Windows 7 and Internet

Hi everyone. I am having the weirdest problem. Running Windows 7 connected to a Linksys Router which is connected to a UVERSE gateway router. Whenever I boot up I have NO internet. However if I go into CMD and type ipconfig/renew everything works great. Then sometimes the internet will go away and I will have to retype ipconfig/renew. I have IP/DHCP set to auto in settings. If I set the IP address and DHCP to a manually entered number everything works great but that isn't how it should be.

FYI everything worked fine for years under Windows XP. Any suggestions?

Here is my ipconfig/all:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\mark>ipconfig/renew

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.74
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254

Tunnel adapter isatap.gateway.2wire.net:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e50:c4d:38ef:b31c:19a2
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c4d:38ef:b31c:19a2%13
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::

C:\Users\mark>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : markmain
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : gateway.2wire.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1F-D0-D5-0E-6E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.74(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, November 09, 2009 9:10:43 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:14:44 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.gateway.2wire.net:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e50:c4d:38ef:b31c:19a2(Prefe
rred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c4d:38ef:b31c:19a2%13(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

 

this is just what I believe is happening.

Linksys routers are infamous for locking up (causing the internet to stop). The user would then have to unplug and plug in the router, effictively causing it to restart. I believe you are accomplishing the same thing by using ipconfig /renew.

I think your Linksys router is showing its age and poor quality. I would ask to borrow a friends router and see if that fixes your problem. If it does, buy a Netgear or ASUS.

 

I would agree with that however I have a second computer plugged into the exact same router but running Windows XP and it is showing none of these issues. It works 100% of the time...

 

I would suggest dial-a-fix, but it is old and I doubt it runs on Win7. Have you installed all Windows updates?

You can play around with dial-a-fix and see if it does anything for you. Be sure to back up all documents before using it. It is an amazing effective tool for internet related problems, but running it on a new OS is risky.
http://majorgeeks.com/Dial-a-fix_d4899.html

If I find another tool that may help, I'll bring it up.

 

I suppose it could be malware also. Malwarebytes is the best program for detecting malware, and it is not an active scanner so it should not interfere with any anti-virus you already have. (always good to get two scanners for potential malware problems)

http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5756

If it detects anything, this probably belongs in the malware removal forum.

 

Maybe this can Help, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233

The page is for Vista but it is probably the same for Win 7.