Nvidia nForce Networking Controller  

I updated my HP dv6500 CTO from Vista Home to Windows 7 Ultimate and now my internet does not seem to want to work. Everything else seems to work perfectly and I am enjoying Windows 7 thoroughly. Neither LAN nor wireless seem to work. Both can connect and see that it is part of a network and it even "connects" to the internet as shown on my network map. Still I can not connect with any of my four browsers. I have disabled my security completely thinking it might be a firewall problem, still nothing. When I run diagnostics it says something about not having a valid IP connection. I am using a my girlfriends Asus on this internet so it cant be my ISP. Im left with drivers. Does anyone know of any solutions? I am a full time college student and I have finals all this week and next week and it would help greatly to have internet access. Remixes are fine btw.

Specs:
HP dv6500 CTO
Nvidia nForce Networking Controller
Broadcom Wireless
Vista Home 32 bit

If you have mdnsrepsonder.exe in the task manager, and being a college student I know you do, please let us know so we can tell you how to fix the machine.

If not, we will help in other ways.

Sorry for double post but I am comparing more data. Second result of ipconfig, did not fiddle with much, but got very different results.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Angela>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Angela-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : guam.net
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : guam.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-24-AA-C8-50
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5e4:2d52:631c:ba2a%16(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 121.55.225.103(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.224.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, December 09, 2009 1:57:41 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, December 09, 2009 4:57:40 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 121.55.224.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.255.253.9
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 385882916
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-0E-7B-D6-E6-00-1B-24-AA-C8-50
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 202.128.0.3
202.128.0.2
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter 6TO4 Adapter:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : guam.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:7937:e167::7937:e167(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 202.128.0.3
202.128.0.2
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.guam.net:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : guam.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Reset the tcp/ip stack and see how it goes.

Copy and paste these one at a time to an elevated command prompt and then hit enter after each line:

netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt

netsh winsock reset catalog

First off I would like to thank you for your help and patience. Secondly....nothing improved. One odd thing I noticed is that it automatically says I do not have internet. For example, I restarted after resetting the tcp/ip (which was successful or as much as the CP says) and plugged in my ethernet and even before it had finished identifying the network, the map said I was internetless. It did show that I was connected to a network though. And once again it is not my provider because I currently have the same ethernet line plugged into this laptop.

You'll be happy after assigning a static ip address to the network adapter in Windows.

Google for how if you aren't sure. Use an Open DNS free server for preferred dns.

Ok. Improvement I guess lol.

Assigned a static IP using this guide
Get A Static IP! How to set a static ip address for your computer (for p2p, web servers, bittorrent, etc) for Linux, Windows, and Mac.

Set up Open DNS Free here
OpenDNS | Internet Navigation And Security

Made the necessary connections and checked ipconfig to make sure.
Restarted and still the same. But when I run the diagnostic it says it can not find anything wrong with the connection (Which is new). And yet it still shows up that, yes, I am connected to a network, and no, it is not connected to the internet.

See if a firmware update is available for the router. Install it and see if it helps any. Post a screenshot of your static ip settings if ya want.

I apologize I forgot to mention, I am not using a router I have a line directly to the modem. Will post updated ipconfig in a sec.