System IP

[Shenan Stanley]

Can anyone tell me where/how to set the system IP address?

Why do you need one?

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

Such as:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=how+to+set+the+Windows+XP+IP+address

Examples from the above search:
http://www.answers.vt.edu/ask4help/connection/vtkb697.htm
http://www.home-network-help.com/set-ip.html
http://www.tech-faq.com/how-do-i-set-a-static-ip-address-in-windows.shtml
http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm

After seeing the results above, I would probably go back and modify the
Google search to:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=how+to+set+a+static+IP+address+in+Windows+XP

Which gets me pages like:
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/workingwithipaddresses/qt/staticipaddress.htm
http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_configure_my_static_ip_address.html

Good luck!

 

[inkleputDEL]

Can anyone tell me where/how to set the system IP address?


JimL

 

[inkleputDEL]

Why do you need one?

Having a LAN problem I was advised to run PC-Doctor. That told me, among
other things, that my system IP address might be wrong.


JimL

 

[inkleputDEL]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=how+to+set+the+Windows+XP+IP+address

I guess I'm in real trouble here. The process takes me through Device
Manager to a place where TCP/IP seems not to be installed (my LAN worked
for over a year) and must be (re)installed. The installation pick list
doesn't even show TCP/IP.

I ran the network installation wizard and it failed, saying it couldn't
configure the network.

Thanks

JimL

 

[David B.]

And the "LAN problem" is?
PC-Doctor will have no clue what your IP should be and whether it is wrong
or right. Post here with any problem you might be having.

 

[Jim]

I guess I'm in real trouble here. The process takes me through Device
Manager to a place where TCP/IP seems not to be installed (my LAN worked
for over a year) and must be (re)installed. The installation pick list
doesn't even show TCP/IP.

I ran the network installation wizard and it failed, saying it couldn't
configure the network.

Thanks

JimL

--

America always does the right thing, but only after exhausting all other
possibilities, Winston
Churchhill.

Perhaps your NIC has gone to the graveyard.

Your system should get a dynamic IP address from a dhcp server.
It should get a fixed IP address from the HOSTS file (but you must know what
the IP address should be).

But, since the wizard gave up, you have more important things to consider.

Jim

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Having a LAN problem I was advised to run PC-Doctor. That told me, among
other things, that my system IP address might be wrong.

Perhaps asking in a networking newsgroup would be more beneficial.

 

[inkleputDEL]

"David B." <[email protected]> said:

Also, ipconfig /all shows me some IP addresses that have no local
significance.

And the "LAN problem" is?
PC-Doctor will have no clue what your IP should be and whether it is
wrong or right. Post here with any problem you might be having.

Suddenly (after over a year of using the LAN) when attempting to access my
desktop from my laptop I got an error saying "The network path was not
found." I got similar reports from the desktop end. Both machines
declared the hardware to be functioning correctly. I went to check that
the IP addresses were right (a habit developed under win98) and couldn't
even find them.

What are the functions of Local Area Connections -> properties ->
"Microsoft TCP/IP version 6" versus "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)"?

My memory serves me very badly when attempting to remember bits and pieces
- networking or otherwise. However my impression was that "Internet
Protocol (TCP/IP)" would have nothing to do with local networking, rather
with my dial-up connection. But the "Microsoft TCP/IP version 6"
Properties button is grayed out (altho "Uninstall" is not) and clicking on
Install ends up getting me nothing. I guess the question is, do I even
have a TCP/IP in the LAN. I really don't know, but then there's a huge
amount about networking that I do not know.

Thanks

JimL

 

[inkleputDEL]

"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" <[email protected]> said:

Perhaps asking in a networking newsgroup would be more beneficial.

You'd think so.

But in networking newsgroups you find genius types who reply only in
super-tech network buzz words, refuse to answer at all if you don't ask
your questions exactly right and if you don't "get it" they assume you are
a lazy bum who never even tries.

On this current problem I asked at yet another one. I was referred to a
blog with a list of things to do to check out your problem. Check this.
Make sure of that. But there was nothing explaining how to do most of
those checks. In other words, they were designed for networking
professionals who already know what they are doing and simply need another
perspective. I told him I couldn't follow his list and he replied that I
wasn't trying, etc., etc., etc. All completely typical of networking NGs
I've had the displeasure of trying to get help from. No disrespect
intended, but I've found geniuses to be quite incapable of dealing with
non-geniuses.

Thanks

JimL