Hi,

I have a laptop computer with Wireless and 10/100/1000 Ethernet port. My
Wireless connection is used for everything Internet and Lan access. Then my
Ethernet cable is plugged into my Linux machine directly which allows me to
communicate with it very quickly for remote desktoping and other stuff that
needs to be done quickly. I have always had this setup and it was always
fast. Though, when I had Windows XP I used IP over Firewire which was even
faster and then Microsoft took that support out out Vista, which I am really
upset over.



Anyways, my Wireless is set to DHCP and my Ethernet is set to manual IP with
an IP of 192.168.0.1 and a netmask of 255.255.0.0. In order to make Linux and
Windows talk nicely to each other, I need to have my Ethernet set as a
Private network. However, Vista says that it is an "Unidentified Network",
which I guess it really is.

But ... whenever I reboot my laptop, Vista resets it to a "Public" network
which has a whole bunch of restrictions, so I need to go in and manually
change it back to Private.

Is there something I can change so that it keeps it as a Private network
_Permanently_? I don't care about all the security and whatnot, because the
only thing this port will ever be connected to is my Linux machine. It's
really freakin annoying to change it after every reboot, so is there
something that can fix this? If not, can the MS Vista devs fix this in a
patch?

My system is Windows Vista Home Premium with all the latest updates from
Windows Update. Also, the firewall is turned off for the network card since
it's not needed.

Thanks,
Jon

Post back the result of ipconfig /all.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Jon" <Jon@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:79557C33-C037-4842-94B3-E613EA876799@xxxxxx
Hi,

I have a laptop computer with Wireless and 10/100/1000 Ethernet port. My
Wireless connection is used for everything Internet and Lan access. Then my
Ethernet cable is plugged into my Linux machine directly which allows me to
communicate with it very quickly for remote desktoping and other stuff that
needs to be done quickly. I have always had this setup and it was always
fast. Though, when I had Windows XP I used IP over Firewire which was even
faster and then Microsoft took that support out out Vista, which I am really
upset over.

Anyways, my Wireless is set to DHCP and my Ethernet is set to manual IP with
an IP of 192.168.0.1 and a netmask of 255.255.0.0. In order to make Linux and
Windows talk nicely to each other, I need to have my Ethernet set as a
Private network. However, Vista says that it is an "Unidentified Network",
which I guess it really is.

But ... whenever I reboot my laptop, Vista resets it to a "Public" network
which has a whole bunch of restrictions, so I need to go in and manually
change it back to Private.

Is there something I can change so that it keeps it as a Private network
_Permanently_? I don't care about all the security and whatnot, because the
only thing this port will ever be connected to is my Linux machine. It's
really freakin annoying to change it after every reboot, so is there
something that can fix this? If not, can the MS Vista devs fix this in a
patch?

My system is Windows Vista Home Premium with all the latest updates from
Windows Update. Also, the firewall is turned off for the network card since
it's not needed.

Thanks,
Jon

Thanks for your reply.

>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Dingless
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : gateway.2wire.net

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network
Con
nection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-DE-05-A8-95
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::6d:d93a:3eb8:4153%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.77(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, September 03, 2007 7:15:59 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, September 04, 2007 7:16:23 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 151001310
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PL Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-36-7F-D8-E9
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{0F6FBDDA-EDBC-4756-9439-0B9AD72C2
257}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.0.2%10(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.gateway.2wire.net
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.77%12(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

You've changed the title from the original thread rather than
posting this as a reply, so it is impossible to know what your
original issue is. Please post this as a reply in the thread you
started.

On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 10:54:02 -0700, Jon
<Jon@xxxxxx> wrote:

>Thanks for your reply.
>

>>ipconfig /all

>
>Windows IP Configuration
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Dingless
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : gateway.2wire.net
>
>Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network
>Con
>nection
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-DE-05-A8-95
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::6d:d93a:3eb8:4153%9(Preferred)
> IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.77(Preferred)
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, September 03, 2007 7:15:59 AM
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, September 04, 2007 7:16:23 AM
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 151001310
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
>
>Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PL Network Connection
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-36-7F-D8-E9
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2(Preferred)
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
>
>Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
>isatap.{0F6FBDDA-EDBC-4756-9439-0B9AD72C2
>257}
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.0.2%10(Preferred)
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>
>Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.gateway.2wire.net
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.77%12(Preferred)
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>
>Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:
>
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

Here is my ipconfig /all by request.

>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Dingless
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : gateway.2wire.net

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network
Con
nection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-DE-05-A8-95
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::6d:d93a:3eb8:4153%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.77(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, September 03, 2007 7:15:59 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, September 04, 2007 7:16:23 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 151001310
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PL Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-36-7F-D8-E9
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{0F6FBDDA-EDBC-4756-9439-0B9AD72C2
257}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.0.2%10(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.gateway.2wire.net
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.77%12(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

"Jon" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a laptop computer with Wireless and 10/100/1000 Ethernet port. My
> Wireless connection is used for everything Internet and Lan access. Then my
> Ethernet cable is plugged into my Linux machine directly which allows me to
> communicate with it very quickly for remote desktoping and other stuff that
> needs to be done quickly. I have always had this setup and it was always
> fast. Though, when I had Windows XP I used IP over Firewire which was even
> faster and then Microsoft took that support out out Vista, which I am really
> upset over.
>
> Anyways, my Wireless is set to DHCP and my Ethernet is set to manual IP with
> an IP of 192.168.0.1 and a netmask of 255.255.0.0. In order to make Linux and
> Windows talk nicely to each other, I need to have my Ethernet set as a
> Private network. However, Vista says that it is an "Unidentified Network",
> which I guess it really is.
>
> But ... whenever I reboot my laptop, Vista resets it to a "Public" network
> which has a whole bunch of restrictions, so I need to go in and manually
> change it back to Private.
>
> Is there something I can change so that it keeps it as a Private network
> _Permanently_? I don't care about all the security and whatnot, because the
> only thing this port will ever be connected to is my Linux machine. It's
> really freakin annoying to change it after every reboot, so is there
> something that can fix this? If not, can the MS Vista devs fix this in a
> patch?
>
> My system is Windows Vista Home Premium with all the latest updates from
> Windows Update. Also, the firewall is turned off for the network card since
> it's not needed.
>
> Thanks,
> Jon

Still having the problem. I was hoping you could give me some clarification
on what you mean. I already have windows firewall on at startup. You said I
should make exceptions. What exceptions would I make to stop the network
from changing to public on each reboot?

"Marius Farcas" wrote:

> Your answer is in the screen were you manually change network discovery to
> Private (Help me chose) ...
>
> ``Warning
> Choosing "Private" permanently changes the firewall configuration to allow
> communication. This can be a security risk. For more information, see What
> are the risks of allowing programs through a firewall?``
>
> I think the firewall pops in after you make the change ...
> Because Vista doesn't`t see the firewall on at start-up, it changes the LAN
> settings.
>
> Solution: turn the firewall on and create exceptions ... just more work
> ...
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> "SweetCheebs" <SweetCheebs@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:9C28F435-CB12-4F53-8D68-93A09BEAB793@xxxxxx

> > I'm having this problem as well and would like a solution. I enjoy being
> > able to stream content on my 360, but changing the network to private
> > after
> > every reboot is tedious and unacceptable.
> >
> > "Jon" wrote:
> >

> >> Here is my ipconfig /all by request.
> >>
> >> >ipconfig /all
> >>
> >> Windows IP Configuration
> >>
> >> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Dingless
> >> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> >> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
> >> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> >> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> >> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : gateway.2wire.net
> >>
> >> Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
> >>
> >> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
> >> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
> >> Network
> >> Con
> >> nection
> >> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-DE-05-A8-95
> >> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> >> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> >> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
> >> fe80::6d:d93a:3eb8:4153%9(Preferred)
> >> IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.77(Preferred)
> >> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> >> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, September 03, 2007 7:15:59
> >> AM
> >> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, September 04, 2007
> >> 7:16:23 AM
> >> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> >> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> >> DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 151001310
> >> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> >> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
> >>
> >> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
> >>
> >> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> >> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PL Network
> >> Connection
> >> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-36-7F-D8-E9
> >> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> >> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> >> IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2(Preferred)
> >> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
> >> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> >> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
> >>
> >> Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
> >>
> >> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> >> Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
> >> isatap.{0F6FBDDA-EDBC-4756-9439-0B9AD72C2
> >> 257}
> >> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> >> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> >> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> >> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
> >> fe80::5efe:192.168.0.2%10(Preferred)
> >> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> >> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
> >>
> >> Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:
> >>
> >> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
> >> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.gateway.2wire.net
> >> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> >> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> >> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> >> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
> >> fe80::5efe:192.168.1.77%12(Preferred)
> >> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> >> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> >> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
> >>
> >> Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:
> >>
> >> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> >> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> >> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
> >> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
> >> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> >> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> >>
> >> "Jon" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I have a laptop computer with Wireless and 10/100/1000 Ethernet port.
> >> > My
> >> > Wireless connection is used for everything Internet and Lan access.
> >> > Then my
> >> > Ethernet cable is plugged into my Linux machine directly which allows
> >> > me to
> >> > communicate with it very quickly for remote desktoping and other stuff
> >> > that
> >> > needs to be done quickly. I have always had this setup and it was
> >> > always
> >> > fast. Though, when I had Windows XP I used IP over Firewire which was
> >> > even
> >> > faster and then Microsoft took that support out out Vista, which I am
> >> > really
> >> > upset over.
> >> >
> >> > Anyways, my Wireless is set to DHCP and my Ethernet is set to manual IP
> >> > with
> >> > an IP of 192.168.0.1 and a netmask of 255.255.0.0. In order to make
> >> > Linux and
> >> > Windows talk nicely to each other, I need to have my Ethernet set as a
> >> > Private network. However, Vista says that it is an "Unidentified
> >> > Network",
> >> > which I guess it really is.
> >> >
> >> > But ... whenever I reboot my laptop, Vista resets it to a "Public"
> >> > network
> >> > which has a whole bunch of restrictions, so I need to go in and
> >> > manually
> >> > change it back to Private.
> >> >
> >> > Is there something I can change so that it keeps it as a Private
> >> > network
> >> > _Permanently_? I don't care about all the security and whatnot, because
> >> > the
> >> > only thing this port will ever be connected to is my Linux machine.
> >> > It's
> >> > really freakin annoying to change it after every reboot, so is there
> >> > something that can fix this? If not, can the MS Vista devs fix this in
> >> > a
> >> > patch?
> >> >
> >> > My system is Windows Vista Home Premium with all the latest updates
> >> > from
> >> > Windows Update. Also, the firewall is turned off for the network card
> >> > since
> >> > it's not needed.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Jon

>