Subj : Re: Bye-bye Win2k.
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Daemon
Date : Sun May 15 2005 05:28 pm

  Re: Re: Bye-bye Win2k.
  By: Angus Mcleod to Daemon on Sun May 15 2005 10:07 am

 >  >   When I set it up, I set everything to have all addresses assigned
 >  > automatically, and it was all good until a few days ago when I rebooted t
 >  > Win2K box and was surprised to see it tell me it had finished updating th
 >  > configuration... and I hadn't changed anything.
 > 
 > Uh, when you 'assign all addresses automatically', isn't that DHCP?

  Kind of.  I mean, originally all default values or auto-detected/whatever
were used but (maybe I'm mistaken) I think Microsoft put together some kind of
mind-warping work-around to generate IP addresses without DHCP.  I call it
"mind-warping" because no matter how many times I release and renew the
adapters, it stubbornly refuses to generate a realistic IP; it keeps going back
to the assigned one.

  It's very aggravating, because it all LOOKS really simple, but nothing seems
to actually do what it appears it should.

  I've completely ripped the ENTIRE network out, all protocols, all services,
all hardware - EVERYthing - and put it in fresh, and it STILL tries to
configure itself with ICS-like parameters, though ICS isn't installed (I
tinkered with it, but found it needlessly clumsy - very ill-thought-out
mrchanism, IMO and took it out again), so it can't complete the DSL
re-installation (can't find the devices) and sits completely blind to every
attempt at incoming connections.

  It connects outward just fine, though, apparently no longer needing to log
into and register on the network.

  I dunno...  At this point, I've got the 2 computers communicating again and
the Win98 box almost manages to connect right through the Win2K box to the
internet (detects proxy settings and looks like it's resolving addresses, but
no data makes it bak to it), I assume ICS is still hiding somewhere in the
setup, partially installed, and causing thebalance of the problems.

  And reinstalling the OS, just like LAST time this happened, didn't help
either, so I'm quite fed-up with the problem.


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