Vista - Unidentified network via ethernet

Hello, I just built a system with Vista Ultimate x64. However, when I connect to internet via ethernet, it keeps showing "unidentified network" and limited connectivity. The wireless works fine when I used DWA-160 Dlink adapter. The motherboard is Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R and it has 2 ethernet ports onboard. I'm connecting via a campus network and the ethernet worked fine on my old computer, ran on XP Pro.


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Lekk-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : uh.edu

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : uh.edu
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link DWA-160 Xtreme N Dual Band USB Ada
pter(rev.B)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-91-81-A4-99
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.161.200.62(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.252
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, September 24, 2008 9:37:03 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, September 27, 2008 10:50:05 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.161.200.61
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 129.7.137.17
129.7.1.1
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 129.7.1.200
Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 129.7.32.200
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E
Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0) #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1F-D0-24-05-0C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E
Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1F-D0-24-04-FC
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8dcf:4fc8:940a:d1%10(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.0.209(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* 12:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e50:1444:2849:f55e:37c1(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1444:2849:f55e:37c1%12(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Someone correct me if I'm wrong - but I believe Vista displays "Unidentified Network" when it cannot find a gateway to the outside world.

Looking at your link details supports my supposition, as no gateway is listed. This is kind of required to get access outside of your local subnet - in this case, the internet.

Looking a second time shows your IP address as a 169 number. That indicates, to me, that DHCP isn't working.

It seems to me that you might want to contact your campus IT department and find out what is necessary to get you going.

Thank you Itwally.
The IT said they won't provide technical support for vista users at all....
The ethernet worked for my old comp thou, which ran on xp.

Don't tell them that you're running Vista. Just tell them that you need to know your TCP/IP properties for the network. (ip address, netmask, gateway and dns servers.) If they ask, tell them you're running XP.

Since enabling DHCP doesn't seem to have garnered you the correct details, let's hope that they're assigning things statically.

Once you get that information, we can help you plug it in, if you like.