Gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2 Network issue on Windows 7

[newb111]

I recently built a new computer with a Gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2 motherboard, and installed windows 7 64 bit. All the device drivers got installed correctly (or so it seemed), but I'm having network issues.

When I plug in the network cable, it eventually fails out saying local connection only. I am not getting assigned an IP by DHCP, but if I browse the network I can connect to local computers and transfer files. I have 2 other computers on this network that get DHCP addresses just fine.

Any ideas on what could be wrong?
If you need more info, please let me know.


EDIT: I should note that I tried an Ubuntu Live CD, and it was able to connect to the network. Looks like a compatibility issue with Windows 7 then I guess? Gigabyte does provide windows vista 64bit drivers for this board, so I assumed windows 7 should work too.

 

[JackMDS]

Please explain this: "I am not getting assigned an IP by DHCP, but if I browse the network I can connect to local computers and transfer files".

If there is No IP assigned, or statically set, there should not be any Network capacity at all.

Post you IPconfig results.

 

[newb111]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
Please explain this: "I am not getting assigned an IP by DHCP, but if I browse the network I can connect to local computers and transfer files".

If there is No IP assigned, or statically set, there should not be any Network capacity at all.

Post you IPconfig results.

Here you go:

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 93-C7-61-EA-0F-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::4c72:b16c:45f7:ba9a%13(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.186.154(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.102.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 227788641
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-11-60-78-C2-93-C7-61-EA-0F-00

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled


It is my understanding that an IP of 169.254.186.154 is what you get when DHCP fails.
And what I mean by browsing the network and transferring files is that I can connect to my network shares on other machines and transfer files to/from them. Don't ask me why this works and internet doesn't. Hell I can't even ping the router it is connected to.

 

[JackMDS]

Yeah 169.254.186.154 means that the computer is not really connected to te Router's DHCP server and defsuly to Windows IP.

Makes sure that you have a good cable and a solid physical connection to the Router. Check the Router's DHCP server to make sure that there enough IP numbers range there,

If it still does not work try a Static IP (like 192.168.102.100 ).

Some older Router have DHCP problems with Vista, and thus probably with Win7 as well.

Check this, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233

 

[newb111]

I tried connecting the PC through a known good network cable. No good.
I tried a static IP. No good.
I tried the broadcast flag registry keys. No good.

My laptop runs windows 7 without any of these tweaks and works just fine on the same network.