Resetting Network Settings

[erouse]

I have a small office network set up with 5 wired computers. I am changing my
router to a Lynksys RV082 VPN router to allow employees access to our data
from home through VPN connection. Before I install the router I would like
to reset the network settings of each of the wired computers and then set up
a new workgroup. I was thinking of uninstalling the network cards through
the device manager and letting pnp reconfigure them when I reboot. Will
doing this clean up all the previous network card settings?

 

[EN59CVH]

See if this article helps:

<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357>

There is fix button as well to do it for you automatically.

hth

 

[Jack [MVP-Networking]]

Hi
In most cases it is Not necessary to do so.
Set all the cards to auto obtain and change the Network name.
Then put the new Router On the Network. The Router's DHCP would assign a New
IPs according to its DHCP range.
At this point, depending on your need you can assign Static IPs. or Static
DHCP.
When using VPN it is better to use some form of IPs that stay constant.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking).