Unable to connect to local network/internet

Discussion in 'Software' started by Guissepi, Aug 3, 2008.

  1. Guissepi

    Guissepi Private E-2

    I have been trouble shooting for the past few hours and I am out of ideas.

    I have three computers on my lan, all connected to the internet. For what ever reason one of the three no longer will connect to the internet.

    I pinged the NIC of the PC (127.0.0.1) and it came back successful on all 4 echo's.

    My data activity light is solid, not blinking.

    I went into my network adapters and tried repairing the connection, but it came back with a error "Unable to renew IP address".

    I then went into the command promp and tried ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew and on the renew it said "unable to contact DHCP server".

    I then tried to switch it to a different router port, but that did not work. I even switched my other computers to the port that the computer that is unable to connect was originally in, and they worked fine.

    I tried the ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew on the other computer and they were able to get ips with no issue, any ideas? Im all out.

    -Thanks
     
  2. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    127.0.0.1 isn't a valid IP; it is a loopack address.
    If your rouer starts with something like 192.168.1.1
    then all the computers will be given an address of 192.168.1.x

    When I have a computer that loses access and ipconfig /release and renew doesn't work, I first power down my modem, then my router and wait at least a minute. Plug in the modem first and wait until you have solid green lights then plug in the router.
     

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