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neonerd

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I can't connect to the internet, there's no proxy...i cleaned up all the spyware, and internet works on the laptop, same connection, same cable, DHCP doesn't seem to work right, and i'm not getting a default gateway. The computer is connected directly to the cable modem without any router. Any ideas? Kind of urgent 🙁
 
Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Can you even do a normal "ipconfig"? (no switches) And have you tried a reboot?
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yeah, a normal ipconfig gives me the ip: 169.254.60.116

tried pinging it from a diff computer, TTL expires in transit...also have tried rebooting multiple times
 
Originally posted by: neonerd
yeah, a normal ipconfig gives me the ip: 169.254.60.116
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That is a default internal IP assigned when it cannot resolve to an operable IP.

You haven't by chance cloned your MAC address to any routers with this machine, have you? Several ISPs do not allow simultaneous connections from the same MAC address.
 
You're getting APIPA, (169.254.xxx.xxx) which means your computer isn't being assigned an IP address. Do you have an option for a router or no? You might check the network connections for that LAN connection - if it's WinXP, right click on the connection and click on Repair, see if that works. You might also check the TCP/IP properties - make sure Obtain an IP/DNS address are both checked for Automatic.
 
Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
You're getting APIPA, (169.254.xxx.xxx) which means your computer isn't being assigned an IP address. Do you have an option for a router or no? You might check the network connections for that LAN connection - if it's WinXP, right click on the connection and click on Repair, see if that works. You might also check the TCP/IP properties - make sure Obtain an IP/DNS address are both checked for Automatic.
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did all of those 🙁
 
Originally posted by: ActuaryTm
Originally posted by: neonerd
yeah, a normal ipconfig gives me the ip: 169.254.60.116
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That is a default internal IP assigned when it cannot resolve to an operable IP.

You haven't by chance cloned your MAC address to any routers with this machine, have you? Several ISPs do not allow simultaneous connections from the same MAC address.
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no routers...cable going directly from modem to computer
 
Have a spare NIC you could swap out? Have you checked Device Manager to see if there's any problems with the NIC? You could also try to reseat the NIC just in case.
 
Can you ping 127.0.0.1 (loopback)? If not, then it's possible that your TCP/IP stack is hosed and needs to be reinstalled.
 
Originally posted by: neonerd
no routers...cable going directly from modem to computer
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You've misunderstood.

A router doesn't have to physically exist at that location for this to be a problem. As this is a mobile machine, if it has connected to any router at all (on the same ISP), and cloned the MAC address of the ethernet adapter to any router (wherever it may exist) connected to the ISPs network, then it is possible that may be the cause of the inability to resolve to an appropriate IP address when connected directly to another modem on the ISPs network. One would receive the internal default IP as described above in this particular instance, as well.

Might try changing the MAC address itself (a bit of registry editing, or this application), or utilizing an alternate ethernet adapter (I tend to carry a spare for instances such as this).
 
I had this problem on parents comp. Search ms knowledge base for that error. I believe it means your tcp/ip stack is hosed.
 
Originally posted by: ActuaryTm
Originally posted by: neonerd
no routers...cable going directly from modem to computer
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You've misunderstood.

A router doesn't have to physically exist at that location for this to be a problem. As this is a mobile machine, if it has connected to any router at all (on the same ISP), and cloned the MAC address of the ethernet adapter to any router (wherever it may exist) connected to the ISPs network, then it is possible that may be the cause of the inability to resolve to an appropriate IP address when connected directly to another modem on the ISPs network. One would receive the internal default IP as described above in this particular instance, as well.

Might try changing the MAC address itself (a bit of registry editing, or this application), or utilizing an alternate ethernet adapter (I tend to carry a spare for instances such as this).
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tysm, smac worked. 🙂
 
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