changing your computers ip address

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dtokez

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hi all, im gettin limited connectivity errors on most of my pcs on my home network so im wondering how to change each of the cumputers ip address's manually? i will need to do this on vista and xp machines?

thanks in advance
 
Going off memory:

You need to find your TCP/IP properties. In XP, Control Panel > Network connections.
Right click your network adapters, properties. Find TCP/IP settings, hightlight it, click properties and you'll get a window where you can manually define your IP address.

In Vista this is very much the same process, just the menus are in a slightly different place.
 
thanks mate, ive found it. it doesnt appear to have made a difference but maybe i will see once ive powered everything down?
 
Right-click your connection tray icon and choose "repair" to see if that helps. Also reboot your router. If you're still having problems, try making a post in the network forum. :)
 
It might not be the ip's (more than likely isn't)

Might be your router, how you're connecting, cable being used ... have you investigated?
 
tryed the repair function but it allways comes back saying windows could not repair it. ive havent investigated fully, im using 2 hubs and 5 pc's so there is a lot to eliminate :(
 
should get this moved to networking really..

what is your full setup..

router -> switch - > switch?



as stelly says, shouldn't really matter, I would tend to power everything down, then turn on the modem/router, wait 20 secs, switches, wait 5 secs, pc's
 
im not actually using a router at the moment, just use a 3g usb stick when i need to get online.

im using two netgear hubs. its strange as ive only really noticed the problem since i took one of the machines to my parents house to use their broadband.
 
IP ranges are right on all the machines? 192.168.1.x or something?

What does an ipconfig give you?
Can you ping other hosts from a command prompt?
 
yeah amte pretty sure ive set the ranges up ok. ive tryed running ipconfig on this machine (vista) and i see a command box pop up breifly then it disapears?

i didnt think of pinging other machines thanks ill try that
 
danrogers said:
yeah amte pretty sure ive set the ranges up ok. ive tryed running ipconfig on this machine (vista) and i see a command box pop up breifly then it disapears?

i didnt think of pinging other machines thanks ill try that
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Click the Start Button > type Cmd > Hit Enter > Type Ipconfig /all
 
upon running ipconfig/all im getting straight foward info from the xp machine but vista is coming up with some strange stuff. things like tunnel adapter but they both say disconnected. i cant see the computers ip in there, only someting saying autoconfiguration IPv4 address?
 
danrogers said:
upon running ipconfig/all im getting straight foward info from the xp machine but vista is coming up with some strange stuff. things like tunnel adapter but they both say disconnected. i cant see the computers ip in there, only someting saying autoconfiguration IPv4 address?
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Yes it will be the ipv4, I should have just said ipconfig my bad :p just use to typing ipconfig /all

But like I said probally isn't the IP :/
 
hmmm im still getting some serious issues lol, nothing is pinging, mostly timed out but on my vista machine when i try to ping im geting ping transmit, failed - error code 1231

can anyone advise me where to go next? thanks a lot
 
i have disabled tcp/ipv6 in vista. ive jus managed to ping to the vista machine and get no loss, but trying to ping back the other way i get 100% loss?
also when i change the network from public to private, it jus keeps reverting back to public
 
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