Cannot change default gateway address

I have a very strange problem and need help urgently please.
I have a Windows 2000 server with a single NIC. If I set the static IP
address to 190.0.0.1 no matter what I set the default gateway to it always
shows 190.0.0.3 in ipconfig. I wish to have 190.0.0.250 for the gateway as
this is the address of the router and I have set this address in the network
properties dialogue. However if I change the IP address to anything but
190.0.0.1 then ipconfig shows a default gateway of 190.0.0.250! If I change
the IP address back to 190.0.0.1 then the gateway changes itself back to
190.0.0.3. There is nothing on the network at address 190.0.0.3 but there was
an old ISDN router on this address which has long since been removed. The
only thing I can think of doing now is to change the NIC but can anyone tell
me where the .3 address is coming from?
Please help as this is driving me mad!

Dear Paul,
Try changing the "Default Gateway" from the registry and see if it works
with you or not
1- Start - Run - Regedit
2- Go to the key
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servi ces\{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx}\Parameters\Tcpip"
where xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx is the service name for your NIC
card (and because you have only 1 NIC, so you will find only 1 service name)
3- In the right pane, double click the value "Default Gateway", and type the
IP for your "Default Gateway"

Give it a try and let me know if it didn't work
Best regards.

"Paul_HIT" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:BAECED97-A41F-41FF-BFDA-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a very strange problem and need help urgently please.
> I have a Windows 2000 server with a single NIC. If I set the static IP
> address to 190.0.0.1 no matter what I set the default gateway to it always
> shows 190.0.0.3 in ipconfig. I wish to have 190.0.0.250 for the gateway as
> this is the address of the router and I have set this address in the
> network
> properties dialogue. However if I change the IP address to anything but
> 190.0.0.1 then ipconfig shows a default gateway of 190.0.0.250! If I
> change
> the IP address back to 190.0.0.1 then the gateway changes itself back to
> 190.0.0.3. There is nothing on the network at address 190.0.0.3 but there
> was
> an old ISDN router on this address which has long since been removed. The
> only thing I can think of doing now is to change the NIC but can anyone
> tell
> me where the .3 address is coming from?
> Please help as this is driving me mad!

hi,
delete the NIC from device manager, reboot computer and reinstall the NIC.
--
Dragos CAMARA
MCSA Windows 2003 server


"Paul_HIT" wrote:

> I have a very strange problem and need help urgently please.
> I have a Windows 2000 server with a single NIC. If I set the static IP
> address to 190.0.0.1 no matter what I set the default gateway to it always
> shows 190.0.0.3 in ipconfig. I wish to have 190.0.0.250 for the gateway as
> this is the address of the router and I have set this address in the network
> properties dialogue. However if I change the IP address to anything but
> 190.0.0.1 then ipconfig shows a default gateway of 190.0.0.250! If I change
> the IP address back to 190.0.0.1 then the gateway changes itself back to
> 190.0.0.3. There is nothing on the network at address 190.0.0.3 but there was
> an old ISDN router on this address which has long since been removed. The
> only thing I can think of doing now is to change the NIC but can anyone tell
> me where the .3 address is coming from?
> Please help as this is driving me mad!

That is exactly what I had already had to do to fix the problem, many thanks
anyway.

Just not sure where the spurious/incorrect address of 190.0.0.3 was coming
from, surely if you power down the server and perform a cold boot then the
NIC gets loaded the "correct" parameters as the spurious address was nowhere
to be found on the server?



"Dragos CAMARA" wrote:

> hi,
> delete the NIC from device manager, reboot computer and reinstall the NIC.
> --
> Dragos CAMARA
> MCSA Windows 2003 server
>
>
> "Paul_HIT" wrote:
>
> > I have a very strange problem and need help urgently please.
> > I have a Windows 2000 server with a single NIC. If I set the static IP
> > address to 190.0.0.1 no matter what I set the default gateway to it always
> > shows 190.0.0.3 in ipconfig. I wish to have 190.0.0.250 for the gateway as
> > this is the address of the router and I have set this address in the network
> > properties dialogue. However if I change the IP address to anything but
> > 190.0.0.1 then ipconfig shows a default gateway of 190.0.0.250! If I change
> > the IP address back to 190.0.0.1 then the gateway changes itself back to
> > 190.0.0.3. There is nothing on the network at address 190.0.0.3 but there was
> > an old ISDN router on this address which has long since been removed. The
> > only thing I can think of doing now is to change the NIC but can anyone tell
> > me where the .3 address is coming from?
> > Please help as this is driving me mad!