TCP+IP+media+sensing+How+to+disable

TCP/IP media sensing How to disable

Windows XP contains a feature called media sensing that is used to detect whether your computer is physically or not connected to a network.

If it senses that youʹre disconnected, it will remove the bound protocols from your network adapter.

Now it is possible that in the future you may build a Network and you do not want this to happen.

You can disable media sensing

To prevent your network adapter from detecting the link state, this is the route to follow:‐

Here once again I post the Registry Caveat and refer you to the First Edition

Follow my procedure and Scroll to :‐

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters

You will need to add the following registry value by right clicking and selecting Modify

Value Name: DisableDHCPMediaSense

Data Type: REG_DWORD ‐Boolean

Value Data Range: 0, 1 (False, True) Default: 0 (False)

This parameter controls DHCP Media Sense behaviour.

If you set this value data to 1, DHCP, and even non‐DHCP, clients ignore Media Sense events from the interface.

By default, Media Sense events trigger the DHCP client to take an action, such as attempting to obtain a lease (when a connect event occurs), or invalidating the interface and routes (when a disconnect event occurs).

Restart your computer.


 * Note :‐**

NetBEUI and IPX do not recognize Media Sense.