I've just installed the release of Vista Ultimate from MSDN and have the
same problems... And it seams that Win Vista have problems getting an IP
address from the network...

HELP!


"Philip Nicholls" wrote:

> I've just about finished playing with Vista RC1 and I have a couple of
> questions.
>
> I run a small home networking using an older dlink 704P router
> connected to an RCA cable modem provided by Roadrunner. I have set up
> all computers to use a workgroup called STUDY in XP.
>
> Vista RC1 seems convinced I'm on a public network, even though I have
> set up a private network. I suspect this is because it's having
> problems communicating with the DHCP server in my router. The only
> way I can get it to go into private network mode is to manually set
> the gateway and ip address for the computer as if it were a static IP.
>
> Even with this setting it begins with a public network and switches to
> the private network after about 45 sec to a minute.
>
> I have also noticed that each time I boot to Vista the workgroup name
> is changed back to WORKGROUP and the Network ID still seems to think
> I'm on a buisness network. I change these settings, reboot and they
> go right back to what they were before.
>
> Can anyone explain this or is it just an RC1 bug that "will be fixed
> in the final version?"
>
>
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