So here I am sitting on my desktop Vista machine (Acer Aspire M1610 model) being able to connect to my D-Link 615 wifi router by ONLY using a Belkin wifi dongle.
I cannot get my machine to connect with an ethernet cable...?! I have tried several different cable but still no joy.
When I go to 'Network & Sharing' centre in Vista, I can see the Belkin Wifi connection (which is obviously how I am being able to connect and type this!) but the wired connection just constantly says, 'Unidentified' - Local Access Only....
Just to add some more info - I also went to the Command Prompt and typed in ipconfig/renew and after a few seconds, got the follwing reply:
'An error occurred while renewing interface Wired Connection : unable to contact your DHCP server. Request timed out. An error occured while releasing interface Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1: The system cannot find the file specified.
Ethernet adaptor Wired Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix:
Link Local IPv6 Address: f380::e1ec:305b:4bd1:81e2%17
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address: 169.254.129.226
Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
Default gateway: fe80::28ea:87c3:9cff:145e%17
Can anyone help me out here......?!
I cannot get my machine to connect with an ethernet cable...?! I have tried several different cable but still no joy.
When I go to 'Network & Sharing' centre in Vista, I can see the Belkin Wifi connection (which is obviously how I am being able to connect and type this!) but the wired connection just constantly says, 'Unidentified' - Local Access Only....
Just to add some more info - I also went to the Command Prompt and typed in ipconfig/renew and after a few seconds, got the follwing reply:
'An error occurred while renewing interface Wired Connection : unable to contact your DHCP server. Request timed out. An error occured while releasing interface Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1: The system cannot find the file specified.
Ethernet adaptor Wired Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix:
Link Local IPv6 Address: f380::e1ec:305b:4bd1:81e2%17
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address: 169.254.129.226
Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
Default gateway: fe80::28ea:87c3:9cff:145e%17
Can anyone help me out here......?!
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Acre Aspire M1610
- CPU
- Intel Celeron 430
- Motherboard
- Acer Model F672CR Version R01-A4
- Graphics Card(s)
- IBM T56A on SiS Mirage 3 Graphics
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- IBM T56A on SiS Mirage 3 Graphics
- Screen Resolution
- 1024x768 pixels
- Hard Drives
- Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 ATA Devic
Manufacturer Hitachi
Product Family Deskstar
Series Prefix Standard
Speed, Expressed in Revolutions Per Minute (rpm) 7200
Model Capacity For This Specific Drive 160GB
SATA type SATA-II 3.0Gb/s