Can't Access Internet - Vista Only
 

Hi. I just upgraded from Windows XP x86 to Windows Vista x64 on my desktop. Immediately after my successful installation, I plugged the computer in to the internet but was unable to connect. First, let me explain my connection

I am using the motherboards (Asus P5NSLI) integrated network jack. I have a wired connection to a router (Netgear WGT624 v2.) There is also a wired connection from the router to this XP x86 laptop that I am posting this from, so the internet and router definitely work. My ISP is Comcast.

With everything in its default settings (before attempting any suggested fixes), here is my ipconfig /all

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]

  Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

  

  C:\Users\Evan>ipconfig /all

  

  Windows IP Configuration

  

     Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Evan-PC

     Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :

     Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

     IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

     WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

     DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : comcast.net

  

  Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

  

     Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : comcast.net

     Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigab

  it Ethernet Controller

     Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-F3-64-D9-9B

     DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

     Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

     Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::811a:a0c3:61ae:a93c%11(Preferred)

     IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.5(Preferred)

     Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

     Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, June 15, 2008 7:12:54 PM

     Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, June 16, 2008 7:12:30 PM

     Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

     DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

     DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

     NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

  

  Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

  

     Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

     Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : comcast.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* 7:

  

     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

Here are some attempts at pinging, with everything at default settings.

* localhost: Successful

* 127.0.0.1: Successful

* 192.168.0.1 (Router) :

Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

    Reply from 192.168.0.5: Destination host unreachable.

* 64.233.167.147 (Google):

Pinging 64.233.167.147 with 32 bytes of data:

    Reply from 192.168.0.5: Destination host unreachable.

    Request timed out.

* www.google.com:

Pinging www.l.google.com [64.233.167.104] with 32 bytes of data:

    Request timed out.

I began by searching the internet for people experiencing similar problems, and I attempted all the suggested fixes with no success. It is possible that I may have done one or more of the steps incorrectly, but I tried multiple times. Here is what I have tried with no luck.

- Disabling UAC
- Disabling Windows Firewall
- Disabling IPv6
- Disabling TCP and IPv4 Checksum Offload
- Manually assigning an IP address, DNS Server, and gateway

After disabling IPv6 and disabling Checksum Offload, I saw some differences in ipconfig and pinging.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]

  Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

  

  C:\Users\Evan>ipconfig /all

  

  Windows IP Configuration

  

     Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Evan-PC

     Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :

     Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

     IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

     WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

  

  Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

  

     Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

     Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigab

  it Ethernet Controller

     Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-F3-64-D9-9B

     DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

     Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

     Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.169.60(Preferred)

     Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

     Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

     NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

  

  Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

  

     Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

     Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

     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* 7:

  

     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

  

  C:\Users\Evan>

Ping results now

* localhost: Successful

* 127.0.0.1: Successful

* 192.168.0.1 (Router) :

    Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

    PING: transmit failed, error code 1231.

* 64.233.167.147 (Google):

Pinging 64.233.167.147 with 32 bytes of data:

    PING: transmit failed, error code 1231.

- www.google.com

Ping request could not find host www.google.com. Please check the name and try again.

I noticed in the ipconfig that the ip assigned was 169.254 which i thought was strange because it had always been 192.168 before. I then edited the IPv4 settings to use manual ip assignment to 192.168.0.5, subnet mask to 255.255.255.0, gateway to 192.168.0.1, and dns to 192.168.0.1.

Ping results now:

* localhost: Successful

* 127.0.0.1: Successful

* 192.168.0.1 (Router) :

    Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

    Request timed out.

* 64.233.167.147 (Google):

Pinging 64.233.167.147 with 32 bytes of data:

    Reply from 64.233.167.147: bytes=32 time=2549ms TTL=238

      Request timed out.

      Reply from 64.233.167.147: bytes=32 time=1795ms TTL=238

      Request timed out.

* www.google.com:

Ping request could not find host www.google.com. Please check the name and try again.

* www.google.com (second attempt):

    Pinging www.l.google.com [74.125.19.103] with 32 bytes of data:

    Request timed out.

      Reply from 74.125.19.103: bytes=32 time=1974ms TTL=241

      Request timed out.

      Request timed out.

I hope that the information provided will help in troubleshooting my network problem. Thank you in advance for your time in aiding me.

Re: Can't Access Internet - Vista Only
 

According to Netgear you need WGT624 v3 for compatibility with Vista.

Re: Can't Access Internet - Vista Only
 

I am able to log in to the router fine from my laptop. I checked to make sure I have the most recent firmware installed.

Today I went out and bought a new router, one that was labeled as supporting windows vista. I purchased a Netgear WGR614 v7. I set it up and have the same problems. I am able to access the internet from this laptop wired or wirelessly, but not on the desktop running vista x64.

Its very strange, I believe the desktop connects to the router fine because ipconfig /all shows it having a proper IP and everything. But, when I ping the router or any website I get usually get request timed out, or sometimes it will ping correctly but the delay is like 2k. So it seems like it talks to the router fine but the response time is very very slow, causing it to time out.

Re: Can't Access Internet - Vista Only
 

the connection with the new router is wired. I posted multiple ipconfig /all in the original post, but here is another one.

This is an ipconfig /all with everything at default vista settings, except for UAC and windows firewall disabled. Autotuning=normal, Checksum Offload enabled, reg edits normal (dhcp broadcast), etc

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]

Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.



C:\Users\Evan>ipconfig /all



Windows IP Configuration



   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Evan-PC

   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :

   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigab

it Ethernet Controller

   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-F3-64-D9-9B

   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2122:d70a:26f3:124e%11(Preferred)

   Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.18.78(Preferred)

   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled



Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:



   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

   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* 7:



   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



C:\Users\Evan>

It seems very hit and miss. I notice in there that the IP is 169. which I think indicates a problem with DHCP and obviously why I cant connect to router, but sometimes I am able to get it to give me a 192.168 address which means it connected to router fine. When I have a 169 address pinging the router gives an error code 1231, but when I have a 192 address sometimes it is able to ping with a huge delay, sometimes it says destination host unreachable, and sometimes it says request timed out.

Re: Can't Access Internet - Vista Only
 

Update - After purchasing the new router and having no luck I decided to purchase a new netowork card, one labeled as "vista compatible." Plugged it in and viola, internet access. Now, the onboard network worked prior to upgrading from xp x86 to vista x64. My board, p5nsli, is listed as vista compatible. This would indicate that the network /should/ work. Is it something to do with 64 bit? I would still like to indentify the problem with this onboard device.

Now that I am connected ot the internet I am going to check for windows updates and make sure all drivers are up to date. Maybe then it will work /shrug

Re: Can't Access Internet - Vista Only
 

The question is from where are you getting the IP address, DNS and DHCP. the series you mentioned is a private series, It also depends on if this is internet or intranet.