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2 weeks of no internet - tried basics

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lrubin28   10-26-2009 at 02:10:00 AM

Desktop pc (Vista) stopped connecting to internet (ethernet connection). Cable is fine (tried others). Router seems ok too. But ipconfig continually shows 169.254.x.y
I have tried netsh winsock reset commands. Firewall software is off. Have tried so many different configurations with no luck!!! I hope someone can suggest something I haven't tried! I even bought a wireless adapter but same problem persists. Its a HP Pavillion pc and a Verizon/Actiontec adapter.


Any thoughts??)


Message edited by lrubin28 on 10-26-2009 at 02:32:23 AM
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sturm   10-26-2009 at 03:43:19 PM
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Did you try connecting the computer directly to the modem? You will need to turn the modem off, hook up the pc, turn modem on then boot the computer. Check and make sure you have connection lights on the nic port. Check your IP address settings and make sure its not hard set.

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lrubin28   10-26-2009 at 03:53:49 PM
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I have a cable modem/router - the coax cable goes into the modem, and the modem connects to the pc. So, I think that's as direct as I can get...isn't it?

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sturm   10-26-2009 at 08:44:41 PM
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Do you have another computer to test to see if its your computer or the modem? If another computer does not connect then the I would say either dhcp is turned off on the router, which a factory reset might work, or its bad.

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lrubin28   10-27-2009 at 01:07:53 AM
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If I am on another computer it connects fine to the router/modem.
On the 'bad' computer, tonight I went into the registry and searched for the 169.254.x.y value. Under tcpip/parameters/interfaces I found that value which I was not expecting to find in the registry (right??). So I manually changed the values so that the wired connection is 192.168.1.99, and changed the wireless adapter so that it is 192.168.1.98.
Now when we go to the 'good' computer I can ping 192.168.1.99 (and also 98)!! But when I try to ping the 'bad' computer by name (Booger) it says it can't find it?!?
Also the network map in Windows, has always showed the computer, then the network name, then the internet connection with a red "X" between the network and the internet. Since changing the registry setting today, it has also inserted a gateway into the map - I'm not sure if thats anything to be concerned about, but still no internet connection.

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lrubin28   10-27-2009 at 01:09:39 AM
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I really think its a configuration thing somewhere - not a cable, not the router/modem...

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lrubin28   10-27-2009 at 01:18:04 AM
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One more thing - I can now connect to the 'bad' computer through one of the 'good' computers. I can see the directory, everything. So what would keep the 'bad' computer from connecting to the net?

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