Summary

By default, lmhostid -internet obtains the virtual adapter IP address for a machine when it is connected to a VPN.

Synopsis

By default, lmhostid -internet obtains the virtual adapter IP address for a machine when it is connected to a VPN. The behavior can cause problems when checking out a feature that is node-locked to the machine's physical adaptor IP address.

Workaround

If you need to ensure that lmhostid always obtains the machine's physical adaptor IP address (especially during checkout), do the following:

1. Run regedit
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\Linkage
3. Locate the Bind parameter and modify the adapters sequence order so that the physical adaptor is first.
4. Run ipconfig/registerdns
5. Run lmhostid -internet to verify that it returns the physical adaptor IP address.