver that is hosting the website. The IP address tells the data which way to go to get to and from your system as it touches each router along the way. The IP address that whatismyip.com shows you is your public IP address so many times this is going to be the IP address of your router or cable modem or DSL modem. You’re computer itself when you perform ipconfig will show you your private IP of your computer and not your public IP, unless you have a public IP assigned to the computer.
I hope this help you understand what’s going on. Let me know if there is anything else I can help you understand.
Greetings.
Wanna ask a question. I did all of it in my neighbour’s laptop, but it still cannot connect to internet. When I typed ipconfig in cmd, it says Ip number with (prefered) beside it.
I never use vista, and I never had a problem like this in xp. I can connect using my xp’s laptop, but still cannot connect with vista.
What is wrong with the laptop???
Hi-
I personally have never seen (prefered) next to the ip, but the two places I’d start to look into are:
- is the drive of the NIC compatible with vista or does it need an update
- is there an alternative IP assigned or alternative NIC or wireless NIC that is in the system
Thank you for your responses.
- It’s compatible. My neighbour said that he can connect with the connection in his office with that laptop.
- Yes, there’s 5 alternative IP for that. We also gives wireless connection. But still cannot connect even if i check the button to acquire ip automatically.
Hey great information–I was wondering about wireless hookup for gaming. I have Netgear with Bellsouth DSL.
My friend is in Thailand and I am in New Orleans area. I would like to use internet/tcp connection to play game (age of empires) against him (Computer to computer) instead of going on a gaming site–mainly b/c we lose connection to gaming sites 95% of the time while playing. Very frustrating to say the least. we both have WiFi setup
Is there any way to “call” his computer–like we use to do when we had phone modem-to play game against each other?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks so much
Marc
Hi Marc-
This would only be allowed if the game has that feature built in. Many of these game require connection to the game server to act as teh middle man from a control and security standpoint. It also makes it easier for the masses that wouldn’t know what their IP was if they were required to know it for connection.
As a Age of Empires player myself back in the day. I believe the only way to do that would be if you are on the same local network. One way to fool the game into thinking this would be to connect to one of your networks via VPN. It may not work if the bandwidth isn’t enough, but its worth a try.
Hi,
i’m not sure i am posting my problem in the right section but if anybody’s willing to take a look it will be greatly appreciated.
I have a fiber connection at home and i used to be connected by utp cable straight from the wall to my networkcard in my pc.
I tried to set up a wireless network a couple of days ago (not in place right now) and since then i have reverted to my old setup of a straight connection from the wall pod to my pc. However, since i played around with the wireless network i have a strange problem and that is that i keep losing my gateway configuration.
I mean: in the tcp/ipv4 settings where i fill out my (static) ip, subnet, dns etc. etc. the line reserved for standard gateway will be empty after every reboot of the computer.
I then fill it in again, i get internet connection and everything works a usual but the next mornig after i start up the computer its gone again. Note that this ONLY affects my gateway adress, all the others will be still there.
anybody got an idea?
Jorrit
Thank you man really helpfull most people make it very unclear and way to fast and i always did the dns wrong cause no one showed me =D
Great vid, clear and helpfull
@jorrit
It’s different, but I’ll help you as much as I can. The first thing that came to my mind is what type of wireless router did you buy? I know many of them come with a CD that if you have a working internet conneciton on a single computer like you do, you put the disc into the computer before even plugging the router in. Then it saves all the settings of your connection. Then it has you connect the wireless router and sends all those settings to the router and configures it automatically. That would be the easiest way if it works.
Otherwise you can do the manual way. This is going to require you to get some info from your ISP about your connection. Then once you have the info on the router you’ll log into the local ip and enter the info manually.
Not being familiar enough with your ISP or how they have their systems configured, I’m not sure on the gateway configuration getting lost. My assumption is some setting with the type of connection, assuming you set it up manually and it isn’t dynamic, is incorrect.
The other thing I’d make sure is the Wireless router isn’t still connected to the system. I seen that happen where you’re troubleshooting the wired connection, but the wireless router is still on in the house or office and not connected to the internet, but your system is still getting dhcp from it wirelessly.
I hope some or any of this helps. Best of luck.
You can find alternative guide to Finding files on this site: http://computing-tips.net/Change_IP_Address_Windows_7/ . They are very thorough on the subject.
Thanks Wiseman,
We also covered how to configure a static IP address in Windows 7: /windows-7-ip-addressing/2010-08-19/
Along with Advanced Network Configuration Tips for Windows 7 users: /windows-7-advanced-network-configuration/2010-09-09/
thanks a lot man really helpful. much better and easier to follow that portforward.com’s guide lol.
PERFECT THANK YOU SOOO MUCH<3
That it work on Windows 7.
Hey, great guide but I have a question.
I accidentally did the wrong steps and made a mistake on the static ip and I was wondering how to change it back to default…
Thanks.
Hi Joe-
If you had a static IP address in there before there is no way to get that back and you’d need to figure out what the info was (probably provided to you via a ISP)
The other option would be to just flip back over to Automatically Obtain IP Address. If you have DHCP on your network (maybe via a SOHO router) it will give you an IP.
I hope this helps and let me know if you need more clarification.
when i press OK after im finsihed filling in the numbers it comes up with an error saying: “WARNING – Multiple default gateways are intended to provide redundancy to a single network”
PLEASE HELP!
It sounds like there is a situation where you’re entering a IP that isn’t on the same subnet as the gateway. Here is some quick info on classful vs. classless routing (http://www.routeralley.com/ra/docs/classless_classful.pdf).
Double check to make sure you’ve got the correct IP address, gateway, and subnet. If those are correct. Verify that the IP and gateway are mathematically on the same subnet.
If you want to post your settings you’ve entered. I’d be more than happy to review and see if something is a miss.
I’ve set up home networks for my home computers without problems before, but it seems that now, any time I assign a static IP address to a Vista machine, I lose internet access. Suggestions?
Are you trying different IPs or just one specific IP on that machine?
Couple steps I would take:
pre-1) In troubleshooting “Always make sure the physical connection is working,” this could be Ethernet cord or wireless connection to router.
1) try a different IP if you’ve only tried one. It is possible that your are trying to assign an IP that is already given to another device on the network. Could be a printer, another computer, TV, mobile device, etc… (you can check your dhcp leases on your router to verify whats in use and what isn’t)
2) Verify your gateway and subnet addresses are correct. If you can ping those addresses and get responses then its probably your DNS, if you can’t then you’ve more than likely got your Vista machine on the wrong subnet or pointed to the wrong gateway.
3) Verify DNS addresses are correct. You can always use Google’s DNS if your current DNS isn’t working – 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4 or google their IPv6 addresses if you’re using IPv6.
4) If you still have troubles with the connection try a dynamic IP setting and see if that works. If it works then there is something being entered incorrectly when setting up the static. If it doesn’t work there is probably a wider problem that exists.
Let me know if any of this works.
-Gary
Any reason that under manage connections nothing shows even though I am connected to the internet? I wanted to change the dns numbers for my network but can not seem to get into it. Is there any other way to get to the properties screen for the network?
Do you currently have internet access on that machine? If not then you may have a drive problem and I would go into device manager and verify that the NIC is properly installed.
I’m going to have to setup a Vista VM to play around with and see if I can get the properties up without seeing a device.
The other thing you might try is going to the command prompt (cmd.exe) and run ipconfig to see if the device is showing up at all on the system.
Hope this helps
Been having trouble accessing one particular site from home connection for the past few weeks. Did a search for a fix and landed here. Your fix worked like a charm. Thank you!
Ron,
Here is link to a forum post on Technet where it seems as though others are having a similar problem:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/itprovistanetworking/thread/19daf9d3-48ef-40c4-82ba-3e8931189486/
If you read all the way through it there are a number of suggestions of which some people replied having success.
Ed
Awesome to hear. Glad we could help.
Hi, just a quick note that you might find useful/ interesting…
I found this forum when i had a problem with the same symptoms as ” Dany on June 30, 2009, 3:38 pm” – the static ip address on a wireless adapter was (reverting to) an auto-ip allocated 169.254.xx.xx address.
I discovered that this was due to an ip conflict – the intetesting (for us geeks!) part being that windows (7 in this case) *doesn’t inform you of the conflict* when it tries to connect to the network!
Something to watch out for
Hi Calumn,
Thanks for sharing with everyone. Definitely a great thing to check for early in the troubleshooting for anyone having that issue.
When I set a static IP address, then later restart my router/PC, I am unable to connect to the Internet. Connection to the router itself and my home network isn’t a problem. The Windows Troubleshooter says that the DNS Server I input is wrong, even though I used the same ones that come up after a ipconfig /all command.
This is all just to try forwarding a port to set up a Minecraft server… What a hassle.
Hi J-
Are you entering a private IP for DNS or a public IP?
You can always try one of Google’s Public DNS
IPv4 Addresses are:
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
IPv6 addresses are:
2001:4860:4860::8888
2001:4860:4860::8844