Need Explanation - Can Anyone Answer This?

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Jude Lucien

I posted this question on the public Microsoft XP Networking newsgroup
and no-one could tell me the answer.

After installing SP2 (which was a nightmare in itself that I won't go
into) an extra network connection was created. This connection is the
"LAN or High Speed Internet" connection that cannot be deleted.

It sits there in my systray with an exclamation point over it that
says "Limited or no connectivity". In it's properties it is bound to
my ethernet card.

I have another network connection. It is a "Broadband" connection,
for my DSL connection using PPPoE. This is the connection that gets
me onto the internet.

What I want to know is, why did SP2 create this new and apparently
useless connection? What does it do? I could connect to the internet
just fine without it. How does it work?

If I do an ipconfig I get the following:

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.**.**
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter Verizon Online:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 70.17.***.**
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 70.17.***.**

What on earth is going on? This wasn't here before SP2 and seems to
defy logic.

Any help here in understanding how this works would be very much
appreciated.
 
Jude Lucien said:
What I want to know is, why did SP2 create this new and apparently
useless connection? What does it do? I could connect to the internet
just fine without it. How does it work?
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SP2 found the ethernet card and installed a driver for it. Until you get an
ethernet network, there is nothing for the driver to do.
So, what problem are you having?
Jim
 
SP2 found the ethernet card and installed a driver for it. Until you get an
ethernet network, there is nothing for the driver to do.
So, what problem are you having?
Jim
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Why does the ethernet card have an IP address if there is no network?

I have a D-Link DI-740P router that I can't install because the
adapter will not release that IP address. In order to configure the
router the ethernet adapter needs to pick up an IP address from the
DHCP server in the router. It won't do it.

I've tried forcing the release of the address using the ipconfig
/release and ipconfig /renew, but to no avail.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Jude.
 
Try setting a static IP address which is in the same subnet as the
router. Ethernet cards that are configured for DHCP but can't
find/contact the DHCP router get a 'private IP address' assigned.

SP2 found the ethernet card and installed a driver for it. Until you get an
ethernet network, there is nothing for the driver to do.
So, what problem are you having?
Jim
Click to expand...
Why does the ethernet card have an IP address if there is no
network?

I have a D-Link DI-740P router that I can't install because the
adapter will not release that IP address. In order to configure the
router the ethernet adapter needs to pick up an IP address from the
DHCP server in the router. It won't do it.

I've tried forcing the release of the address using the ipconfig
/release and ipconfig /renew, but to no avail.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Jude.
 
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