Cannot change my IP settings

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Hi, I need help I have xp media center, I'm working in place which is using
domain control but my machine is not connected to the domain,
from one month I install sp3 after that every time I'm trying to change my
gateway address it ask for restart and after restart it comes back without
changing any thing....
Can some one help me plz..... I have Zone alarm too as firewall.
 
Re: Cannot change my IP settings

Sam wrote:

> Hi, I need help I have xp media center, I'm working in place which is
> using domain control but my machine is not connected to the domain,
> from one month I install sp3 after that every time I'm trying to change my
> gateway address it ask for restart and after restart it comes back without
> changing any thing....
> Can some one help me plz..... I have Zone alarm too as firewall.

My WAG is that ZA is stopping this. Look in its configuration settings
and/or post on the ZA forums for how to do this.

Malke
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Re: Cannot change my IP settings

The date and time was 10/24/2008 6:16 AM, and on a whim, Sam pounded out
on the keyboard:

> Hi, I need help I have xp media center, I'm working in place which is using
> domain control but my machine is not connected to the domain,
> from one month I install sp3 after that every time I'm trying to change my
> gateway address it ask for restart and after restart it comes back without
> changing any thing....
> Can some one help me plz..... I have Zone alarm too as firewall.

Hi Sam,

Media Center cannot join a domain. You can access shared resources if
you have a login name and password, but that's it.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887212

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Re: Cannot change my IP settings

Terry R. wrote:

> The date and time was 10/24/2008 6:16 AM, and on a whim, Sam pounded out
> on the keyboard:
>
>> Hi, I need help I have xp media center, I'm working in place which is
>> using domain control but my machine is not connected to the domain,
>> from one month I install sp3 after that every time I'm trying to change
>> my gateway address it ask for restart and after restart it comes back
>> without changing any thing....
>> Can some one help me plz..... I have Zone alarm too as firewall.
>
> Hi Sam,
>
> Media Center cannot join a domain. You can access shared resources if
> you have a login name and password, but that's it.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887212
>

This is true, but I don't get that he's trying to join the domain. He should
be able to use whatever gateway/DNS server his office is using whether his
machine is joined to the domain or not. Of course, he could have *meant*
that he really wanted to know how to join the domain and I could have
misread his question.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
 
Re: Cannot change my IP settings

Sam wrote:

> Hi, I need help I have xp media center, I'm working in place which is using
> domain control but my machine is not connected to the domain,
> from one month I install sp3 after that every time I'm trying to change my
> gateway address it ask for restart and after restart it comes back without
> changing any thing....
> Can some one help me plz..... I have Zone alarm too as firewall.

You are using DHCP. Not only does that mean you get a dynamically
assigned IP address but you also get assigned whatever DNS server(s) and
gateway that the DHCP server decides you will get. You will use the
gateway that your company wants you to use. Even if you switched your
TCP settings to use static IP addressing, you would have to figure out
which static IP address that you are allowed to use in your company's
network. Plus, it is likely you will get blocked from using any gateway
that is not within your subnet or within the boundaries of your
company's network. Go talk to your IT folks.
 
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