Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address from certain routers or from certain non- DHCP - Brian W

if you go to


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233/en-us

it tells you how to get round this problem by regedit to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{GUID}

and adding a key

my question is how do I work out what the  GUID  is of the network card

my mac of the usb wireless stick is

ZyXEL G-202 Wireless USB Adapter
00-13-49-71-32-C8
Yes
Yes
fe80::cd40:4c0a:95ec:e4dd%10(Preferred)
192.168.1.102(Preferred)
255.255.255.0
01 April 2007 20:56:15
08 April 2007 20:56:14
192.168.1.1
192.168.1.1
234885961

these are the guid's
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{0f694452-6a70-11db-8eb3-806e6f6e6963}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{2c40b21f-b5c2-11db-a647-000c76bf5189}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{90D972AE-1725-4F4C-A89E-D8B3D5EC1E25}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{AD10F175-FCEB-4446-9011-2E8D200A5FE4}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{B1A58B1D-607D-4AD2-8976-79B2BC3EC94F}

nothing seems to correspond in the driver details
btw mine connects fine but I want to know for future reference I had to tie
down someone's wireless card to the router to get is to connect

This KB article mentions also another registry value, - Pavel A.

This KB article mentions also another registry value,  DhcpConnForceBroadcastFlag,
that is global. If you set it, does it help?

--PA

you meanMORE INFORMATIONIf the router or the non- DHCP server does - Brian W

you mean

MORE INFORMATION
If the router or the non-Microsoft DHCP server does not support the DHCP
BROADCAST flag, you can set the following registry entry as follows:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{GUID}

Value name: DhcpConnForceBroadcastFlag
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: 0

it still applies to a specific GUID

you meanMORE INFORMATIONIf the router or the non- DHCP server does - Brian W

you mean

MORE INFORMATION
If the router or the non-Microsoft DHCP server does not support the DHCP
BROADCAST flag, you can set the following registry entry as follows:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{GUID}

Value name: DhcpConnForceBroadcastFlag
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: 0

it still applies to a specific GUID

Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address from certain routers or from certain non- DHCP - Pavel A.

Yes. You're right.

--PA

The question regarding how to identify correct GUID... - Jens

The question regarding how to identify correct GUID...



If when connected you browse through the GUIDs in the registry (the list you suppplied), you can see which has a content that matches your adapter - You can find the IP for instance..



BTW. Setting DhcpConnForceBroadcastFlag to 0 worked for me.



Br/Jens

Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address from certain routers or from certain non- DHCP servers - Rick

Change all of them it does not matter you are having the problem with all adapters as I am.  This is a Vista problem that has no solution yet that I can find.  Static IP is the only way for now.