Re: IPCONFIG.EXE

Jeff Liebermann <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news(E-Mail Removed):

> On 11 Oct 2010 20:53:55 +0200, doofus <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>When you run ipconfig.exe does it go out to the internet?
>
> No. IPCONFIG stays on your computer and does not go wandering away.
>
>>Where does ipconfig read the name of your wireless card from?
>
> Look under:
> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\
> for the driver ID number. That's the mess between the { }. The real
> description is buried under something like:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Cl ass\{4D36E972-E325-
11
> CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\0015\DriverDesc\
>

With all respect, in my xp registry there are many entries in the
registry showing the exact same description of the same adapter. The
registry entry in your reply is for the driver description which I think
is a different string showing the version number of the driver. How do
you know which of the many identical adapter descriptions, containing
the same name of the device, is the one being read by ipconfig.exe? Also
in my registry there are numerous control sets (ControlSet
008,0010,0014, etc) which correspond to the various access points I have
connected to with the same adapter, all showing the identical adapter
name and chipset description. Are you saying ipconfig just picks one at
random. Seems to me the only accurate way is to query the adapter
directly, not to read the registry.

On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:21:55 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:07:24 +0000 (UTC), whatever
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Jeff Liebermann <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>>news(E-Mail Removed) m:
>
>You can see the list of previous network devices by running the Device
>Manager and selecting:
> View -> Show Hidden Devices
>Under "Network Adapters", you should find the entire list of adapters,
>both past and present. If you want even more:
> Start -> run -> cmd <enter>
> set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1
> start devmgmt.msc
> View -> Show Hidden Devices
>If your list is huge, this would probably be a good time to delete
>ancient history and unused devices. (Backup your registry first).
Regmon, running with no filters, (agghh), shows me the only
place queried relative to adapter name with "ipconfig /all" is:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\PCI\V EN****\****\

**** for privacy, I hate big numbers I don't understand.

"DeviceDesc"="VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter"
"Mfg"="VIA Technologies, Inc."
[]'s

Open "cmd" from start , run regmon, do a ipconfig /all, then
stop regmon clicking on the icon at top. CTRL-F to find entry. Regmon
produces a lot of output.
I prefer the old version of regmon, before window$ bought
sysinternals.

On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:18:17 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:00:49 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>
>>Tweaking the description to see what happens... Nothing. However,
>>I'm bizzee right now and don't want to reboot or restart the IP stack.
>>Maybe later tonite. You probably found the correct key, but I'm not
>>sure.
>
>Nope. Tweaking the description and rebooting didn't change the output
>of IPCONFIG.
I can't even change the description. "Error: Changing value of
DeviceDesc" Error writing content of new value....
(a rough translation, my windows is Portuguese)
So maybe it pools the hardware. It is a constant, appears to
be unchangeable.
FWIW
[]'s

On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:27:23 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:
>If you want to change the permissions, go up one directory in REGEDIT,
>right click, and select "Permissions". Give yourself permission to
>read/write/change/whatever the contents, and the registry keys below
>the directory. Some viruses like to change the permissions so you
>can't change the keys, making repair difficult.
OK, that worked
ipconfig /all

BEFORE:
Adaptador Ethernet Conexão local:

Sufixo DNS específico de conexão . :
Descrição . . . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Rhine II Fast
Ethernet Adapter

Endereço físico . . . . . . . . . . : 00-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
DHCP ativado. . . . . . . . . . . . : Sim
Configuração automática ativada . . : Sim
Endereço IP . . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
Máscara de sub-rede . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Gateway padrão. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
Servidor DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
Servidores DNS. . . . . . . . . . . : 127.0.0.1

AFTER:
Adaptador Ethernet Conexão local:

Sufixo DNS específico de conexão . :
Descrição . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Bubba
Endereço físico . . . . . . . . . . : 00-xxxxxxxxxxxx
DHCP ativado. . . . . . . . . . . . : Sim
Configuração automática ativada . . : Sim
Endereço IP . . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
Máscara de sub-rede . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Gateway padrão. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
Servidor DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
Servidores DNS. . . . . . . . . . . : 127.0.0.1
Concessão obtida. . . . . . . . . . : quinta-feira, 14 de
outubro d

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So that is where ipconfig looks for it.

[]'s
I'll try a reboot

On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:43:51 -0300, Shadow <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:27:23 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>>If you want to change the permissions, go up one directory in REGEDIT,
>>right click, and select "Permissions". Give yourself permission to
>>read/write/change/whatever the contents, and the registry keys below
>>the directory. Some viruses like to change the permissions so you
>>can't change the keys, making repair difficult.
> OK, that worked
> ipconfig /all
...........................
> []'s
> I'll try a reboot
After a reboot, hardware manager tells me my card is called
Bubba, and in network neighborhood/properties I am connected via
"Bubba" to the internet. So it seems that is where the network card
info is kept.

Dunno why yours didn't work. Try regmon or whatever with a
piece of the network card name as an "include" filter.
Include filter "Bubb" now takes me directly to the key when I
run ifconfig /all. (you don't even need the "/all" option.)