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How can I disable media-sense for TCP/IP?
John Savill
July 8, 1999
1 Min Read
A. Windows 2000 introduces media-sense which in a Network InterfaceCard can detect if it is connected to a network cable and if it is not connectedit disables protocols on that adapter (although the loopback address 127.0.0.1and the local hostname still works).
This may be very inconvenient especially on portables as you may haveprograms running which requires use of its normal IP address so you can disablethis media-sense for TCP/IP only (not the other protocols)
Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)
Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesTcpipParameters
From the Edit menu select New - DWORD value
Enter a name of DisableDHCPMediaSense and press Enter
Double click the new value and set to 1
Click OK
Reboot the computer
Cheers to Thomas Lee for letting me know media-sense existed :-)
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