No Internet Access

illuminex

<div class="IPBDescription">Automatic Private Address</div> I've had this problem before and I used to think it was a virus; after doing research into it, I found that it is something that was implemented starting in Windows 2000 where a client that cannot find a DHCP server will automatically forward to a private address of some kind.

The other computer on my home network is able to connect to the internet, but my better one cannot. I've done everything possible trying to get it to actually find the DHCP.

I've:

1.) Manually forwarded LAN address, gateway, and DNS.

2.) Shut down everything and then rebooted everything in an order specified online in several tech forums.

3.) Completely reset the router.

4.) Uninstalled and Reinstalled the onboard NIC drivers.

Through all of that, it still will not find the DHCP server, and therefore is unable to communicate with the LAN and get access to the internet.

Suggestions??? Helpful hints???

Edit:

I'm running a wired D-Link router, comcast cable, XP Home, realtek onboard ethernet, gigabyte mobo.

Edit #2: Here's a link talking about the ideas behind the problem I'm having. <a href='http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_DHCPAutoconfigurationAutomaticPrivateIPAddressingA.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_DHCPAutoc...AddressingA.htm</a>

Edit #3: Here is a thread which contains some links to the exact problem and a possible fix. I will update this thread to see if this works or not as soon as I get home from work.
<a href='http://www.duxcw.com/yabbse/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=8647' target='_blank'>http://www.duxcw.com/yabbse/index.php?boar...y;threadid=8647</a>

Swiftspear

Can you ping the roughter? (should be able to find out how with any relevent roughter manual)

Its intirely possible that your ISP is simply blocking access to your new computer because you haven't registered it as a running machine in thier database yet. If this is the case, all you have to do is call them up and ask them to allow access for you new computer. (if you can ping the roughter you know your problem is between your roughter and your ISP, if you can't ping it the problem is your computer or your connection to the roughter)

Pepe_Muffassa

I had this problem the other night, and I found out that I was an idiot.

I had my router plugged into the "uplink" port, instead of the WAN port.

So, I don't know if you are as big an idiot as me, but that is my suggestion.

illuminex

No, my sister accidently downloaded blubster and the nasties that came along with it somehow screwed up my connection. There's actually a fix available for it that I'm going to try when I get back from work.

Everything's plugged in correctly. Also, I tried hooking it up right to the cable modem, rebooting, etc, made no difference.

This is a completely client side issue, and I'm pretty sure the fix on that website will save my connection.

This is definitely going to go into the "content" section of my website. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

www.ecstasisband.com

Swiftspear

<!--QuoteBegin-illuminex+Sep 9 2004, 01:43 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (illuminex @ Sep 9 2004, 01:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> No, my sister accidently downloaded blubster and the nasties that came along with it somehow screwed up my connection. There's actually a fix available for it that I'm going to try when I get back from work.

Everything's plugged in correctly. Also, I tried hooking it up right to the cable modem, rebooting, etc, made no difference.

This is a completely client side issue, and I'm pretty sure the fix on that website will save my connection.

This is definitely going to go into the "content" section of my website. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

www.ecstasisband.com <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You absolutly must ping your roughter if you want to determine the problem, its quite possible, and quite likely that it is a client side issue, but measure before you cut anyways. If you just screw around with connection setups on your side and the problem turns out to be on thier side, chances are you are gonna end up fixing new problems on your side once they have thier side working properly. Like I said before, if you can't ping your roughter its on your side, and if you can, its on thiers, I can all but gaurentee that.

[edit] just to clarify, all that pinging your roughter intales is typing your roughters adress into the adress box on your internet browser, its the easyest thing in the world to do, and every roughter comes with a setup manual that contains their adress in it. linksys standard is 192.168.1.0 I beleive (but double check anyways, I could easily be wrong)

SkulkBait

<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->linksys standard is 192.168.1.0<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
More likely its 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 since 192.168.1.0 cannot possibly be a host address. Also, accessing it through the browser is not pinging. To ping, open a command line and type "ping 192.168.0.1", timeout = no connection reply = connection. You could try setting your address statically (set it to 192.168.0.111 w/ subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and gateway of 192.168.0.1. Make sure the first three number in both addresses match), and if that works it means DHCP isn't working but the rest of your connection is. If this is the case make sure that the "DHCP Client" service is running and that your NIC is set to obtain the address from DHCP. If that still doesn't work, and the light for your port is on on the router (the cable is good, in other words), then it is probably a problem with your system.

illuminex

Ok, so here's the full story:

My sister downloaded and installed "blubster" to my computer, which installed some very persistent spyware/adware/malware. She removed some of it on her own, but I had to kill the bulk of it myself. During the removal process, registry keys critical to internet access through broadband were damaged, making it nearly impossible to connect to the internet, and when it did the connection was very slow, as well as not allowing me to enter any games via steam.

I found, through the link on the third edit of my original post, a program called "winsockxpFix," which allows you to back up your registry and then repairs the corrupted files for you. I ran it once; 30 seconds later, I was back online.

Once again, the program is: WinsockxpFix

Swiftspear

good to hear.