Windows 8.1 Ethernet Limited Connectivity
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Windows 8
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kalef21
July 9, 2014 9:13:20 AM
I have a realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller on my AsRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0.
Wjindows 8.1 says I have limited connectivity on my ethernet (and wifi) connections, yet I can still access the internet via chrome and Internet Exproler on the desktop. However, I cannot get updates from Windows Update because it thinks there's a problem with my connection. Any Ideas? my sister's Toshiba windows 8.1 laptop's behaving the same way.
I'm thinking I may need a new router, my ethernet is going through our Netgear router and it's around 4 years old.
But hopefully it's just a quick software fix.
Wjindows 8.1 says I have limited connectivity on my ethernet (and wifi) connections, yet I can still access the internet via chrome and Internet Exproler on the desktop. However, I cannot get updates from Windows Update because it thinks there's a problem with my connection. Any Ideas? my sister's Toshiba windows 8.1 laptop's behaving the same way.
I'm thinking I may need a new router, my ethernet is going through our Netgear router and it's around 4 years old.
But hopefully it's just a quick software fix.
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TechyInAZ
July 9, 2014 9:21:03 AM
Wes006
July 9, 2014 10:41:53 AM
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kalef21
July 9, 2014 10:48:07 AM
kalef21
July 9, 2014 11:11:29 AM
kalef21
July 9, 2014 11:19:23 AM
Wes006
July 9, 2014 11:21:24 AM
kalef21
July 9, 2014 11:46:11 AM
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Caleb>ipconfig/all|clip
C:\Users\Caleb>ipconfig
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . :
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . :
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Tunnel adapter isatap.{4E00EA52-C9AB-48DB-98BD-24BA71A49AD9}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
C:\Users\Caleb>
There was numbers for the addresses i just took them out
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Caleb>ipconfig/all|clip
C:\Users\Caleb>ipconfig
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . :
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . :
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Tunnel adapter isatap.{4E00EA52-C9AB-48DB-98BD-24BA71A49AD9}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
C:\Users\Caleb>
There was numbers for the addresses i just took them out
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kalef21
July 9, 2014 11:47:20 AM
Wes006
July 9, 2014 11:50:59 AM
kalef21 said:
restarted in safe mode with networking and had no connection. how exactly do i update drives for WLAN and LAN??Right mouse click on "This PC" or Computer; select Manage; open Device Manager; Network adapters; right mouse click on your network adapter; select Properties; select the Driver tab and that will give you some different options for updating as well as rolling back the driver.
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kalef21
July 9, 2014 11:56:03 AM
Wes006 said:
kalef21 said:
restarted in safe mode with networking and had no connection. how exactly do i update drives for WLAN and LAN??Right mouse click on "This PC" or Computer; select Manage; open Device Manager; Network adapters; right mouse click on your network adapter; select Properties; select the Driver tab and that will give you some different options for updating as well as rolling back the driver.
well i tried disabling and enabling, then i rolled it back and restarted and still limited. so I just updated again.
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kalef21
July 9, 2014 11:56:41 AM
kalef21
July 9, 2014 12:16:27 PM
Wes006
July 9, 2014 12:24:17 PM
Try running Angry IP Scanner http://angryip.org/ and see if that gets you anywhere.
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kalef21
July 9, 2014 12:31:08 PM
Wes006 said:
Try running Angry IP Scanner http://angryip.org/ and see if that gets you anywhere.Okay. not sure what to make of it. I installed it and ran it without changing any settings. At the end I got a message that said
Hosts Scanned: 254
Hosts Alive: 5
Idk what that means or if it's normal for that many to be dead.
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Wes006
July 9, 2014 12:44:18 PM
Wes006
July 9, 2014 12:51:39 PM
You can check this thread out: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/window... I've heard of others that have similar issues after updating from 8 to 8.1 and reinstalling the OS "fixed" the problem. There are a multitude of things that can cause this problem (router settings, port forwarding not being configured correctly, firewall blocking certain ports etc.) and It can be difficult to narrow things down.
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kalef21
July 9, 2014 1:14:59 PM
kalef21
July 9, 2014 1:36:39 PM
Wes006 said:
You can check this thread out: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/window... I've heard of others that have similar issues after updating from 8 to 8.1 and reinstalling the OS "fixed" the problem. There are a multitude of things that can cause this problem (router settings, port forwarding not being configured correctly, firewall blocking certain ports etc.) and It can be difficult to narrow things down.Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt
Resetting Interface, OK!
Resetting Neighbor, OK!
Resetting Path, OK!
Resetting , failed.
Access is denied.
Restart the computer to complete this action.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>
I tried this (off of the Microsoft Help site you gave me) and I got the above. I'm thinking the last resetting fail and denied access is a bad thing. They said this could solve the problem but mine won't actually reset.
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kalef21
July 9, 2014 2:33:06 PM
kalef21
July 9, 2014 2:50:33 PM
i don't know what to do. I'm running windows 8.1, what if I reset my PC completely using the Windows reset tool? (after backing up personal files of course).
It will ask me to put in recovery or installation software but I only have my Windows 8 CD...i don't think it will accept that. guess I'm screwed.
It will ask me to put in recovery or installation software but I only have my Windows 8 CD...i don't think it will accept that. guess I'm screwed.
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kalef21
July 9, 2014 9:13:45 PM
king_007
September 27, 2014 12:00:49 PM
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