started this day well, pc working fine, managed to play games and surf the net and everything in working order.
mid day my game crashed, the sound on the pc in any speaker or headphone sounded slightly stuttered or slow at times and also the big one: no wired internet connection just wireless.
the sound bit i'll fix later, the game i'll fix later so now my focus is on the network.
at the time of this happening:
I was using wired connection on 1 PC + 1 laptop + some kind of VOD switch for the tv.
Also connected wireless were 3 phones + 1 printer + 1 PC
the only use was the wired PC while everything else was idle and not in use.
the router plugged at the time was zyxel vmg3926 b10a
the problem:
both wired connections are showing no internet and giving me APIPA address (169.254.x.x)
every wireless connection receives IP just fine and can connect normally (including the 2 wired computers when i switched them to wireless).
first thing i did was unplug the switch just in case and kept it unpluged.
checked every setting in the router 5 times reseting 8-9 times, and checking network on the PC.
replaced the wires and changed their place on the router.
checked firewall both on PC and router. the router firewall was closed since i never used it and the pc Firewall i shut down eventually, still no change.
took a step further and replaced the router with a different one netgear vvg2000. still same results.
so i figured "hmm 2 computers, different wires, 2 routers and no change... maybe an ISP problem?"
so checked in with them as well. no, in fact i think this is a first for them too.
on top of it all after hours of pain trying to fix this, i decided to to a factory reset button to my zyxel. ooo boy never going to try that again. turns out factory software as a logon screen with and error page if you try to enter it. so i basically destroyed it and need to replace it. lucky i got the vvg2000 at hand.
so any thoughts on the subject?
mid day my game crashed, the sound on the pc in any speaker or headphone sounded slightly stuttered or slow at times and also the big one: no wired internet connection just wireless.
the sound bit i'll fix later, the game i'll fix later so now my focus is on the network.
at the time of this happening:
I was using wired connection on 1 PC + 1 laptop + some kind of VOD switch for the tv.
Also connected wireless were 3 phones + 1 printer + 1 PC
the only use was the wired PC while everything else was idle and not in use.
the router plugged at the time was zyxel vmg3926 b10a
the problem:
both wired connections are showing no internet and giving me APIPA address (169.254.x.x)
every wireless connection receives IP just fine and can connect normally (including the 2 wired computers when i switched them to wireless).
first thing i did was unplug the switch just in case and kept it unpluged.
checked every setting in the router 5 times reseting 8-9 times, and checking network on the PC.
replaced the wires and changed their place on the router.
checked firewall both on PC and router. the router firewall was closed since i never used it and the pc Firewall i shut down eventually, still no change.
took a step further and replaced the router with a different one netgear vvg2000. still same results.
so i figured "hmm 2 computers, different wires, 2 routers and no change... maybe an ISP problem?"
so checked in with them as well. no, in fact i think this is a first for them too.
on top of it all after hours of pain trying to fix this, i decided to to a factory reset button to my zyxel. ooo boy never going to try that again. turns out factory software as a logon screen with and error page if you try to enter it. so i basically destroyed it and need to replace it. lucky i got the vvg2000 at hand.
so any thoughts on the subject?