Wierd problem with connection

[omnez]

Basicly I just reformated my computer and the pci ehternet card I have in was working at my friends place when I did it but its not at my place. It says I am connected but I am not recieving any packets thus nothing works. Have have the tcp setting enabled along with auto ip address etc. I tried the ipconfig renew and it gave an error saying the DHCP servers could not be reached, any ideas?

 

[mechBgon]

What is the NIC connected to, a router or a modem or what? If it's a modem, make sure your system has its software firewall enabled first, then pull the power cord on the modem for 10 seconds and plug it back in again. Now you may get a live connection. After that, immediately get your system updated at Windows Update to shut down known vulnerabilities, and update your antivirus software.

 

[omnez]

its connected to a router, I reset the router and the modem with no luck, in the ipconfig it still gives the adress but when I do renew it says that the DHCP server is unavailble

 

[mechBgon]

Can you log into the router (typically it would be one of these: http://192.168.0.1 or http://192.168.1.1 )?

 

[KingofFah]

Can you directly connect the modem to your PC just to see what happens?

 

[omnez]

I can't connect to the router, it says its not responing and a direct connection to the router does not help.

 

[mechBgon]

What IP address does your PC have now? Start > Run > cmd and then ipconfig /all.

 

[omnez]

169.254.68.176 I also noticed that WINS proxy and IP routing are not enabled, I'm a software geek so I don't really know if that makes a difference...

 

[mechBgon]

Try the command ipconfig /release first, and then ipconfig /renew. Any change?

 

[omnez]

when I do the release it gives an error about the DHCP server could not be reached

 

[imported_nocturne]

first, try going to the cmd prompt (start>run>"cmd">enter) and run "ping 192.168.0.1". If it is successful, you're computer is communicating with the router.

Also, try to set the ip address for the network. Right click your adapter in the network connections applet, select properties, in the networking tab select "internet protocol" and click properties. Set it up to use these ip settings: ip-192.168.0.100 subnet-255.255.255.0 gateway-192.168.0.1

Also, make sure you have all neccessary services enabled. Run "services.msc", and make sure all these are running: Computer Browser, DHCP client, Network Connections, TCP/IP Netbios Helper (I believe this is required), Terminal Services, Server, and Workstation.

Once you're able to run the ping command to the router and get a response, you are connected. Then try to access "http://192.168.0.1" to get to your router config.