Event-ID: 1007 automatic IP adress, how to turn it off.

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Hello.

"Your computer has automatically configured the IP address for the Network
Card with network address <MAC address>. The IP address being used is <ip
address within the 169.254.0.0 range>. "

This message is generated, because my computer is configured to obtain its
IP address automatically (from a DHCP server) but no DCHP server answered the
request. A random IP address (within the 169.254.0.0 range) is assigned to
the computer by itself.

This behavior occurs because the number of IP adresses that can be obtained
by network users is limited by the DHCP server! That means the maximum number
of users is already reached.

How can I turn it off in order to keep my computer trying to obtain its IP
adress only from a DHCP server not by itself?

Thank you.
 
John said:
Hello.

"Your computer has automatically configured the IP address for the Network
Card with network address <MAC address>. The IP address being used is <ip
address within the 169.254.0.0 range>. "

This message is generated, because my computer is configured to obtain its
IP address automatically (from a DHCP server) but no DCHP server answered the
request. A random IP address (within the 169.254.0.0 range) is assigned to
the computer by itself.

This behavior occurs because the number of IP adresses that can be obtained
by network users is limited by the DHCP server! That means the maximum number
of users is already reached.

How can I turn it off in order to keep my computer trying to obtain its IP
adress only from a DHCP server not by itself?

Thank you.
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Windows XP uses the settings on the "Alternate Configuration" tab of the
TCP/IP Properties dialog for your network adapter to decide what to do
if "Obtain an IP address automatically" is selected and no address is
successfully assigned by a DHCP server in about 60 seconds. The two
choices on this tab are Automatic Private IP Addressing (default) or a
static pre-selected IP address. If you want neither to happen, leave
the APIPA radio button selected and see

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...s/en-us/sag_tcpip_pro_altconfig.mspx?mfr=true

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John said:
Hello.

"Your computer has automatically configured the IP address for the Network
Card with network address <MAC address>. The IP address being used is <ip
address within the 169.254.0.0 range>. "

This message is generated, because my computer is configured to obtain its
IP address automatically (from a DHCP server) but no DCHP server answered the
request. A random IP address (within the 169.254.0.0 range) is assigned to
the computer by itself.

This behavior occurs because the number of IP adresses that can be obtained
by network users is limited by the DHCP server! That means the maximum number
of users is already reached.

How can I turn it off in order to keep my computer trying to obtain its IP
adress only from a DHCP server not by itself?

Thank you.
Click to expand...

To turn off APIPA (Automatic Private IP Addressing):

1. Run the registry editor.

2. Open this key:

HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\
Interfaces\<Adapter GUID>

where "<Adapter GUID>" is the globally unique identifier (GUID) for
the network adapter.

3. Create a DWORD value named "IPAutoconfigurationEnabled".

4. Set the value to 0.

5. Reboot.

However, there's no need to do that. Even after it assigns itself a
169.254.0.0 address, Windows XP keeps trying to obtain an address from
a DHCP server and will obtain an address soon after one becomes
available.
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