disable APIPA

 

It may be desirable to disable this and to do this perform the following:

1. Start the registry editor (Regedit.exe)
2. Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces
3. Select the required interface
4. From the Edit menu select New - DWORD value
5. Enter a name of IPAutoconfigurationEnabled and press Enter
6. Double click the new value and set to 0. Click OK
7. Close the registry editor

If you have multiple adapters and wish to disable for all just create and set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\IPAutoconfigurationEnabled to 0.