Multihomed Vista may receive "Unidentified network"

[chicagotech]

The multihomed Vista may receive "Unidentified network" message if it is configured incorrectly. Try to assign 192.168.1.x Ip to both 1GB LAN and make sure they can ping each other. Otherwise check this search result.

Vista issuesthe Vista laptop has limited connectivity to "Unidentified network". The XP desktop says that the network cable isn't even plugged in… ...
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Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Rob" <Rob> wrote in message news:008BFCA2-0657-4CAA-AA67-DB5CEBB76792@microsoft.com...
I am running 2 new Vista Ultimate 32 bit machines. One has a Intel 985BX2
motherboard with onboard 1 Gb LAN. The other an Asus P5K Deluxe mothboard
with Realtek and Marvel 1GB LANs.

Both are connected to a Netgear DG834GT wirless router which has the
internet connection. I am trying to also connect the machines by 1Gb LAN to
allow fast media copies/steaming. Over the wireless it starts copying well
but slows up.

When I plug in a crossover cable I get "Unidentified network". If I disable
wireless the machines cannot see each other. I have set this 1Gb connection
on both to "private". I have also merged locations but not bridged the
connections.

As per other threads I have tried disabling the IPv6 but it did not work.
The ipconfig output from both is below.

Can anybody help how to get these to work?
Also when working how to I control whether traffic is over the 1gb or the
wireless?

PC1 (POWERPC with Asus Board):

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Robert Scriven>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Power-PC-Office
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area
Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-07-61-44-C5-D4
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 5:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Belkin 802.11g Network Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-50-F5-A1-0D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::89cc:547c:efa:b436%16(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 11 September 2007 19:18:56
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 14 September 2007 19:19:01
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 352325968
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter 1GB LAN:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit
Ether
net Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-FC-4F-26-9A
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI
Gigabit E
thernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-FC-4F-13-8B
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5cd3:6cb7:759f:7761%8(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.119.97(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201333756
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{A92F9D62-47B2-41BD-A614-3A054F897
670}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.0.2%20(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{507F0227-E0DC-4929-B8BA-8FB5EBA67
8DE}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:169.254.119.97%12(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . :
2001:0:4136:e390:1c0b:379d:3f57:fffd(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1c0b:379d:3f57:fffd%10(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{83EFEA6E-B586-4E88-A6C9-471286335
11E}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{38304CDB-3B90-4863-B085-A34C4D551
1CB}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 13:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

PC2 (MEDIAPC with Intel Board)

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Mr. Robert Scriven>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Media-PC-Living-Room
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR WG111T 108Mbps Wireless
USB2.0 Ad
apter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-4D-39-B2-6E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a07b:21ca:30e3:7f32%18(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.4(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 11 September 2007 19:58:03
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 14 September 2007 19:58:03
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 369104973
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area
Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-5A-5D-C0-89
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PL Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-D1-E1-7F-A7
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::d1bc:605a:ac5:cf2c%8(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.207.44(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201333201
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{4AF9498C-D9B2-4C47-B45A-381C165CB
6C0}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:169.254.207.44%9(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.0.4%25(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 4:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes


---
Rob

[chicagotech]

The multihomed Vista may receive "Unidentified network" message if it is configured incorrectly. In your case, I don't see the default gateway or it is 0.0.0.0. I would disable the ICS and setup just one connection to make sure it works.

These links may help too.

Multihomed Vista may receive "Unidentified network"
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/vi ... php?t=1578

Vista: unidentified networkto 'Unidentified Network'. So, I ran the network diagnostic tool, and it gave me three options . 'Automatically get new IP settings' which did not solve the ...
www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic ... d9fb0d00cc

View topic - Vista: Unidentified network when ...
You may see "Unidentified network" if you use ISP public IP, DNS without firewall. Or check this post for more troubleshooting. ...
www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic ... d460675b73


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Mikey43" <Mikey43> wrote in message news:2F80CE66-2B13-4F19-B643-815FA5520416@microsoft.com...
I have tried every suggestion on this and other tech net sites with zero
results.

I bought an HP Pavilion three weeks ago and righ out of the box, the
on-board NIC (Intel Pro-100) shows up as "Unidentified Network (Public
Network)" I can change it to Private, but cannot rename it. It reverts back
to public on a reboot. ICS does not work well if the internal netwrok is a
public network. After any reboot, I have to reset the network to "Private"

- I have downloaded updated drivers for the NIC. Didn't work.
- I have disabled IPv6 (Doesn't appear to work anyway - system would give
itself an internal private adress and the toredo tunnel doesn't show up.)
Didn't work.
- Turned off Windows firewall, Didn't work.
-- Turned it back on. didn't work
- Internal NIC will not accept a default gateway because the IP address
assigned to it by ICS is the gateway.
- Disabled on-board NIC and inserted a separate NIC (Realtek 8139) Driver
dated July 2007.
- On-board wireless is disabled.

IPCONFIG /ALL below:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Gateway
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : USB Wireless 802.11 b/g Adaptor
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-C0-A8-F3-60-38
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Wired-Wireless:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet
NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-B0-4C-39-17-49
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.28.178.11
68.28.186.11
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

PPP adapter Sprint Mobile Broadband - Novatel Wireless:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Sprint Mobile Broadband - Novatel
Wireles
s
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 70.3.189.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled


Thanks,
Mike

[chicagotech]

Okay. Here ya go.

C:\Users\n0vnm>route print
===========================================================================
Interface List
17 ........................... Sprint Mobile Broadband - Novatel Wireless
11 ...00 c0 a8 f3 60 38 ...... USB Wireless 802.11 b/g Adaptor
8 ...00 b0 00 00 17 49 ...... Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
1 ........................... Software Loopback Interface 1
===========================================================================

IPv4 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 On-link 70.14.178.62 41
68.28.185.69 255.255.255.255 68.28.185.69 70.14.178.62 41
70.14.178.62 255.255.255.255 On-link 70.14.178.62 296
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 4531
127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 4531
127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 4531
192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 On-link 192.168.0.1 4501
192.168.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.0.1 4501
192.168.0.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.0.1 4501
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 4531
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 192.168.0.1 4503
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 70.14.178.62 41
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 4531
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.0.1 4501
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 70.14.178.62 296
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
Network Address Netmask Gateway Address Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 Default
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 Default
===========================================================================

IPv6 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
If Metric Network Destination Gateway
1 306 ::1/128 On-link
1 306 ff00::/8 On-link
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None


"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Posting back with the routing table may help.
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com

[chicagotech]

Thank you for the update.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Mikey43" <Mikey43> wrote in message news:C78D9F91-EEF7-4155-9CFB-A08ECE413CFB@microsoft.com...
Bob,

Thanks for your help. I reactivated the (onboard) IntelPro 100+ into the
systems and it is working great. Don't know why it wouldn't before, maybe
just had to be reinitialized. This time it did install a different driver
than the one it came with.

I now have my Private Network that says HOME and it stays on restart.

-mike-

[alexdnatel]

I suffer the same fate with my VISTA Home premium.I travel a lot and I connect usually to hotel wireless network and one thing I noticed that the problem is selective.Sometimes I connect instantly, with other hotel wifi none at all.I am now connected to one of hotel wifi and as of writing, I'm can browse the net but the tray icon is telling me "Access:Local only"

Well I got one workaround when I get stuck with "unidentified networks". From the Network sharing center tab click on Manage Network connection, right click on your wireless adaptor. click on disable,wait for a few seconds and put it enable again.The Network will restart the connection.

[guest]

I have the same issues. I travel a lot and access to different wireless. In some places it may work but others. My solution is removing IPv6 from the Vista completely following this how to.

Vista IPCONFIG and Network Settings
How to: assign multiple static IPs in Vista How to change the binding order of network providers How to disable TCP/IPv6 How to disable IPv6 and Tunnel on ...
www.howtonetworking.com/vista/vistaipconfig.htm