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January 11, 2014 11:50:18 AM

I've read 3 hours worth of these on Tom's Hardware alone this morning, but the story basically goes like this:

I woke up today to a computer that was shut off. I seldom shut my computer down, so I'm thinking it was either a power issue or something requesting a restart and it never completed.

I booted up the computer, started under normal mode, and everything ran fine - except the network symbol in the bottom right corner of the screen. It has that wonderful little yellow triangle with a '!' in the center of it. It's labeled as "Unidentified Network."
After troubleshooting the modem and doing the ole power plug out/power plug in trick to the ubee modem/router model DDW3611, it gives me the message "local area connection doesn't have a valid ip configuration".
- Time Warned Cable automated services states there are no outages in this area at this time.
- My iPhone, which I am currently using to type this, is working fine when connected to the network (wirelessly).
- My PS3 connects to the PSN and online games via a wired network just fine.
- My device manager says my Network Adapter (Intel(R) Ethernet Connection I217-V) is working properly and the ASUS Maximus vi hero website shows I have the latest driver (checking via iPhone)
- My only recent activity was playing Arkham Origins, authorizing my cd key for windows 7 pro full, and therems always the possibility that Avast! Updated itself at some point.

Ipconfig /all shows:

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name...:D evin-PC
Primary DNS Suffix...: *blank*
Node Type...: Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled...: No
WINS Proxy Enabled...: No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection
Connection-specific DNS Suffix...: *blank*
Description...: Intel <R> Ethernet Connection I217-V
Physical Address...: D8-50-E6-4A-65-FB
DHCP Enabled...: Yes
Autoconfiguration enabled...: Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address...: fe80::15fc:D 99e:D 076:927f%11<Preferred>
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address...: 169.254.146.127<Preferred>
Subnet Mask...: 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway...: *blank*
DHCPv6 IAID...: 249057510
DHCPv6 Client DUID...: 00-01-00-01-1A-63-46-58-D8-50-E6-4A-65-FB
DNS Servers...: (first line) fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
(Second line) fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
(Third line) fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip...: Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{5921A707-0D37-450A-976B54F9F0EAFFCD}:

Media State...: Media Disconnected
Connection Specific DNS Suffix...: *blank*
Description...: Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address...: 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled...: No
Autoconfiguration Enabled...: Yes




Any help is greatly appreciated! I've got a very limited knowledge of this stuff and I am now out of ideas :-/

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January 11, 2014 12:43:47 PM

Right click on "Network" then click properties, click change adapter settings, right click on your Local Area connection. Uncheck "Internet Protocol Version 6 TCP/IPv6"hit Okay. Then go to IPv4 hit properties, make sure Obtain IP address automatically is selected and obtain DNS automatically. Restart your machine and try to reconnect.
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January 11, 2014 1:04:14 PM

Thanks for the reply dizzyh!

That solution doesn't seem to be working for me however :-/
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January 11, 2014 1:11:09 PM

Try to see if you can access your router setup page by typing 192.168.0.1. I believe the username will be "user" and password "user". Click on gateway, then advanced gateway setup. You are checking the LAN setup not the WAN. Make sure DHCP is enabled and the range should be something like 192.168.0.10 to 192.168.0.100. Also anything pertaining to IPV 6 I would disable. Reading you post again, I see that you router is handing IPV 6 address and not IPV4.
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January 11, 2014 2:39:40 PM

I did try that earlier today, and it looks like I can't even access it. After several long wait periods and repetitive calls to Time Warner Cable and ASUS, it sounds like I might just have to RMA it (not really sure what that means other than returning it).

Now, I just need ASUS to call me back...
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January 11, 2014 3:08:04 PM

Okay, try this: follow my steps regarding how to access you LAN the IPv4 properties. Remove the check box that says obtain ip automatically and select us static. For an ip enter 192.168.0.25 for a subnet enter 255.255.255.0, for a gateway enter 192.168.0.1. Your DNS would be 192.168.0.1 As stated before uncheck IPv6. The see if you can access you router and check the settings of the router I mentioned above.
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January 11, 2014 3:29:17 PM

One other thing I overlooked is the tunnel adapter. Go to device manager click view, show hidden device, expand your network adapter and remove/uninstall the tunnel adapter. Should say microsoft 6 to 4 adapter. Then try obtain IP address automatically on the IP4. And reboot.
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May 1, 2014 8:48:38 AM

Hi All,
I had this very same problem and it vexed me no end. I even tried a spare NIC, but Win 8.1 wouldn't recognise it. On removing it to check seating I flipped the PSU power off to shut everything down. I turned all back on forgetting that I plugged the mobo NIC back in and it everything worked! I wondered if closing all power allowed the NIC to reset itself fully.

Woth a try, worked for me!
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July 8, 2014 9:22:51 AM

I recently had this issue as well - I watched this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZU6g38w1Qc and it worked! However, it felt super sketchy putting this random IP address in. A quick search shows that it is owned by some dude in India. Is there a danger in using this random IP address?
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July 9, 2014 2:08:56 PM

I had this problem a while ago and couldn't figure it out. I even ordered another Network card. By chance I turned off the whole PC including the power at the wall. Lo and behold, on boot-up, it worked! I can only assume that somehow the onboard network card somehow got 'stuck'. Last week, my daughter blew the power in the house and when I got home to my PC I had the same old Yellow triangle in the corner. I turned everything off (including the wall socket) rebooted the cable modem, waited for it to be ok, turned on the PC and everything seems fine again.

Give it a go.

-Spikey
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July 18, 2014 8:31:32 AM

i did have the same problem and what i did is that i tried to use the following ip address like what other post but it didnt work then i got tired and shut it down for like 30 mins and i opened it again at last its connected..:bounce: 
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July 26, 2014 7:34:19 AM

Unplug everything from the wall. Wait one hour. Plug in and reboot. This worked for me after I spent hours trying other solutions described on the internet without success.

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September 18, 2014 12:08:21 AM

You may check new applications which just installed on your computer. Uninstall starting from the latest one, after that try to troubleshoot problems. I have done this and successful.
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September 18, 2014 1:51:18 AM

I seems to have the same problem.
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