I got two W7 Machines that I am trying to place on a network. Problem is that they are not on the same IP network. All the other machines (windows XP Pro) have static IP Adresses and work fine. So I assigned the two W7 machines static IP addresses. They were able to access everything all the XP machines can access, except the internet. What do I need to do to have them keep a static IP address and yet be able to connect to the internet? Turning off the firewall doesn't work.

In your static IP settings, did you specify the correct Default Gateway and DNS settings? Compare those settings to another working machine on the same subnet. feel free to post the results from IPCONFIG /ALL.Visit: anITKB.com, an IT Knowledge Base.

I copied everything from a working XP machine, and only changed the IP address' last number to prevent duplicates in the TCP/IPv4 settings. The DNS I grabbed from the IPCONFIG /ALL before I entered the static IP. Not currently near the machines so I can't post the IPCONFIG /ALL.

Sounds like the IP settings should be correct based on your description, but if I would recommend that you validate that and provide an update. Test whether you are able to reach your gateway (via PING is fine) and whether you are able to resolve host names (use NSLOOKUP). Visit: anITKB.com, an IT Knowledge Base.

Here is the Config /All before I change the info Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : FB-PC Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : NAME.com Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : NAME.com Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 70-71-BC-40-6E-E1 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::994e:dc82:b6e8:cb83%11(Preferred) IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.98.89.72(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.254.0 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, September 10, 2010 5:37:44 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, September 10, 2010 6:37:44 PM Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.98.88.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 162.130.126.145 DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 234889158 DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-13-91-B7-19-70-71-BC-40-6E-E1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 162.130.128.97 162.130.10.9 Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 162.130.118.68 Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 162.130.132.242 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled Tunnel adapter isatap.NAME.com: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : NAME.com Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e74:28a5:3036:f59d:a6b7(Preferred) Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::28a5:3036:f59d:a6b7%14(Preferred) Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : :: NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

And after Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : FB-PC Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 70-71-BC-40-6E-E1 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::994e:dc82:b6e8:cb83%11(Preferred) IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.50.27(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.5.1 DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 234889158 DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-13-91-B7-19-70-71-BC-40-6E-E1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 162.130.128.97 162.130.10.9 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled Tunnel adapter isatap.{77C1C455-6FA6-4ECD-BC40-6B4419983112}: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Both pinging my Gateway and NSLOOKUP failed. this is the information that I got off of a working systems. IP: 192.168.50.15 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.5.1 DNS: 64.132.94.25 & 216.68.4.10 I know that it is something that I am missing here.

If everything else is working correctly in scenario #2 (static address), try changing your subnet mask to 255.255.0.0; your internet gateway is on a different subnet - 192.168.50.x vs. 192.168.5.x and a netmask of 255.255.255.0 isn't allowing them to communicate. If you don't want to do that for whatever reason, the 3rd number in your IPv4 address needs to be 5, the same as your gateway's, not 50.

Here is some results of combonations that I tried. This one will give me access to the network I want, but no internet. 192.168.50.30 255.255.255.0 192.168.5.1 These gives me nothing at all. 192.168.50.30 255.255.0.0 192.168.5.1 ---- 192.168.50.30 255.255.255.0 192.168.50.1 ----- 192.168.5.30 255.255.255.0 192.168.5.1 I tried again and the following got me on the network, but no internet still. 192.168.50.30 255.255.255.0 192.168.50.1

I tried again and the following got me on the network, but no internet still. 192.168.50.30 255.255.255.0 192.168.50.1 I used a 162.130.128.97 & 162.130.10.9 as the DNS for the first 4. This one I used the correct 162.130.128.97 & 162.130.10.9 as the DNS

Then your gateway or DNS addresses are wrong. Instead of speculating on which, can you post an IPCONFIG /ALL from one of the working XP machines?

I am not currently in the vicinity of the PCs. But I did happen to write down this about the Working XP machine: IP Address:192.168.50.15 Subnet Mask:255.255.255.0 Default Gateway:192.168.5.1 DNS: 64.132.94.25 & 216.68.4.10 Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : RICWMPC977507 Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PM Network Connect ion Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-41-38-1C-B0 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.50.15 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.50.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 64.132.94.250 216.68.4.10

Ok, so I got it now. I made 2 mistakes when I wrote down the information I needed. 1. I forgot to 0 on the third number of the Default Gateway. Was 92.168.5.1 but should have been 92.168.50.1 2. I forgot yet another 0 on the primary DNS server's last number. It was 64.132.94.25 but should have been 64.132.94.250 After correcting these two errors I got the network up and running while maintaining access to the internet. Thank you for all the help. Semper Fi