In article <3A271CC7-B374-4BBF-95C8-17646BF67478@microsoft.com>, AP123
<AP123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>in order to Remote to my Vista Machine I have to configure the router to
>point to my vista machine (open the port for remote desktop). That's not the
>problem.
>
>The problem is when I try to assign a local static IP to my vista machine I
>loose internet connectivity. This works on every other XP system.
>
>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Did you assign the Vista machine proper values for IP address, subnet
mask, default gateway, and DNS server? That should be all that's
needed.
Can the Vista machine ping the router? Can it ping an Internet site
by IP address? Can it ping an Internet site by name?
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