Vista - Unidentified Network - Access: Local only

I run windows vista ultimate 64x and i've been struggling greatly with this
problem for over 2 weeks, searching the internet far and wide, and have
gotten absolutely nowhere. When plugging in my ethernet cable to my computer
(straight from the wall, no router) at home and at my college, the cable is
detected yet when i mouseover the network icon in the start menu it reads
"Unidentified network ...access: local only" after running an ipconfig (which
i would post here if i could), i saw that there was no default gateway and
the ip was showing up as 0.0.0.0. i went to the IT department of my school,
and connection worked fine.. i do not know what the difference is in the
connection. I have tried every possible combination of solutions (disabling
ipv6, enabling DHCP, etc...)that the internet has to offer and it seems i
havnt even come close. i bought this computer 1 month ago and have still
never been able to access the internet. i would tremendously appreciate and
help one could offer....

Just as an update.... My wireless appears to work fine i am on my computer
now, yet the wired ethernet connection in my dorm room still does not work.
here are ipconfig stats if theyre any help

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Steve>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Steves-Computer
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : pace.edu

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area
Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-6B-85-5B-FD
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : pace.edu
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-E8-2F-48-65
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.22.42.46(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.224.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:42:25
PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:58:55
PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.22.32.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.22.32.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.17.28.11
172.17.28.10
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 172.17.28.11
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168/8111 Family PCI-E
Gigabit
Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-24-45-22-B9
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{8A08F58E-E44D-41F6-9C0D-83137D2AD
B03}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : pace.edu
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:172.22.42.46%13(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.17.28.11
172.17.28.10
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{DE9CC566-6F99-4BCC-AA63-04C9F5EED
A1A}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\Steve>

It may be incompatible issue. this search result may help,

Vista incompatible issuesVista Incompatible issues. 1. Some switches or routers may not compatible with Vista – Solutions: upgrade the firmware, disable the IPv6, re-configure the ...
www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistacompatible.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Steve B" <SteveB@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:42DAB8FE-5685-4D0B-885C-0F668FFA10CA@xxxxxx
Just as an update.... My wireless appears to work fine i am on my computer
now, yet the wired ethernet connection in my dorm room still does not work.
here are ipconfig stats if theyre any help

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Steve>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Steves-Computer
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : pace.edu

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area
Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-6B-85-5B-FD
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : pace.edu
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-E8-2F-48-65
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.22.42.46(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.224.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:42:25
PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:58:55
PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.22.32.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.22.32.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.17.28.11
172.17.28.10
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 172.17.28.11
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168/8111 Family PCI-E
Gigabit
Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-24-45-22-B9
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{8A08F58E-E44D-41F6-9C0D-83137D2AD
B03}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : pace.edu
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:172.22.42.46%13(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.17.28.11
172.17.28.10
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{DE9CC566-6F99-4BCC-AA63-04C9F5EED
A1A}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\Steve>