James, I've managed to find the thread I was referring to and hence the answer lies in switching off win2k's media sense for tcp/ip feature.
Check out article Q239924 in Technet for details. HTH Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dave Wilson > Sent: 04 October 2001 19:13 > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: Web Demo > > > I remember something similar being posted to this list in the past to do > with the NIC requiring to be "connected" in order to maintain it's IP > address in Win2K. This doesn't happen in NT4. As far as I > remember, someone > came up with a reg fix for this. Perhaps a search through the > archives might > come up with something. > > Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James Lavoie > > Sent: 04 October 2001 18:37 > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > Subject: Web Demo > > > > > > I have a laptop running windows 2000 and IIS. The intent is to run a web > > demo. Everything works great until the laptop is unplugged from > > the network > > and then on every page I'm asked if I want to connect or work offline. > > Saving the pages for offline veiwing is no good because they run > > scripting, > > etc. When you disconnect the network cable Windows drops your ip address > > (even if its a static address) and replaces it with "network > unplugged". I > > suspect this to be the problem. Does anyone know how to change > this? Or is > > there something I can do in Internet Explorer to resolve this? > > Thanks, > > James > > > > ------ > > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
