To everyone who attended thanks for helping make it a great day. As some of you might have noticed Admin came around to change your PC settings so you could connect to the network.
Unfortunately, these changes may of had an adverse effect on your home network, and you may find yourself unable to access the internet or use other network services.
For the more computer literate of you, and know your way around your network settings, you want to change it back to Dynamic for IP and DNS.
For the rest of us, if you are having trouble at home accessing network services or the internet, you will need to do the following
Windows XP
Open control panel from the start menu
Make sure you are viewing it in classic view, as opposed to category view. (settings on left)
Find the network connections icon and double click on it.
Find the network adaptor you are using.
A dialog window will appear. In the list menu, select Internet Protocol (IP/TCP) and select properties directly below it.
Set to Obtiain an IP address automatically and make sure that Obtain DNS server address automatically is also selected.
Select OK and you are done!
Windows Vista/Windows 7
Open control panel
Select network and sharing center
Click the view status link on the non wireless connection (Windows 7 users will need to make a physical connection with a cable before this will work)
Click properties and continue for the consent window
Select Internet protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
Open properties and continue for the consent window.
Set to Obtiain an IP address automatically and make sure that Obtain DNS server address automatically is also selected.
Hit OK and you are done!
If you still have problems leave a comment and I will get back to you as soon as possible.
Next time we will come around when your leaving to reset the settings to avoid problems next time.
Thanks again,
Thomas Simmons, Network Director