Hey guys,
I'm aware that this is quite a common issue and i apologize if it's been repeated hundeds of times, but it's driving me crazy.
I have an acer 8920g laptop with an atheros AR8121 pci-e ethernet network card. On my older laptop, the internet connects fine via cable modem and an ethernet cable (this has a broadcom network card). On the newer laptop i just seem to get local access only, with a 169.x.x IP address, no default gateway or DNS server addresses. Both laptops run vista home premium, and i'm totally lost and confused as to where it's going wrong..
Ive been searching a few sites and there doesnt seem to be any definitive answer to this problem
Does anyone know how to fix this before i throw my laptop out of the window?
Thanks
I'm aware that this is quite a common issue and i apologize if it's been repeated hundeds of times, but it's driving me crazy.
I have an acer 8920g laptop with an atheros AR8121 pci-e ethernet network card. On my older laptop, the internet connects fine via cable modem and an ethernet cable (this has a broadcom network card). On the newer laptop i just seem to get local access only, with a 169.x.x IP address, no default gateway or DNS server addresses. Both laptops run vista home premium, and i'm totally lost and confused as to where it's going wrong..
Ive been searching a few sites and there doesnt seem to be any definitive answer to this problem
Does anyone know how to fix this before i throw my laptop out of the window?
Thanks