Registry Home > Network > Protocols > TCP-IP

Configure the DHCP Settings of a Network Adapter (Windows NT/2000/XP)

This setting controls whether TCP/IP should use DHCP to automatically assign an IP address, or if it should use the statically defined address.

Open your registry and find the key below, where {Adapter} equals the service name of the installed network card.

Change the value of 'EnableDHCP' to equal either '0' for disabled, or '1' for enabled.

Note: If you change this setting to disabled, make sure you have IP addressing information defined.

Registry Editor Example
|NameTypeData|
|(Default)REG_SZ(value not set)|
|EnableDHCPREG_DWORD0x00000001 (1)|
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|HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\{Adapte...|
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Registry Settings
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\{Adapter}\
Parameters\Tcpip]
Value Name: EnableDHCP
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = DHCP Disabled, 1= DHCP Enabled)

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Last modified: February 9, 1999