ipconfig lists tons of NICs at cmd prompt

[James Bond]

So this has been bugging me since day one of Vista. For some reason it keeps listing more and more connections when I type ipconfig. This isn't just me - happens to everyone at my office it seems.

Possibly because of all of the VPN connections I use?


At the moment it is only showing a few - this is because I reformatted last Friday. Before I had 25+.

Windows IP Configuration


Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : xxxxxxx
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.140.3.46
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.140.3.1

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : aitcorp.loc

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

 

[JackMDS]

Vista has IPv6 and other stuff what you got here is Normal.

 

[BriGy86]

You'll notice if you go to the NIC properties like you do in XP it has a lot more running protocols and I believe it lists a NIC for each protocol. Get rid of those and you get rid of the NIC entries under ipconfig. But some are used for device discovery on the network so be careful.

 

[James Bond]

Originally posted by: BriGy86
You'll notice if you go to the NIC properties like you do in XP it has a lot more running protocols and I believe it lists a NIC for each protocol. Get rid of those and you get rid of the NIC entries under ipconfig. But some are used for device discovery on the network so be careful.

I had already done that before - still showed tons of entries...

Do I need the Link Layer protocols?

 

[BriGy86]

When you click start and network, the network mapping Vista does utilizes the topology discovery mapper and the responder. I leave mine on because it's an easy way to browse to my file server or other computers on my home network.