XP Home Fixed IP won't take

[sagobogger]

I'm trying to change an XP Home laptop from DHCP to fixed IP. I can enter the IP in TCP/IP properties, the system takes it and connects fine with that IP (see it in IPCONFIG/ALL), but when the system is rebooted the IP setting is lost and it's back to DHCP again. The DNS setting does stick.

Any ideas welcome, thanks!

 

[kewldood]

What router do you have?

I have a linksys router with an ip of 192.168.1.1. I made my "fixed" ip 192.168.1.2, subnet mask should pop in after you enter your "fixed" ip, my Default Gateway & my Preferred DNS Server is my router's ip (192.168.1.1). After I hit "OK", it takes a minute for your new ip to take.

 

[sagobogger]

I'll be surprised if it's a router issue, unless the router can blow away the IP set on the PC. The network is already working fine with a mixture of DHCP and fixed IP's. For the record this is a linksys wrt54gs. The router assigns .100 to .199, all my fixed IP's (printer, fileserver etc.) are in the .200's. The laptop takes and uses the fixed IP just fine, it just gets lost at reboot.

Hmmm, but you got me thinking, maybe the router or more likely the wireless card/driver doesn't like fixed IP for a wireless connection. I'll try it wired and see what happens.

Thanks!