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How do I make Windows 7 ignore the DHCP assigned default gateway and use the hard coded gateway?
Wer are preparing to roll out Windows 7 to users. Computers receievthe ir ip address and default gateway through DHCP. Some users need to go through another gateway which we hard code in. Regardless of hard coding and setting this gateway to a lower metric - Windows 7 ignores it and continues to use the dhcp assigned gateway.
The only solution I have found so far is using "route add" to set the desired gateway and metric.
Has anyone else run into this? Is there a better solution? Thanks.
The only solution I have found so far is using "route add" to set the desired gateway and metric.
Has anyone else run into this? Is there a better solution? Thanks.
Adam Brown
How are you hard coding the gateway, out of curiosity?
Make a reservation in DHCP for your client.
Right click your reservation -> Configure Options.
Add 003 Router with your preferred GW.
Right click your reservation -> Configure Options.
Add 003 Router with your preferred GW.
uescomp,
Isn't manually configuring entries with netsh counterproductive to having a DHCP server?
Isn't manually configuring entries with netsh counterproductive to having a DHCP server?
ASKER
@ ACBrown2010 - in the adapter settings - TCP/IP Properties
@uescomp - Yeah I cam across that article - I'm basically doing that. Adding the route from a command line (route add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0.0 gateway metric -p) which will work but could get cumbersome to keep up
@uescomp - Yeah I cam across that article - I'm basically doing that. Adding the route from a command line (route add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0.0 gateway metric -p) which will work but could get cumbersome to keep up
My apologies uescomp. I realized the author may not even be using a DHCP role server.
Try this LIFEEXPERT:
C:\Users\abby>netsh int ipv4 show int
Idx Met MTU State Name
--- ---------- ---------- ------------ --------------------------
1 50 4294967295 connected Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1
17 25 1500 disconnected Wireless Network Connection
15 10 1500 connected Local Area Connection
19 20 1500 connected VMware Network Adapter VMnet1
20 20 1500 connected VMware Network Adapter VMnet8
netsh interface ipv4 set address 15 static 192.168.1.X 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.X
netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name=15 address=192.168.1.X index=1
Try this LIFEEXPERT:
C:\Users\abby>netsh int ipv4 show int
Idx Met MTU State Name
--- ---------- ---------- ------------ --------------------------
1 50 4294967295 connected Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1
17 25 1500 disconnected Wireless Network Connection
15 10 1500 connected Local Area Connection
19 20 1500 connected VMware Network Adapter VMnet1
20 20 1500 connected VMware Network Adapter VMnet8
netsh interface ipv4 set address 15 static 192.168.1.X 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.X
netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name=15 address=192.168.1.X index=1
ASKER
In XP this was easy - the server handed out the ip address and the gateway - then if we wanted to send them out through a less restrictive gateway we just added that gateway to the tcp/ip properties of their network connection. Windows 7 doesnt seem to care what you put in the or what metric you set - it always grabs the dhcp assigned gateway.
Are you also listing the Gateway assigned by DHCP in the list of Gateways? Also, do you have IPv6 enabled on your Windows 7 Machine and is your DHCP server handing out IPv6 addresses and gateways? (IPv6 gateway will have a higher preference than IPv4)
ASKER
Yes - I do a route add on the DHCP gateway as well an assign it a metric of say 40 and make it persistient. I do not have IPv6 enabled - it is set to prefer IPv4 over 6.
Setting a reservation is anotherway but it would be the same as assigning a static onto the system. You could just reserve a block of addresses then assign reservations or static addresses to those systems like you do to the servers (if you do).
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@dleaver sorry for duplicate post, this link was open whole day already :(