"Local Area Network" doesn't have a valid IP configuration

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As the title says, this is the issue I am facing. My internet has been working flawlessly for the past few months, but moving into my new residence is causing me issues. I have tried setting a static IP by using my laptop's connection information (which connects flawlessly to the wireless) and that has also failed.

While ipconfig /release works, ipconfig /renew simply takes a million bajillion hours to do absolutely nothing and give me this error:

"An error occurred while renewing interface Local Area Connection: unable to contact your DHCP server. Request has timed out."

Other information: Under 'View Active Networks' it is an unidentified network and a public network.

I've been trying to solve this for hours now to no avail. I am going to see if I can buy a new ethernet cable within the next week, but if it was the problem, I wouldn't simply have limited connection, would I?
 
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Did you use the same static IP address that was on the laptop for the computer too? You'd need to make the last octet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx different (assuming it's a 192.168.x.x address with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0)

Check to see if your DCHP Service is running on the computer too. You can check that by typing 'msconfig' in the search bar and clicking the application by that name, then checking the 'services' tab and finding the 'DCHP Client' service to check its status.

If you're using XP then access msconfig via the Start button, click All Programs, click Accessories, and then click Run. Type in 'msconfig' and hit return.

Are you also running McAfee by any chance?

Finally; run a 'ip config /all' command via the command line and post the results here if none of the above are applicable. It shouldn't show your public IP address so it will be safe.
 
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1. The static IPs were indeed different, and it didn't help.

2. The service is indeed running.

3. No, I'm not using McAfee. I do not have any firewall other than Microsoft's.

Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Ethernet Connection I217-V
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 94-DE-80-AD-B8-8F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3c17:53e4:2003:677d%16(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.103.125(Tentative)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
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. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
 
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I don't believe your default gateway should be blank. That should have the IP address of your router in there.

If you are running an IPv4 setup then you'll have to find out the IP address if your router and use that as the default gateway address, and if you are running an IPv6 setup then I think you need to find the link-local address if your routers interface and use that as the gateway address, but IPv6 is something I'm not familiar with at all, even in basic network setup.
 
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How would I go about finding the IP address of my router? I do not have administrative access since I'm living in a suite where internet, etc. is provided by the company I am renting from. I tried using the Default Gateway from my laptop's WiFi connection, but it doesn't work? Do they have to be different?

 
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The default gateway address will be the same as the laptops if it's connecting to the same SSID. You can check that by running the "IP config /all" command on the working laptop.

If/when you check, is the default gateway an IPv4 address like 192.168.1.1 or an IPv6 address like fe80::3c17:53e4:2003:677d%16? (the addresses may not be exactly those, but be the same format).

Unless someone with some IPv6 experience knows of some troubleshooting steps to take then I'd personally try disabling IPv6 on the machine with the problem and running another "ipconfig /all" command to see if it assigns an IPv4 address as preferred and DHCP gives you a default gateway.

You can disable it via the Control Panel, then going to Network and Sharing Centre. Select "change adapter settings" on the left and locate your wireless adapter, then right click it and select "properties" Uncheck the IPv6 option. You can use the link below if you have any problems as it will show you how to get that done.

http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/display/istcontrib/Wireless+connection+problems+-+How+to+disable+IPv6

If that doesn't fix the issue then just undo that last step and we can see about trying something else.
 
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