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"Nicklt" <Nicklt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have just acquired a brand new HP 9160eax laptop running Vista Home
>Premium.
> Out of the box it ran up and connected to the internet via my WiFi
> Connection and downloaded a number of updates.
> The Network Map showed 3 of the 4 local computer (all running XP)
> All seemed well until I rebooted.
> Since then it flatly refuses to allow access to either my internal network
> or the internet.
> I know its seeing the router, at least partially as the DNS Server is
> correctly set, but the default gateway is blank and the IPv4 address (on
> the
> wifi at least) is a local address 169.254.204.220
>
> If I connect the hard wire the IPv4 address is correctly assigned via
> DCHP.
>
> I have read various posts and tried disabling IPv6 and setting manual
> addresses. I have also turned off all Wifi encryption and as much of
> firewall
> (Norton) as I can manage to get too.
>
>
> IPConfig Output follows-
>
>
> Windows IP Configuration
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SKS
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
> Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-E8-EB-F8-4D
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
> fe80::9970:6552:355:ccdc%11(Preferred)
> Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.204.220(Preferred)
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 268440552
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.1
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
>
> Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:
>
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area
> Network)
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-37-05-00-3F
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit
> Ethernet Controller
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-4B-71-16-16
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
> fe80::fdf0:545b:aef9:fe29%8(Preferred)
> IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.73(Preferred)
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 13 February 2008 22:24:54
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 16 February 2008 22:24:52
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.1
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.1
> DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201333323
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.1
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
>
> Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
>
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
> Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
> isatap.{B42B850A-05E5-40A1-B035-41021B1EA763}
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
> fe80::5efe:192.168.16.73%13(Preferred)
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.1
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>
> Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
> isatap.{2DF995E8-FC8C-4AAC-9712-A54BE9886CA4}
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
> fe80::5efe:169.254.204.220%15(Preferred)
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.1
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>
> Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:
>
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
> isatap.{A6E6C782-6A95-4587-82F8-B57FE2715CDB}
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
> The above was made after a clean reboot, and waiting a few minutes to
> allow
> all the connections to resestablish.
>
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