Internet Connections

[srule_]

Hello,

I recently made a staic IP for my computer, and now when i go to my friends house or school my laptop says it is connected to te internet, but when i open a broweser it does not work. Could the static IP be the problem?


and I'm sorry, i know this is not the right area to post this but I am not a memeber of an other forums, so i figured i would try to ask here.

[oracleguy]

Yes the static IP address is the problem. You will need to switch back to DHCP when not at home.

[srule_]

Thank you,

Does anyone know how to switch back to DHCP. or know of any site that will show me?

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

How did you assign your static IP in the first place? I'm assuming you went in and typed in a ip address, the subnet mask and the default gateway, as well as dns servers. If you did this then just set things back to automatic. Doing so will allow you to get assigned a new ip address by the new network.

[srule_]

I forget how i did it, It was done about 1 month ago b following an online tutorial.

I recentl went to internet connections -> local area connections -> tcp/lan ->properties -> and set to obtain IP and DNS automaticly. I then restarted my computer but it failed to work. :confused:

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

Then find that tutorial and go backwards. Moral of the story you shouldn't be messing with your computer settings if you really don't understand what you are doing.

[oracleguy]

Then find that tutorial and go backwards.

Without knowing all that you did, that is your best course of action.

[jjbova]

Have you thought of setting up 2 different connections? one for Automatic, and one for static? I know on mine I have it set to auto, but then there is a tab for "alternate configuration" and there I have my static IP for home. So no matter what I am set.

But I agree if you aren't sure what you are doing you should search into it some before changing settings. Try to just google about IP settings with XP and you will get TONS of info. Good luck

[oracleguy]

Have you thought of setting up 2 different connections? one for Automatic, and one for static? I know on mine I have it set to auto, but then there is a tab for "alternate configuration" and there I have my static IP for home. So no matter what I am set.

But I agree if you aren't sure what you are doing you should search into it some before changing settings. Try to just google about IP settings with XP and you will get TONS of info. Good luck

That will only work if your network at home either doesn't have a DHCP server giving out IPs or it has been configured to explicitly not give the computer in question an IP address.

[jjbova]

This is true, and it's my mistake, I just assumed that if he has it set to a static IP, that the home network has a router set to static... I haven't seen many times that people have a DHCP router, and still set a static IP on thier Machine... but I guess it's possible.

My bad

[oracleguy]

This is true, and it's my mistake, I just assumed that if he has it set to a static IP, that the home network has a router set to static... I haven't seen many times that people have a DHCP router, and still set a static IP on thier Machine... but I guess it's possible.

My bad

Yeah it is hard to say without more information on what was done exactly. However your theory seems like it might be on the right track since switching their computer back to DHCP didn't work.

Did you disable the DHCP function of your router when following whatever tutorial you found?