No text in Network Connections

[nulano]

When I go to
Control Panel>Network and Internet>Network and Sharing Center>Change adapter settings
all texts appear to be missing (see screenshots), and none of them (except the last one) do anything. The last option opens this warning:

To me, this seems like a broken translation of windows (Windows 7 Home - SK).

How can I change the adapter settings (static IP)?
I've tried Portforward Static IP Address (Free Help Forwarding Ports - PortForward.com), but it sets weird values instead of the ones I enter.

 

[Kaktussoft]

Problem is only in network center->adapter settings?

Left click once on the adapter you want to change. Now press ALT-ENTER. Adapter properties are displayed?

 

[nulano]

I haven't noticed the problem anywhere else.

When I press ALT+ENTER, the empty warning appears, just like when I click on the last option.

 

[Kaktussoft]

alt+enter means properties... so indeed last option.

Check eventlog for related errors

 

[nulano]

No errors appear in Windows Logs when the warning appears. (I have clicked on refresh)

 

[Kaktussoft]

In elevated commadn prompt:

netsh  int  show  interf

Errors?

 

[nulano]

C:\Windows\system32>netsh int show interf

Admin State    State          Type             Interface Name
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Enabled        Connected      Dedicated        Hamachi
Enabled        Disconnected   Dedicated        Pripojenie bezdrôtovej siete 2
Enabled        Disconnected   Dedicated        Lokálne pripojenie
Enabled        Connected      Dedicated        Pripojenie bezdrôtovej siete                           <-- This is what I want to modify

 

[Kaktussoft]

Why modify it? Don't you want to solve the main issue?

 

[nulano]

I want to get to the settings of that adapter, which implies fixing the main issue.

 

[Kaktussoft]

I elevated command prompt:
With Netsh.exe you can easily view your TCP/IP settings.

netsh interface ip show config

With Netsh.exe, you can easily configure your computer's IP address and other TCP/IP related settings. For example:
The following command configures the interface named "Pripojenie bezdrôtovej siete" with the static IP address 192.168.0.100, the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, and a default gateway of 192.168.0.1:

netsh interface ip set address name="Pripojenie bezdrôtovej siete" static 192.168.0.100 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1

To revert back to how it was

netsh interface ip set address "Pripojenie bezdrôtovej siete" dhcp

 

[Kaktussoft]

to change dns as well:

netsh interface ip set dns "Pripojenie bezdrôtovej siete" static 192.168.0.200

Or, if you want, you can configure your NIC to dynamically obtain it's DNS settings:

netsh interface ip set dns "Pripojenie bezdrôtovej siete" dhcp

 

[nulano]

Thanks! That should do it.

 

[nulano]

I've got error:

C:\...\Desktop>netsh interface ip set address name="Pripojenie bezdrôtovej siete" static 192.168.1.11 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.250
Objekt už existuje.

Translation to English:

Object already exists.

 

[Kaktussoft]

I've got error:

C:\...\Desktop>netsh interface ip set address name="Pripojenie bezdrôtovej siete" static 192.168.1.11 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.250
Objekt už existuje.

Translation to English:

Object already exists.

Blank default gateway may occur after configuring Static IP address following network driver upgrade on Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2
So do the failing command twice!

 

[nulano]

I've got error:

C:\...\Desktop>netsh interface ip set address name="Pripojenie bezdrôtovej siete" static 192.168.1.11 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.250
Objekt už existuje.

Translation to English:

Object already exists.

Blank default gateway may occur after configuring Static IP address following network driver upgrade on Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2
So do the failing command twice!

I still get the error, even after doing it multiple times.

C:\Windows\system32>netsh interface ip set address name="Pripojenie bezdrôtovej siete" dhcp

C:\Windows\system32>netsh interface ip set address name="Pripojenie bezdrôtovej siete" static 192.168.1.11 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.250
Objekt už existuje.



C:\Windows\system32>netsh interface ip show config name="Pripojenie bezdrôtovej siete"

Configuration for interface "Pripojenie bezdrôtovej siete"
    DHCP enabled:                         No
    IP Address:                           169.254.160.6
    Subnet Prefix:                        169.254.0.0/16 (mask 255.255.0.0)
    InterfaceMetric:                      25
    Statically Configured DNS Servers:    None
    Register with which suffix:           Primary only
    Statically Configured WINS Servers:   None


C:\Windows\system32>netsh interface ip set address name="Pripojenie bezdrôtovej siete" static 192.168.1.11 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.250
Objekt už existuje.



C:\Windows\system32>netsh interface ip set address name="Pripojenie bezdrôtovej siete" static 192.168.1.11 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.250
Objekt už existuje.



C:\Windows\system32>netsh interface ip show config name="Pripojenie bezdrôtovej siete"

Configuration for interface "Pripojenie bezdrôtovej siete"
    DHCP enabled:                         No
    InterfaceMetric:                      25
    Statically Configured DNS Servers:    None
    Register with which suffix:           Primary only
    Statically Configured WINS Servers:   None

 

[Kaktussoft]

Is it the wired or wireless adapter?

 

[nulano]

Wireless.

 

[Kaktussoft]

netsh interface ip set address "Pripojenie bezdrôtovej siete" dhcp

works?

 

[Kaktussoft]

Wireless.

Why give a wireless adapter a static ip-address?

 

[nulano]

netsh interface ip set address "Pripojenie bezdrôtovej siete" dhcp

works?

Yes.

Wireless.

Why give a wireless adapter a static ip-address?

For portforwarding.