Wired connection, internet stuck at "Identifying", 169.XX IP problem

Alright. Update.

I reinstalled windows and still no dice. My ISP has a bot responding to all emails so that's no go. If I call them, they say it's a personal issue and not on their end so they can't help with it.

I am beyond frustrated.

So - what operating system is on this laptop now? You had mentioned that you might put W8 on it.

Also, can you test the laptop on another location (another network, another router) - using a hard wire and DHCP for both the IP and the DNS addresses. Maybe a neighbor has the same router/ISP.

Instead of showing up at a neighbor's door holding a measuring cup and wanting to borrow a cup of sugar - you show up with a laptop and network cable wanting to borrow a router LAN jack

I would be interested to see if you get two DNS addresses that are both the router. I don't think that I've ever seen that before - but I cannot say that I've specifically looked for it. If you don't have a neighbor that you can test this with, maybe your work place, local library or a hotel lobby would do.

Do the computers that work okay on your network get this double DNS entry (router listed twice)?

Hi there. I re-installed windows 7 using the "restore to factory settings" since I couldn't acquire a copy of W8 legally.

Also, I'll be going over to my friend's house tomorrow who lives a block or so away since all of my neighbours are arabs and I don't speak arabic. Will update then.

Do the computers that work okay on your network get this double DNS entry (router listed twice)?

If you are asking whether the working connections have both DNS servers showing as 192.168.1.1 in cmd.exe when I type ipconfig/all, then yes.


They all have it set to 192.168.1.1, which I read (as I mentioned earlier) online that it has something to do with proxies and i'll have to contant my ISP (which didnt happen)

Do the other computers have 192.168.1.1 listed twice as the DNS - like you showed in this post?

If so, then I think that is weird.

It is fine and normal to have 192.168.1.1 listed once as the DNS. That is not a proxy thing, it just means that the router is doing the DNS look ups for the computer.

You might consider doing a clean install so that you don't have factory bloatware:
Clean Install Windows 7

Sorry for not responding, I have exams in a week or so and I haven't been able to go to my friend's place to test my connection there.

And I just tested the other computers, all have DNS servers as 192.168.1.1. If this is some weird router configuration then I will never be able to fix it. My ISP customer service is shit and after spending 1 hour talking with them, I'm pretty sure I can plug my ethernet cable into the dump I took yesterday still get a better internet connection.

As for my Anti-Virus, I had Avast before I re-installed windows, switched to Microsoft security essentials and I reinstalled MS-SE after reinstalling windows.

n00boxular said:

.........I just tested the other computers, all have DNS servers as 192.168.1.1. ....

Okay, you used the plural for servers...
...but I'm still not sure if the computers that can get online have this weird double entry that you show in your first post:



Do you see where 192.168.1.1 is listed twice in the DNS area at the bottom of you ipconfig info?

That is weird.

Is the ipconfig DNS info for the computers that can get online just as weird?

BTW, it is fine to have 192.168.1.1 as the DNS value and I doubt that having it twice is a problem... I'm just looking for differences between computers that can get online and the one that cannot (at least not via hard wired connection).

Lel, so I'll try to put it in a better way.
When I use ipconfig/all on every computer in my house, it shows BOTH DNS servers as 192.168.1.1 for every computer.

I'll try and ask some friend's to check their connections to make sure this same DNS server issue isn't just on my router or something.