Ethernet Connections and Windows 2000 Media Sense

Microsoft has a feature named Media Sense to Windows Server 2003.

Media Sense enables Windows Server 2003 to detect when the Ethernet cable is removed and, as a result, disable the TCP stack.

However, CIMPLICITY disables Media Sense during CIMPLICITY setup, by adding a registry entry that causes Windows 2000 to ignore the loss of the Ethernet cable.

The CIMPLICITY entry to the registry is:

Path

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters

Name

DisableDHCPMediaSense

Type

REG_DWORDValue

Data Range

0, 1 (False, True)

Default

0 (False)

To re-enable Media Sense:

Do one of the following:

Delete the registry entry or

Change the value 0.

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Step 3. Configure device general properties.