Question about networks?

My laptop is connected to about 5 different networks at a time and if I disconnected any of them they will all disable. I’m curios to why it’s doing this. I’m using an Ethernet cord to access the net.

-Just was wondering if there is some kind of fix to this or I should just leave it alone?

P.S - I’m using the schools connection that provided in my dorm. Guess I could ask the network folks in charge of all, but it’s late and wanted to ask here first. (I’m sure most peeps here know more than about this tech stuff)

 

where did you notice youre connected to 5 networks?

 

The bottom right icon that shows the connection when hovered over by the mouse. It will display random #'s,

example: network17 local area connection, network18 local area connection, network8 local area connection....

 

try this
start - run - type cmd to open a command prompt. type ipconfig/all and let me know what it says. its normal to have a lot of stuff in there like tunnel adapters which are used for ipv6. since ipv6 isnt used yet, you dont have to worry about those. all that really matters in your case is the ethernet adapter which should have an ip address. way to check what interfaces you have ip addresses on is to just type ipconfig in command prompt without the /all switch.

 

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Timothy>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . :
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mshome
net


Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Con
nection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-BF-C7-26-96
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PL Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-B8-9D-33-A0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:a81a:f422:8:3436:89bb:30ea:4a09(Pref
erred)
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:a81a:f52a:b:3436:89bb:30ea:4a09(Pref
erred)
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:a81a:f792:8:3436:89bb:30ea:4a09(Pref
erred)
Site-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fec0::8:3436:89bb:30ea:4a09%1(Preferred)

Site-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fec0::b:3436:89bb:30ea:4a09%1(Preferred)

Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : 2002:a81a:f422:8:e0d4:e8b3:fe51:d635(Pref
erred)
Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : 2002:a81a:f52a:b:e0d4:e8b3:fe51:d635(Pref
erred)
Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : 2002:a81a:f792:8:e0d4:e8b3:fe51:d635(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3436:89bb:30ea:4a09%8(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 168.26.247.59(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.252.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, January 27, 2009 12:23:51 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:23:51 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::a518:cfab:857c:8faf%8
fe80::71ae:4ac1:869:b5e2%8
fe80::19b0:b02:f1a:a534%8
168.26.244.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 168.26.240.20
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201384120
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-0F-D8-01-A9-00-E0-B8-9D-33-A0

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::39be:7737:2d2:6422%8
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 168.26.242.11
Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 168.26.240.20
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Connection-specific DNS Suffix Search List :
mshome
net

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{F1C9403B-6FAA-46BB-AEF7-BA0E72DD8
746}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gdn.peachnet.edu
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.gdn.peachnet.edu
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::200:5efe:168.26.247.59%14(Preferred
)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::39be:7737:2d2:6422%8
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gdn.peachnet.edu
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:a81a:f73b::a81a:f73b(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:c058:6301::c058:6301
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::39be:7737:2d2:6422%8
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e50:8af:1c0a:57e5:8c4(Prefer
red)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8af:1c0a:57e5:8c4%13(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Users\Timothy>

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*wow sorry didn't think this would be so large*

 

yeah you have a lot of stuff there. are you using vista?

 

unfortunately yes

 

well the solution ive found to work best for disabling ipv6 completely involves making changes to the windows registry. the change is safe to make and is reversible, but always backup your registry in case you make a mistake. this will get rid of all those tunnel adapters and will disable ipV6.

To open the registry:
start
run
type regedit
hit enter

To backup the registry:
with the registry open, click file
export
choose a backup location
name the backup
At the bottom, choose All to backup the whole registry.
it'll take a quick minute to backup. just let it go until its done.

To disable IPv6 completely:
navigate the path below in the registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\tcpip6\Parameters\DisabledComponents

The value can be the combination (logical or) of the follwoing values:
1 Disable tunnel interfaces
2 Disable 6to4
4 Disable ISATAP
8 Disable Teredo
16 Disable LAN and PPP interfaces
32 Set preference of IPv4 over IPv6
255 Disable IPv6 completely

youre going to want to edit the value of disabled components to 255 which will disable IPv6 completely.

 

Hey kingsteve,

I gotta go to class right now, but will play around with it later this evening.

Thanks for the help and time. I'll post an update when I can

 

happy to help.