can't clear gateway IP when switching wireless networks(work & home)

[Niteowl]

Hi,

I am trying to get a school owned laptop to work at the teacher's home on
her wireless setup.

I have been to her home, and after about 45 minutes of trying to force a
release and renew of the ipconfig parameters, I noticed the gateway IP was
not changing to her home linksys setup, but still looking for the school's
10.xxx.xxx.xxx gateway..

I attempted the "ipconfig /release and /renew" which did give me 0.0.0.0.
and on renewing, gave me all correct numbers except the gateway... the DHCP
is assigning numbers okay, but the gateway info will not change to the home
setup.

I deleted all (both) network profiles and entered them again from scratch,
but the 10.xxx. gateway still appeared. I can find no way to manually
change that number in the wireless adapters console.

I did not attempt to manually set the tcp/ip using the windows properties /
tcp/ip properties tab as I'm using the Dell console software to manage the
adapter.

In the meantime, I've read a lot of stuff here about what seems to be
related issues, but can't find a definite answer that I have not already
tried, so am hoping someone has some other options I can go in with on
Friday.

thanks,
niteowl

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Hi,

I am trying to get a school owned laptop to work at the teacher's home on
her wireless setup.

I have been to her home, and after about 45 minutes of trying to force a
release and renew of the ipconfig parameters, I noticed the gateway IP was
not changing to her home linksys setup, but still looking for the school's
10.xxx.xxx.xxx gateway..

I attempted the "ipconfig /release and /renew" which did give me 0.0.0.0.
and on renewing, gave me all correct numbers except the gateway... the
DHCP is assigning numbers okay, but the gateway info will not change to
the home setup.

It may be explicitly specified rather than detected.

I deleted all (both) network profiles and entered them again from scratch,
but the 10.xxx. gateway still appeared. I can find no way to manually
change that number in the wireless adapters console.

I did not attempt to manually set the tcp/ip using the windows properties
/ tcp/ip properties tab as I'm using the Dell console software to manage
the adapter.

Take a look in the TCP/IP properties for the adapter to see if the gateway
is specified there, rather than being automatically detected.

Make a note or take screenshots of the settings, then set it to fully
automatic and see if the problem is resolved.

HTH
-pk

 

[Ben Lucas]

I am trying to get a school owned laptop to work at the teacher's home on
her wireless setup.

I have been to her home, and after about 45 minutes of trying to force a
release and renew of the ipconfig parameters, I noticed the gateway IP was
not changing to her home linksys setup, but still looking for the school's
10.xxx.xxx.xxx gateway..

I attempted the "ipconfig /release and /renew" which did give me 0.0.0.0.
and on renewing, gave me all correct numbers except the gateway... the
DHCP is assigning numbers okay, but the gateway info will not change to
the home setup.

I deleted all (both) network profiles and entered them again from scratch,
but the 10.xxx. gateway still appeared. I can find no way to manually
change that number in the wireless adapters console.

I did not attempt to manually set the tcp/ip using the windows properties
/ tcp/ip properties tab as I'm using the Dell console software to manage
the adapter.

In the meantime, I've read a lot of stuff here about what seems to be
related issues, but can't find a definite answer that I have not already
tried, so am hoping someone has some other options I can go in with on
Friday.

Open Control Panel and then open Network Connections
Right click Network Adapter, click Properties
Scroll through the list, Click to highlight Internet Protocol TCP/IP,
Click Properties

Default Gateway should be grayed out with the gateway IP listed
Write down the Default Gateway IP address (main)
Click Advanced..

In the Default Gateways section:
Write down the Gateway IP's listed and their Metric
Click Remove to remove each Gateway listed until section is blank
Checkmark in Automatic metric
Click OK three times to close all three applets

Right Click Network Adapter, click Repair to refresh the IP.

When the computer goes back to school you have to put the (main) gateways
back otherwise the computer may not have internet or network access.

 

[DanS]

Hi,

I am trying to get a school owned laptop to work at the teacher's home
on her wireless setup.

I have been to her home, and after about 45 minutes of trying to force
a release and renew of the ipconfig parameters, I noticed the gateway
IP was not changing to her home linksys setup, but still looking for
the school's 10.xxx.xxx.xxx gateway..

I attempted the "ipconfig /release and /renew" which did give me
0.0.0.0. and on renewing, gave me all correct numbers except the
gateway... the DHCP is assigning numbers okay, but the gateway info
will not change to the home setup.

I deleted all (both) network profiles and entered them again from
scratch, but the 10.xxx. gateway still appeared. I can find no way to
manually change that number in the wireless adapters console.

I did not attempt to manually set the tcp/ip using the windows
properties / tcp/ip properties tab as I'm using the Dell console
software to manage the adapter.

In the meantime, I've read a lot of stuff here about what seems to be
related issues, but can't find a definite answer that I have not
already tried, so am hoping someone has some other options I can go in
with on Friday.

thanks,
niteowl

Simple way to temporarily change the gw....

1) Open a command prompt.
2) Type: Route Delete 0.0.0.0 <press return>
3) Type: Route Add 0.0.0.0 Mask 0.0.0.0 (Enter New GW IP) <press return>

That's it. Note: Temporary. No configuration is saved. Just rebooting
will put everything back to the way it was before.

 

[Lem]

Hi,

I am trying to get a school owned laptop to work at the teacher's home on
her wireless setup.

I have been to her home, and after about 45 minutes of trying to force a
release and renew of the ipconfig parameters, I noticed the gateway IP was
not changing to her home linksys setup, but still looking for the school's
10.xxx.xxx.xxx gateway..

I attempted the "ipconfig /release and /renew" which did give me 0.0.0.0.
and on renewing, gave me all correct numbers except the gateway... the DHCP
is assigning numbers okay, but the gateway info will not change to the home
setup.

I deleted all (both) network profiles and entered them again from scratch,
but the 10.xxx. gateway still appeared. I can find no way to manually
change that number in the wireless adapters console.

I did not attempt to manually set the tcp/ip using the windows properties /
tcp/ip properties tab as I'm using the Dell console software to manage the
adapter.

In the meantime, I've read a lot of stuff here about what seems to be
related issues, but can't find a definite answer that I have not already
tried, so am hoping someone has some other options I can go in with on
Friday.

thanks,
niteowl

Make sure that the system is not actually using *both* Windows Zero
Configuration *and* the Dell utility to manage the network connection.
One or the other, but not both. See http://www.ezlan.net/wzc.html

--
Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

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