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Hi guys,
a few days ago I disconnected my modem because of a thunderstorm, and when I reconnected it the day after, my PC wasn't able to connect to internet.
I'm connected by cable to a router, which is connected to the modem. There are other PCs connected to the modem wirelessly, and they work perfectly. I tried connecting straight to the modem, and though I got slightly different error messages, it still wouldn't work.
When connecting straight to the modem, it gives me the error that my connection has "limited or no connectivity", and I am unable to renew my IP adress. The full error message in the command line is:
An error has occurred while renewing interface Local Area Connection : unable to contact your DHCP server. Request has timed out.
When connecting through the router, I don't get any errors, but nothing works, connection wizards on IE and Windows Live tell me that the "DNS can't resolve the IP adresses", and my internet connection reads "DISABLED". If I try to enable it, it says that it's connecting, but when it's finished connecting, it still reads DISABLED.
I have no firewall or anything, and I'm running XP SP2.
I have no idea what is going on, I've never had any problems with the network on this computer before, and I can't udnerstand why it suddenly stopped work. It's like my computer doesn't understand how to connect or something.
I've tried:
-Restarting modem and router and pulling cables in and out, and that sort of stuff
-Releasing and renewing the ip in the command line
-Done some winsock stuff I read could help, in the command line
Can anyone help me with this? Anyone know what's going on?
And on a side note, anyone know if it's really neccessary to pull out network cables in a thunderstorm? Haha.
a few days ago I disconnected my modem because of a thunderstorm, and when I reconnected it the day after, my PC wasn't able to connect to internet.
I'm connected by cable to a router, which is connected to the modem. There are other PCs connected to the modem wirelessly, and they work perfectly. I tried connecting straight to the modem, and though I got slightly different error messages, it still wouldn't work.
When connecting straight to the modem, it gives me the error that my connection has "limited or no connectivity", and I am unable to renew my IP adress. The full error message in the command line is:
An error has occurred while renewing interface Local Area Connection : unable to contact your DHCP server. Request has timed out.
When connecting through the router, I don't get any errors, but nothing works, connection wizards on IE and Windows Live tell me that the "DNS can't resolve the IP adresses", and my internet connection reads "DISABLED". If I try to enable it, it says that it's connecting, but when it's finished connecting, it still reads DISABLED.
I have no firewall or anything, and I'm running XP SP2.
I have no idea what is going on, I've never had any problems with the network on this computer before, and I can't udnerstand why it suddenly stopped work. It's like my computer doesn't understand how to connect or something.
I've tried:
-Restarting modem and router and pulling cables in and out, and that sort of stuff
-Releasing and renewing the ip in the command line
-Done some winsock stuff I read could help, in the command line
Can anyone help me with this? Anyone know what's going on?
And on a side note, anyone know if it's really neccessary to pull out network cables in a thunderstorm? Haha.