Renaming Local Area Connection Numbering?

[BertieBigBollox]

Restoring a ghost image onto my server, the network connections for my
additional ethernet module come up as connection 5 and 6.

Main one comes up as 1.

No matter what I do I cant get them to come up as 2 and 3. Is there
any way to reset the interface count?

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

Restoring a ghost image onto my server, the network connections for my
additional ethernet module come up as connection 5 and 6.

Main one comes up as 1.

No matter what I do I cant get them to come up as 2 and 3. Is there
any way to reset the interface count?

Probably with a registry hack. Why would you want to? AFAICS, the connection
numbering plays no role anywhere.

 

[BertieBigBollox]

Probably with a registry hack. Why would you want to? AFAICS, the connection
numbering plays no role anywhere.

Because we want to deploy the image to a number of customers. You can
guarantee that someone will notice its not sequential and complain
about it.

 

[Dave Patrick]

You can use;

netsh interface ip set address name

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/242468

http://www.petri.co.il/configure_tcp_ip_from_cmd.htm



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[Greg Russell]

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Because we want to deploy the image to a number of customers. You can
guarantee that someone will notice its not sequential and complain
about it.

It'll make no difference to the networking aspect whatsoever. If the
so-called "customers" need something to complain about, they'll find it
regardless of what you do. "Let 'em eat cake."

 

[Phillip Windell]

Restoring a ghost image onto my server, the network connections for my
additional ethernet module come up as connection 5 and 6.

Main one comes up as 1.

No matter what I do I cant get them to come up as 2 and 3. Is there
any way to reset the interface count?

What is all the racket about??

Do two single clicks (not a double click) on the "Name" of the conenction
and rename it to what you want. I do it all the time.


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[nabirouf]

First of all do the backup of the existing windows registry, just to ensure that everything can be reverted back to its original if anything goes wrong.

1. type regedit in run
2. traverse through HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>>>SYSTEM>>>NETWORK
3. under it look for 'Connection'. You will find the all the network connections in your system. Look for the older connections which now dont exist. you have to traverse all the connections under the "Network Keys" on the left side.
4. click on the "connection" under the "Network" keys to look for the "name value" on the reading panel which is on the right side. Now you can identiy the older network connections in your system which dont exisit.
5. Delete the older connections under the "network" keys on the left side of registry as a whole which you want to remove.
6. reset the current connection number of the current network connection back to original number by editing the name key in the reading pane.
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Hope this helps.

Restoring a ghost image onto my server, the network connections for my
additional ethernet module come up as connection 5 and 6.

Main one comes up as 1.

No matter what I do I cant get them to come up as 2 and 3. Is there
any way to reset the interface count?