route table gone after cable disconnect

[PetervdM]

hi,

we have NT workstations that get a dhcp address, and after login a routing
table is applied depending on the ip address. so we can work transparently
over multiple locations.

we are planning now to migrate to XP, using the same technique. all is well,
except when there is a ( brief ) disconnection of the network cable. in that
case the ip address becomes 0.0.0.0, and consequently the routing table is
flushed. after the connection is restored, the ip address is also restored,
but the routing table is gone.

NT does not behave this way. if the cable is pulled, the dhcp address stays
put, so does the routing table.

does anyone know how to force w2k / xp to behave like NT regarding this
issue??

 

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

Hi,

You could try disabling media sense per this KB:

239924 How to Disable Media Sense for TCP/IP in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=239924


Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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[PetervdM]

marc,

thx for pointing me to this kb, i searched the knowledge base, but did not
find it.
works great. exactly what i was looking for!