Can't connect to network...

giyadgiyad
edited October 2008 in Science & Tech
Ok, this one is trivial.

I had Windows Vista Business installed and decided I'd switch to Premium because of Media Center. I performed a clean install but, when I was done, I could no longer connect to the internet/network. I have 3 computers all connected to one router (2 laptops wireless and 1 desktop wired). We are dealing here with the wired desktop. When I do an ipconfig, I see that the router is not assigning it an IP (it should be 192.168.15.xxx). Here are the results of ipconfig/all:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Desktopz
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet #
2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-4B-01-7A-4C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::7d6d:fa60:cb85:6acd%9(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.106.205(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 234882123
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-4B-01-7A-4B
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{54EA0474-646F-4F23-8423-D61E9C758
8BD}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{4E5A0F47-2898-4897-89E6-C6EE6B4F4
033}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:169.254.106.205%10(Preferred)

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

I don't understand why I can't connect. It briefly worked when I plugged directly into the modem, but then after I installed the updates it won't work again! The LAN connection shows connected to "Unidentified network." Anyone have any suggestions...? at all?

Here are a couple of things we can rule out:
1. Its not the cable, it works fine when I plug into my laptop.
2. Its not the NIC, it worked when I plugged directly into the modem.
3. It can't be the router, I was on it before I installed Premium, and then was on it again until I installed the updates and restarted.

Comments

  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2008
    Of note is that your wired NVIDIA ethernet adapter is reporting that the cable is unplugged. Do you have any insight on this?
  • giyadgiyad
    edited October 2008
    Thrax wrote:
    Of note is that your wired NVIDIA ethernet adapter is reporting that the cable is unplugged. Do you have any insight on this?

    Yup, I have two ports. One is connected, one isn't.

    UPDATE: and no, it doesn't make a difference which port i plug into (tried it ;))
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2008
    Please try the steps outlined in this guide.
  • giyadgiyad
    edited October 2008
    Thrax wrote:
    Please try the steps outlined in this guide.

    Winsock shouldn't be the problem since its new installation of the OS, but I'll try...

    UPDATE: Nope, it didn't work... I also tried the netsh int ip reset
  • giyadgiyad
    edited October 2008
    This is extremely weird. I plugged directly into the modem again and it worked fine. But when I plug into the router... nothing. It was all working before I installed Vista Premium.
  • giyadgiyad
    edited October 2008
    _____________________

    SOLVED
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    Ok, so I'm going to attribute this to the firmware upgrade I performed, but it could really be anything. I went through A LOT of different steps but I am pretty sure that upgrading my routers firmware solved this for me. I have the Linksys WRP400 and the FW was 1.00.04 so I upgraded to 1.00.06 and now its assigning me an IP and everything fine. Lets just hope it keeps working!!!
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