NIC assigning its own Static IP Address...?

Ethereal_Dragon · 09-01-2007, 08:20 PM

Ok, so I had a friend that had either a Mobo or CPU die, and she ordered new parts and I built a fresh machine for her. After installing everything, the machine was good to go. It is a Socket 754 Sempron, because she was on a next-to-nothing budget, and needed a computer. So, machine was good when I gave it to her, and against my plea's and suggestions, she installed Limewire...

That being said, I am wondering if anyone else has ever seen a NIC (wireless) change its own settings from Obtain address automatically to a static address? This is the SECOND time that this has happened. She called me at work today, and I walked her through looking into it, and we found that it had an address of 192.168.0.1, same as the router. So we changed it to DHCP, and bam, it was good to go. It is using an AirLink101 PCI 802.11G card. This happened a few months back, and I stopped over there after work and fixed it.... SAME thing.

The only other thing is that maybe her brother is messing with her, but I doubt it, cause I don't know if 1. he has her passwords, and 2. if he is tech-savvy enough to know how to put a static IP on the card.

Other than this I have NEVER seen it happen before. Anyone?

mikesgroovin · 09-02-2007, 09:56 PM

I've never seen this happen without a script or manual user intervention. As for any OS... can't do it unless it is done manually.

09-01-2007, 08:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ethereal_Dragon EagleMod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bolingbrook, IL - USA Posts: 3,414	NIC assigning its own Static IP Address...? Ok, so I had a friend that had either a Mobo or CPU die, and she ordered new parts and I built a fresh machine for her. After installing everything, the machine was good to go. It is a Socket 754 Sempron, because she was on a next-to-nothing budget, and needed a computer. So, machine was good when I gave it to her, and against my plea's and suggestions, she installed Limewire... That being said, I am wondering if anyone else has ever seen a NIC (wireless) change its own settings from Obtain address automatically to a static address? This is the SECOND time that this has happened. She called me at work today, and I walked her through looking into it, and we found that it had an address of 192.168.0.1, same as the router. So we changed it to DHCP, and bam, it was good to go. It is using an AirLink101 PCI 802.11G card. This happened a few months back, and I stopped over there after work and fixed it.... SAME thing. The only other thing is that maybe her brother is messing with her, but I doubt it, cause I don't know if 1. he has her passwords, and 2. if he is tech-savvy enough to know how to put a static IP on the card. Other than this I have NEVER seen it happen before. Anyone? __________________ Let me Google that for you Please do NOT IM, PM or email me with computer support questions. I WILL work with you on any forum related issues via PM -Thank you! Gaming Rig: - GIGABYTE GA-X38-DQ6, Intel E6750 @ 3.0 Ghz, TRUE (MX-2 & 2 Scythe SFF21D), Crucial Ballistix 4GB DDR 800, HIS Radeon X1950XT, CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX, 4x Seagate 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500 GB, ASUS DRW-2014L1T, Antec 900 The NAS Box: D-Link DNS-323 & 2x Seagate 7200.10 ST3500630AS 500GB - JBOD \| My Antec 900 Build Log \| Project Pink \| Operation Home Run \| \| General Forum Rules \| Networking FAQs & Tutorials \| Hardware Tutorials \|

09-02-2007, 09:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
mikesgroovin honk if you route packets Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,742	Re: NIC assigning its own Static IP Address...? I've never seen this happen without a script or manual user intervention. As for any OS... can't do it unless it is done manually.

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