Windows 10: Win 10 Home, Version 1803 - Unidentified Network - Wired only using switch and static IP's

Greetings all,


I have read so many posts my eyes are bleeding...lol. Anyway, I am currently working on a separate wired network only using switch with static IP addresses assigned to the switch and all other connected computers. I am not using this network to connect to the internet, its only providing a LAN for share drive/media access.


Once connected to this network, windows treats this connection as an unidentified network and automatically treats the connection as public. Since its listed as unidentified, I am unable to switch it to Private in all areas including Registry. The only solution I found was to use a router instead, configured only for LAN and enabling DHCP. This is quite frustrating.


I am hoping there is a proper way or solution for this issue. I am aware of one work around where you assign an alternate IP to one adapter and then use that IP as a DHCP server address...but that seems like a poor workaround and I have not yet tested this.


That said, I am hoping someone may enlighten me on the proper way to setup and manage a LAN using only a switch. The switch is managed and I can setup static IP's.


I appreciate any and all assistance.


Gonna go back to digging a deeper snow cave for now...lol

:)

 

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Hi,

Follow the steps below and check if the features to apply static IP is available in your device.

• Navigate to settings.
• Search or navigate to “Wi-Fi”.
• Scroll all the way down and tap “static ip”.
• Turn on “Configure network settings manually”.
• Key in the IP address, subnet mask and other details

Note: Do remember that your router / DHCP should support allocating static IP for this feature to work.

If the above feature is not available then your model may not support the same.

Hope this helps

Regards

 

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Hi Drapinqs, there are a few steps to doing this correctly . . .

Please go through the following step by step approach:

https://portforward.com/networking/static-ip-wi...