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July 26th 08, 02:10 PM
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CANNOT change connection from PUBLIC (Preferred) to Private.
BACKGROUND: I have a linksys router connected to a DSL broadband connection
at home. I have a couple of laptops (both with dual connections for wired and wireless), a desktop and a printer. I introduced another laptop which I was setting up and configuring for a friend into the mix which acquired the remaining IP connection on the router (sometimes I can't see the forest for the trees). When I turned on my inspiron to use it, it could not connect to the internet. This particular laptop is one that I carry with me and is used on several private networks as well as using the at&t wifi public network, so I can stop and use free wifi when I'm traveling. Thinking the router was the problem, I reconfigured it from scratch. All of the other devices reconnected flawlessly and are working fine. PROBLEM: While reconfiguring it finally dawned on me that I had used up all of the ports. I disconnected a device, so I could configure the inspiron. As it was the middle of the night when I was working on it, I THINK I might have defined the connection for home as public. I can change it to private using the network and control center, but it does not pick up the private network name. It says UNIDENTIFED NETWORK. Let's just say it - I know enough to be dangerous, but I'm not a network professional. I have disabled the wireless connection and have been working with only the LAN connection. I can tell from IPCONFIG /ALL that it has a PREFERRED connection address that is public and releasing it does not free it from the PREFERRED public connection. I have customized the connection using the Network and Sharing center from PUBLIC to PRIVATE. It will accept the change in name, but it does not really do anything as the IP address is still showing an external address for the broadband connection. If I release and renew it goes back to public. As seen in some other posts, I have disabled the IPV6 option. Could someone please help me either repair this connection definition or delete it, so I can start from scratch? THANK YOU! 
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July 26th 08, 08:28 PM
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CANNOT change connection from PUBLIC (Preferred) to Private.
please post the text results from this.
also what router exactly (model and hardware version) and what firmware? On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:10:00 -0700, Snapper wrote: I can tell from IPCONFIG /ALL that it has a PREFERRED connection address that is public and releasing it does not free it from the PREFERRED public connection. -- Barb Bowman MS-MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com
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July 26th 08, 10:16 PM
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CANNOT change connection from PUBLIC (Preferred) to Private.
Linksys WRT300N v1.1 Wireless-N Broadband Router
Firmware is: v1.51.2 Also, my OS is VISTA HOME PREMIUM with SVC PACK 1 Here is the IPCONFIG /ALL followed by the results of the IPCONFIG /Release THANKS! Susie Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001] Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Windows\system32ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Susie-PC Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-09-4E-44-CE DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.174.203(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7: 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* 11: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes C:\Windows\system32ipconfig /release Windows IP Configuration Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.174.203 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0 Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : C:\Windows\system32 "Barb Bowman" wrote: please post the text results from this. also what router exactly (model and hardware version) and what firmware? On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:10:00 -0700, Snapper wrote: I can tell from IPCONFIG /ALL that it has a PREFERRED connection address that is public and releasing it does not free it from the PREFERRED public connection. -- Barb Bowman MS-MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com
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July 27th 08, 11:36 AM
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CANNOT change connection from PUBLIC (Preferred) to Private.
169.254.*.* is *NOT* a public IP, it is automatic addressing used by
Windows when DHCP fails. First, insure that the WRT300N is indeed set up as a router, and not as a bridge. You may want to reset to factory defaults temporarily. Also, please see http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/928233/en-us On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:16:00 -0700, Snapper wrote: Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.174.203(Preferred) -- Barb Bowman MS-MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com
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July 29th 08, 12:54 AM
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CANNOT change connection from PUBLIC (Preferred) to Private.
Thanks for all of the replies. Turns out it continued to get worse until I
started having the Blue screen of death. The network adapter died. Thank goodness it is under warranty. ;0) Have a great week! Susie "Barb Bowman" wrote: 169.254.*.* is *NOT* a public IP, it is automatic addressing used by Windows when DHCP fails. First, insure that the WRT300N is indeed set up as a router, and not as a bridge. You may want to reset to factory defaults temporarily. Also, please see http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/928233/en-us On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:16:00 -0700, Snapper wrote: Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.174.203(Preferred) -- Barb Bowman MS-MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com
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July 29th 08, 09:45 AM
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CANNOT change connection from PUBLIC (Preferred) to Private.
thanks for the update.
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:54:01 -0700, Snapper wrote: Thanks for all of the replies. Turns out it continued to get worse until I started having the Blue screen of death. The network adapter died. Thank goodness it is under warranty. ;0) Have a great week! Susie "Barb Bowman" wrote: 169.254.*.* is *NOT* a public IP, it is automatic addressing used by Windows when DHCP fails. First, insure that the WRT300N is indeed set up as a router, and not as a bridge. You may want to reset to factory defaults temporarily. Also, please see http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/928233/en-us On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:16:00 -0700, Snapper wrote: Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.174.203(Preferred) -- Barb Bowman MS-MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com -- Barb Bowman MS-MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com
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