Difference between revisions of "Vista Networking Issue"

Latest revision as of 22:40, 2 April 2014

Sometimes, Vista and Windows 7 don't resolve the host-only Amahi uses. Here's a possible fix that worked for me on Vista/Windows 7

For Windows Vista

For Windows 7

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-Some times, vista refuses to acknowledge short URLs.
+Sometimes, Vista and Windows 7 don't resolve the host-only Amahi uses.  Here's a possible fix that worked for me  on Vista/Windows 7
-Here's a fix that worked for me (Vista specific)
+For Windows Vista
+# From the menu, select ''Control Panel'' then ''Network Connections''
-In Control Panel/network connections
 # Right click your ethernet card (or similar) and select properties
-# Select Internet Protocol vrs4 and press the properties button
+# Select ''Internet Protocol Version 4'' and press the properties button
 # Click the "Advanced" button
 # Select the DNS tab
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-All should work correctly now ... This should work automatically - hopefully
+For Windows 7
-someone can explain why Vista messes this up!
+# In Control Panel select ''Network And Sharing Center''
+# In the left margin, select 'Change adapter settings''
+# Right click your ethernet card (or similar) and select ''properties''
+# Select ''Internet Protocol Version 4'' and press the properties button
+# Click the ''Advanced'' button
+# Select the ''DNS'' tab
+# Press the ''Append these DNS suffixes (in order)'' button
+# Add your home server's domain name (eg. home.com)
+# Press the required OKs, apply, close ...