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I am having a problem with the wired network connection. My Wireless connection works fine but when I try to connect with the wired adapter, it stays limited and no connectivity. I don't even have access to the local network. This isn't a router problem since my collegue is on the same network and doesn't have any problems.
I tried resetting the TCP/IP stack and WINSOCK entries with the following commands:
netsh int ip reset reset.log
netsh winsock reset catalog
I restarted the PC but with no luck.
My best guess is that the NIC has failed. However, the light is still blinking so I don't know if it failed.
Any suggestions??
Many thanks
The wall jack goes to the hub. Both me and my collegue are connected to the same walljack, What I can change is the network cable. Maybe this is not working. – None – 2009-12-04T13:41:23.893
1+1 for the methodical troubleshooting procedure - had the same case finding out, that the problem was the cleaning lady unplugging the LAN cable... :) – blank3 – 2009-12-04T13:53:45.470
lol... If you read my answer you will see that I fixed the problem. However there is something wrong with the DHCP client or server. In the services, it is set to start automatically and enabled. However, if I try to renew to IP when using obtain automatically I get the following error: An error occured while renewing interface Local Area Connection : unable to contact your DHCP server. Request has timeed out.
Any ideas? – None – 2009-12-04T14:15:14.113
Another troubleshooting step is to verify the routes and make sure that all the routes are copacetic. – Spig – 2009-12-04T14:16:47.933
1+1: Always always always check things that can be physically wrong with a problem. I can't count how often the network gets blamed incorrectly. – sclarson – 2009-12-04T14:47:49.477
@sparks: I love the old "It must be ... YOUR NETWORK!" argument that I get when finger-point really starts re: software problems. Like "THE NETWORK" is some kind of unknowable and mysterious thing... heh heh... – Evan Anderson – 2009-12-04T14:51:40.873