LAN Connection has stopped working

[craigs85]

Hi there.

I have just turned on my desktop PC after being away for 4 days.

Before I went, I had no problems.

Nothing at all has changed in the mean time.

I am using Windows Vista.

I can't connect properly to my router using a wired connection.

I have reset the router, i've reset the netsh using instructions from microsofts website. I've obviously tried restarting the computer.

I can only seem to get a limited connection.

The IP Address details aren't what they should be.

It has an autoconfiguration IPv4 address of 169.254.209.238 and the gateway is 255.255.0.0.

Can anyone suggest anything that I can try and sort this please?

Thanks very much in advance.

Craig

UPDATE: I tried doing a ipconfig /release and then an ipconfig /renew from the command prompt, but got the following error message.

An error occured while renewing interface Local Area Connection : unable to contact your DHCP server. Request has timed out.

I don't know if that will help anyone be able to help me.

Thanks again.