Windows Vista fails to obtain IP Address from DHCP Server/Router

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to Windows Reference RSS feed Thanks for visiting!Sometimes your Windows Vista will fail to obtain an IP Address from a DHCP server like your Broadband or Wireless router. This is due to a design change in Windows Vista. Unlike in Windows XP (and in the later [...]

DHCP & Static IP Settings in Windows Registry

Have you ever wondered where the network configuration settings like IP Address Subnet mask or the same settings provided by your DHCP server (propably your home broadband router) on a network interface or a wireless interface are stored on your computer?
Undoubtedly, these are stored in the Windows registry. While there is no need to change [...]

Enable/Disable Path MTU (PMTU) Blackhole router detection in Windows

A few days ago, we saw how to Enable/Disable Path MTU Discovery (PMTU Discovery) from the registry. Now, we shall go further and see how to Enable or Disable Path MTU Blackhole router detection in Windows 2008/Vista/2003/XP/2000 from Windows Registry. Path MTU Blackhole router detection is enabled by default so as the Path MTU Discovery.
A [...]