Vista - Private Network becomes Public on reboot and I want it as Private.

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.
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:
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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.
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:

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: