"limited or no connectivity"...

[dusik]

I recently upgraded my computer. Everything works fine but the network adapter. My internet connection has been perfectly solid for the last 8 months, but when I tried it with my new computer, it gets stuck at "acquiring network address" for a minute before it times out and shows "Limited or no connectivity". The network is as simple as it gets.. wall jack to modem to network adapter. I have it set to obtain automatic ip and dns.

I have two network cards on this computer, one wireless and one wired. I am currently limping on my neighbor's wireless until I can get this figured out. But the fact that wireless still works is weird.. so I'm guessing it isn't a problem with the computer motherboard?

I have tried resetting the modem. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers. I've tried the windows sp2 fix and the winsock fix as well.

ipconfig in cmd prompt shows:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\pat>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 10:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.184.108
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 5:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Elephants
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.18
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1



169.254.x.x means....... that the computer isn't even seeing the DHCP server? I tried flushing dns and winsock clearing as well.

[Kareeser]

Did you install the drivers that came with the network card?

[starflyer59]

I think i remember something about a microsoft update that causes this problem. I ran the updates on my laptop and I had the same problem. I did a system restore to the day before I installed the updates and everything worked great again.

[dusik]

yes, i installed the drivers from the cd that came with the card

[Panama Red]

If this is a new adapter (or different one) in the new pc, I'm wondering if your ISP is seeing a different MAC address and blocking the connection. You might want to call them and see if the issue is on their end.

[dusik]

star, i've read about that issue. microsoft released a hotfix which i applied to no avail. also, that shouldn't be the problem because i've used an up to date version of windows for the past few months and it worked fine. (more importantly, it was the same version of windows that i'm using now too. i upgraded everything but kept the same hard drives)

[sgtspector]

Go in and set the ip manually to one within your network range. Set your dns server and default gateway manually also. I had a similiar problem with two network adapapters here at home and this solved the problem.