NIC will not retain static settings

[superdave1984]

This is really ticking me off since this PC is critical to one department. The computer requires a static IP for a VPN connection. I put in the manual settings, hit OK and it works. Until the PC is rebooted or you click the network connection properties. Then it has the ticks for DHCP instead of static. Is there a registry setting I can change to force this to retain the settings?

 

[Bruce]

Is the static IP out of the DHCP range?

 

[S0ULphIRE]

^ shouldn't make any difference. That's the thing about static addresses, they dun really care about dhcp.

found one solution

How about reserving the IP on your router using the NIC's MAC address and allowing the OS to use DHCP. You should then have the static address you desire; that's how I do it anyway

Onboard LAN loses static IP on reboot - HEXUS.community discussion forums


somethign else for teh router (just in case)

Make sure you save the config after you make a change (use "wr mem" command).
Also, check if your boot config-register set to proper value (it should be 0x2102, and if it's not, do the command "conf 0x2102 in the configuration mode).

aaand, one last thing

If you are truly using a PPP connection, then try using ip address negotiated
instead. This is what I use and my ISP assigns the same static address every time.

Re: Static IP lost after reload

hope one of those helps