Maybe I should have fully read your initial post and I would have known the answer was "no" :-)
On 25 January 2011 21:22, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you got one of those old "ghost" NICs? > > > 1. Click *Start*, click *Run*, type cmd.exe, and then press ENTER. > 2. Type set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1, and then press ENTER. > 3. Type Start DEVMGMT.MSC, and then press ENTER. > 4. Click *View*, and then click *Show Hidden Devices*. > 5. Expand the* Network Adapters* tree. > 6. Right-click the dimmed network adapter, and then click *Uninstall*. > > > On 25 January 2011 21:14, Guyer, Don <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Everyone, >> >> >> >> We have a W2k8 R2 64-bit server, fully patched, VM, that >> is showing a Deprecated IP address (results of ipconfig show below). What >> I’m told is happening is that when this server tries to Telnet (through a >> firewall), it is showing as coming from the deprecated address. When I first >> looked at the server, it did have IPv6 enabled. It has since been unbinded >> from the NIC and disabled via the registry. It also had DHCP server running, >> so I eliminated that as well, since it is not necessary anyway. There are no >> hidden additional NICs (checked anyway, even though Deprecated shows under >> the same lone NIC as the 10.x.x.x address). Now, I know all about why/how a >> device configures itself with a 169.254 address (as well as this address not >> being routable), so this is driving me crazy! I can RDP into the server >> using it’s 10.x.x.x address, so it seems to me that “general” networking is >> fine. >> >> >> >> Anyone heard or seen of this before? >> >> >> >> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: >> >> >> >> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : >> >> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network >> Connection >> >> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx >> >> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No >> >> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes >> >> IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.x.x.x(Preferred) >> >> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.240 >> >> * IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.x.x(Deprecated*) >> >> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255 >> >> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.x.x.x >> >> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.x.x.x >> >> 10.x.x.x >> >> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled >> >> >> >> >> >> TIA, >> >> >> >> *Don Guyer* >> >> Windows Systems Engineer >> >> Datasafe Platform >> >> Fiserv Enterprise Technology >> >> *Fiserv* >> >> [email protected] >> >> Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 >> >> Fax: 610-293-4499 >> >> www.fiserv.com >> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' 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