disable (APIPA) auto private ip Addressing

[Tony Dewar]

I cannot find an appropriate article on how to disable
the auto private ip addressing feature...
Thanks Tony MCSE,CCNA,CCDA

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I cannot find an appropriate article on how to disable
the auto private ip addressing feature...
Thanks Tony MCSE,CCNA,CCDA

I'm not sure that it's possible on XP. You might be able to do it by
using the Windows 2000 registry tweak listed near the end of this
Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;220874

If you try it, please let the news group know whether it works. And,
out of curiosity, why do you want to disable APIPA?
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