Win XP don't assign IP address when cable is disconnected

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Claudio J. López

Hi.

I have a compaq notebook with Windows XP Proffesional Corporative.

I discovered that, when the network cable is disconnected, windows don't
assing IP adress to the network board.

The configuration of the network is by fix IP, I'm not using any kind of
dhcp servers.

Does anybody has the same problem and solved it?

By this, my notebook can't connect to the network easily.

thanks in advance.
claudio.
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When you disconnect the network cable the stack will unload, that's why
there's no IP address associated with the interface. You can change this
behavior by disabling media sense. See this article for instructions:

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

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Create HKLM\SYSTEM\CCS\Services\Tcpip\Parameters, value
DisableDHCPMediaSense, value type: REG_DWORD, data 1. Reboot.
 
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