When I purchased my new desktop with Vista pre-installed, I had the
Unidentified Network problem and solved it by setting the default gateway to
the same IP address I'm using for my home lan. This worked, and I was able
to rename the network and everything was good, until I tried to connect my
laptop to my workgroup and copy a file over. I then discovered that the
Unidentified Network had returned. This is only an issue with my workgroup
NIC and does not affect my Internet connection. Hopefully, I'm not rambling
too much.

NIC 1: connected to Netgear switch using a static IP address and used for my
LAN - Unidentified Network
NIC 2: connected to Netgear router using DHCP used for Internet access -
called Earthlink.

any helps/insights would be greatly appreciated.

I guess it would help, if I included my ipconfig /all, so here it is.
Qcontinuum is the adapter, which isn't functioning fully as I'd like.


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : *****
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : earthlink.net
System Quarantine State . . . . . : Not Restricted


Ethernet adapter Qcontinuum:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82566DC Gigabit Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-D1-79-D5-6C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.69.155(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Earthlink DSL:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : earthlink.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Desktop Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-21-05-0B-C4
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::68a4:a092:9a28:7990%10(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.4(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, July 25, 2008 8:04:49 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, July 28, 2008 8:04:48 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{FE7018F4-5270-422E-B91B-0EE47C6867F0}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : earthlink.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.earthlink.net
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes