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no ip address when cable not connected
Hi, I'm running Vista and I've set up the properties of the network card to have a static IP. But I don't see the ip with ipconfig and I can't ping the address.
Any ideas ?
Any ideas ?
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If you router is 192.168.1.1, your static config should have somewhere along the line of...
PC Address: 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
DNS Server as 192.168.1.1 (Router) or use public DNS Servers like Open DNS 208.67.222.222 / 208.67.220.220
Make sure your IP corresponds with the Routers IP address Lan Config...