Unable to connect to Internet - IP 169 issue

Hi all,

I'm at my wits end and i'm hoping someone might be able to offer me an alternative solution to an annoying problem i have.

I have a desktop pc and a laptop which both connect to the same wireless connection. The laptop has a built in wireless network card and the pc is an old one so i got a wireless adaptor. Both have been working fine for 9 months.

The other evening, i was on the net fine on my pc and then the next day i couldn't get on. I haven't been able to get on since. The laptop however is fine.

I'm not particularly technical so i went searching around the net to see what my problem might be. I found that my IP address is showing as 169.xxx.xx.xx, which i understand is where my system cannot assign an IP address and assigns a local one (correct me if i'm wrong).

So i searched the net and i tried the following

- netsh winsock reset (plus another netsh command but can't remember the exact command now)
- winsockxpfix
- LSP fix
- ipconfig /release and /renew - the renew gives me the error 'An error occurred while renewing interface Wireless Network Connection : unable to contact your DHCP server. Request has timed out.
- Have stop and started DHCP service

So finally i got to the one fix i didnt really know how to do and that was to set a static IP. Did this, shows up as connected fine, but still can't access the internet. After further searching on the net, i found out my ISP, Virgin Broadband, doesnt accept static IP's.

So that's where i'm at. I can see my wireless network but cannot connect to it. Does anyone have any ideas what it might be, and/or any alternatives to how i might fix it.

My last thought was a virus/malware or something but i've run a full scan on Avast, Malwarebytes, spybot and Ad-Aware and nothing has come up.

Any help is appreciated

Thanks all

Steve

 

Dumb question on my part, but have you tried restarting your Wireless Router at all?

I would try unplugging the power to it, wait 10 seconds and plug it back in.

If that doesn't work, I've got a few other ideas.

 

Hi,

I have, i actually unplug my router each evening (eco-warrior wife lol!) so each time i settle in for the evening i switch on my modem, router and pc in one go.

Has been happily working for a year but just suddenly lost it one evening, but just on the one pc.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Steve

 

Hi,

Does anyone have any ideas?

Regards

Steve

 

is it only wireless youre having problems with? do you have a firewall on that could be blocking something?

 

are you close enough where you can connect by cable to determine whether the issue is with your wireless adapter?

 

I haven't tried that yet, cable might just be long enough to reach.

I'll give it a try and let you know

Steve

 

After all that, i found that my firewall settings had been changed and was in 'block all' mode, so i am now resolved !!!!

Thanks everyone

Regards

Steve