ipconfig

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Ether

..., but I'm wondering about the results I got.

When I ran the commands:

... I got the result:

Is DHCP supposed to be enabled? And why don't I see the 10.73.37.6 and the 255.0.0.0?

I assume you meant your outstanding questions about the DS application?
I'm not sure, and Greg is the final authority (especially because he can change the DS app to do whatever he wants it to do), but I'll start...

• If the FRC DS Data Storage.ini doesn't exist the DS creates it.
• What you see in the file is all the DS ini knows about. If there isn't an entry for it, then it can't be set that way. However, the IP address is generated by the DS app from the team number. Edit your team number and your IP will get changed accordingly.
• If you've edited the file (while the DS app is NOT running), then your changes will be taken and used when the DS starts up to configure the NIC/team number, etc. Changes you make while in the DS app. will get written back out to the .ini file.
• The DS will change the NIC if it doesn't match the team number, unless the NIC is set to <noNICConfig>. The DS will ignore the NIC in that case and you can use netsh or go through Network Connections to make your settings.
• The FRC Original Network Settings Dump.txt file only got created the very first time you ran the DS app, not every time. If you delete the file it will be regenerated with whatever the current settings are, before the DS app attempts to change the NIC. You can also edit the file by hand if you like.

I've never seen the NIC dialog Greg mentioned he included, so I don't know what circumstances trigger that.


I assume you meant your netsh command didn't work all the way, because the Ethernet connection turned out to be broken? When it took the Gateway, but didn't change to your static ip address.

Here's what I got on an XP machine when I ran the commands.
The first command takes a few seconds, but then you should have seen "Ok." returned.
Not that this helps you with your broken Ethernet...