Hello All,
This week I've had an issue where I cannot remove an APIPA from the NIC of my Server 2008 R2 VM. I have a ticket open with VMware regarding an issue with our vCenter Server 5.5 upgrade and we are stuck with them asking us to remove this address before we can move on.
I've tried:
- Removing and re-adding the E1000 device Networking Adapter from the VM through vSphere.
- "netsh int ip reset", "netsh winsock reset" VM reboot.
- "ipconfig /flushdns", "ipconfig /registerdns".
- Registry edit to disable NIC/System IPAutoConfiguration from http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;244268
- NIC removed, re-added, uninstalled, disabled and enabled again from devmgmt.
- "route delete" all of the 169.254.x.x entries.
- Firewall and AV disabled
- And Ran through previous steps again to be sure.
And the machine sill has the 169.254.x.x
address.
This server shares our QuickBooks company files and has the AD Lightweight Directory, File and Windows Deployment Services Roles installed. IPv6 disabled from the NIC Properties. Only the static entry is listed in the Advanced TCP/IP properties of the NIC. But the APIPA displays in "ipconfig /all" and the "route print" routing table after reboot. When I ping the host name from the VM it replies with the APIPA number as well.
I've included a picture of what I see when I reboot the VM after the netsh commands. Any ideas on what I could check to clear this address out so I can move forward with my vCenter ticket?
Here is my ipconfig /all:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Server2008
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : hmeinc.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hmeinc.local
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-8B-34-56
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.9(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.113.236(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.3
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.3
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled