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TurboNitroMonke · 01-05-2009

Again, Bumping myself, got some help on other fora, no results, just trying to keep the information all over, hopefully somebody can see it and point me in the right direction:

Thanks for all the posts, I’ll respond to them in more or less the order suggestions come up, for clarity, which will also be sequentially how I act, so backtracking is possible if necessary.

Pinging 192.168.1.1 responded with 4x “Reply from 169.254.73.210: Destination host unreachable.” Followed by Packets: Sent 4, Received 4, Lost 0.

I am still unable to reach the router or the modem’s UI from the desktop, although I can access the router’s interface through a wireless source, or wired through a laptop, and the modem’s UI through direct wired connection from a laptop, as per usual.

I have been unable to locate any applicable driver updates, some were found for the included and unused soundcard, and for raid controllers, again not applicable. I’ve located updates for my video cards as well, from nVidia, however, again, not applicable to this particular problem. I’ll hold off on patching extraneous devices until we solve the core problem, the networking interface failure.

Attempts to manually set my NIC to the router’s settings, failed with the error “Cannot Communicate with Primary DNS Server(192.168.0.1). When setting values, I chose the ones from the Router tab of my Linksys interface as found at 192.168.1.1.
Data provided below, please note these are copied and pasted from the Router status, and the settings reflect functioning, working, successful values for all computers on the network, save for the desktop which inexplicably and spontaneously failed to connect and now remains in that state.

Firmware Version: v4.21.1, Nov. 6, 2006
Current Time: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:12:06
MAC Address: 00:0C:41:75:E0:B2
Router Name: WRT54G
Host Name:
Domain Name: domain_not_set.invalid
Configuration Type
Login Type:
Automatic Configuration - DHCP
IP Address: 76.199.168.48
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 76.199.168.49
DNS 1: 192.168.0.1
DNS 2:
DNS 3:
MTU: 1500

**Step Skipped: Before following the instructions at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233 and editing the registry, I read through it and that issue doesn’t seem to apply to my situation, given that my problem doesn’t envolve changing OS’s recently, that both XP, Vista 32 and Vista 64 have successfully connected to the internet, and the desktop connection spontaneously failed. Personally, I’d rather not screw with the registry unless I know for sure it is the culprit, or that it is easily undone should it be a required check.

I’m under the mindset of if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. So I’m hesitant at the moment to try updating or changing anything from the settings of the functioning router and modem at the moment. They are working as always, for every computer but the desktop. If I monkey with the settings in them, chances could be that I’d have to start troubleshooting them to get ANY internet connection in the house functioning before I return to the desktop. Occam’s razor, the simplest explanation is often the best, the problem is clearly with the desktop computer, not the laptops, the network or the modem. I’m going to stick to trying to fix that, unless somebody gives me an argument to the otherwise that seems logical enough to try, with low enough risk that I’ll be able to fix anything that goes south :-P

So… Nicholas Li, I thank you for those suggestions, but for the time being I’m going to try other routes of attack.

Regarding your suggestion 3: I have done so to no avail. Disable, remove, update and troubleshoot those connections, no dice. I had a virtual one for a while ‘attached’ to one of my Local Area Connections, but no longer. Local Area Connection 1 is being used, device name NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller, its twin, Local Area Connection 2, has either been active but not connected, or disabled, neither affecting the performance of #1. I’ve also switched cables between the two, and gotten no difference.

Sigh. So… Next post:

As stated earlier, Pinging 192.168.1.1 resulted with four copies of the following “Reply from 169.254.73.210: Destination host unreachable.” And then something to the tune of: Followed by Packets: Sent 4, Received 4, Lost 0.

When pinging 4.2.2.2, I get 4 results of:

“PING: transmit failed, error code 1231.”

And then the statistics are 4 sent and 4 lost, of course.

01-05-2009	#3 (permalink)
TurboNitroMonke Vista Ultimate 32bit SP1 3 posts	Re: Vista Network Crisis Again, Bumping myself, got some help on other fora, no results, just trying to keep the information all over, hopefully somebody can see it and point me in the right direction: Thanks for all the posts, I’ll respond to them in more or less the order suggestions come up, for clarity, which will also be sequentially how I act, so backtracking is possible if necessary. Pinging 192.168.1.1 responded with 4x “Reply from 169.254.73.210: Destination host unreachable.” Followed by Packets: Sent 4, Received 4, Lost 0. I am still unable to reach the router or the modem’s UI from the desktop, although I can access the router’s interface through a wireless source, or wired through a laptop, and the modem’s UI through direct wired connection from a laptop, as per usual. I have been unable to locate any applicable driver updates, some were found for the included and unused soundcard, and for raid controllers, again not applicable. I’ve located updates for my video cards as well, from nVidia, however, again, not applicable to this particular problem. I’ll hold off on patching extraneous devices until we solve the core problem, the networking interface failure. Attempts to manually set my NIC to the router’s settings, failed with the error “Cannot Communicate with Primary DNS Server(192.168.0.1). When setting values, I chose the ones from the Router tab of my Linksys interface as found at 192.168.1.1. Data provided below, please note these are copied and pasted from the Router status, and the settings reflect functioning, working, successful values for all computers on the network, save for the desktop which inexplicably and spontaneously failed to connect and now remains in that state. Firmware Version: v4.21.1, Nov. 6, 2006 Current Time: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:12:06 MAC Address: 00:0C:41:75:E0:B2 Router Name: WRT54G Host Name: Domain Name: domain_not_set.invalid Configuration Type Login Type: Automatic Configuration - DHCP IP Address: 76.199.168.48 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 76.199.168.49 DNS 1: 192.168.0.1 DNS 2: DNS 3: MTU: 1500 **Step Skipped: Before following the instructions at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233 and editing the registry, I read through it and that issue doesn’t seem to apply to my situation, given that my problem doesn’t envolve changing OS’s recently, that both XP, Vista 32 and Vista 64 have successfully connected to the internet, and the desktop connection spontaneously failed. Personally, I’d rather not screw with the registry unless I know for sure it is the culprit, or that it is easily undone should it be a required check. I’m under the mindset of if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. So I’m hesitant at the moment to try updating or changing anything from the settings of the functioning router and modem at the moment. They are working as always, for every computer but the desktop. If I monkey with the settings in them, chances could be that I’d have to start troubleshooting them to get ANY internet connection in the house functioning before I return to the desktop. Occam’s razor, the simplest explanation is often the best, the problem is clearly with the desktop computer, not the laptops, the network or the modem. I’m going to stick to trying to fix that, unless somebody gives me an argument to the otherwise that seems logical enough to try, with low enough risk that I’ll be able to fix anything that goes south :-P So… Nicholas Li, I thank you for those suggestions, but for the time being I’m going to try other routes of attack. Regarding your suggestion 3: I have done so to no avail. Disable, remove, update and troubleshoot those connections, no dice. I had a virtual one for a while ‘attached’ to one of my Local Area Connections, but no longer. Local Area Connection 1 is being used, device name NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller, its twin, Local Area Connection 2, has either been active but not connected, or disabled, neither affecting the performance of #1. I’ve also switched cables between the two, and gotten no difference. Sigh. So… Next post: As stated earlier, Pinging 192.168.1.1 resulted with four copies of the following “Reply from 169.254.73.210: Destination host unreachable.” And then something to the tune of: Followed by Packets: Sent 4, Received 4, Lost 0. When pinging 4.2.2.2, I get 4 results of: “PING: transmit failed, error code 1231.” And then the statistics are 4 sent and 4 lost, of course.
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