Question : Why is Vista usiness no longer using my static IP? Settings are correct but still auto assigned.

Hello,

I have been experiencing a rather unusual problem this evening, for some reason my laptop has decided that it no longer want to use the IP address I have assigned to it and will auto configure itself.

This is fine but I can not connect to the network anymore as my system is not using the correct IP address. I have check the adapter properties for IPv4 and they are set to Manual and everything is is fine, however if I run IPCONFIG it shoes that adapter has an auto-assigned address.

Any suggestions? This is as well as being annoying proving very problematic and I really need to get it fixed.

Lee

Answer : Why is Vista usiness no longer using my static IP? Settings are correct but still auto assigned.

that should work... .1 is not in any way implying gateway... it's just the first address in a typical 24bit network so it is usually used as the gateway.. for security measures, I have one client that uses .254 for all his gateways.  it's a matter of choice..

did you resolve the issue after all???