"the default gateway is not available" please help!

i have just installed a new copy of windows 7 ultimate 32bit, and after the third or fourth time turning my computer on, and anywhere from 5 to 25 minutes my internet fails. i run the windows network diagnostics, and it says: "the default gateway is not available" and that seems to fix it for 5 to 10 minutes and then i get the same message again. the last time i had this problem, i disabled my wireless card, and it worked fine, but i tried it again to no avail (I'm using an Ethernet cable). my router is a linksys e1000, and my Ethernet cable is about 100 ft, running from my living room to my room. sorry for all of the random information, as i did not quite know what to include.

i don't know if its necessary, but here's my ipconfig /all:



thanks in advance!

theweasels1 said:

. the last time i had this problem, i disabled my wireless card, and it worked fine, but i tried it again to no avail (I'm using an Ethernet cable). my router is a linksys e1000, and my Ethernet cable is about 100 ft, running from my living room to my room.

WOW!! 100 ft of ethernet cable? I know the stuff is supposed to be good out to 300 ft, but ...WOW!! Is there any way you can get some shorter cable lengths? The longest I work with, at home, is 25 ft., and I don't like THAT to be so far. Is your home really that big?

Can you connect wirelessly? Try it. Re-enable the wireless adapter and try to connect. If you're successful, do an ipconfig /all again, and post the results.

theweasels1 said:

i have just installed a new copy of windows 7 ultimate 32bit, and after the third or fourth time turning my computer on, and anywhere from 5 to 25 minutes my internet fails. i run the windows network diagnostics, and it says: "the default gateway is not available" and that seems to fix it for 5 to 10 minutes and then i get the same message again. the last time i had this problem, i disabled my wireless card, and it worked fine, but i tried it again to no avail (I'm using an Ethernet cable). my router is a linksys e1000, and my Ethernet cable is about 100 ft, running from my living room to my room. sorry for all of the random information, as i did not quite know what to include.

i don't know if its necessary, but here's my ipconfig /all:



thanks in advance!

I can see that the wireless NIC isn't showing up because you disabled it.

The DNS in most cases is best handled by the router so typing in DNS info into the IPv4 properties isn't really required at all provided that you entered two valid DNS servers into your routers set up page. Ideally you would see the default gateway IP show up under the DNS settings in the ipconfig.

I don't think we are very sure which connection is having the problem, the wireless is disabled so I assume the Ethernet is having a problem as well? 100ft of Ethernet cable is no problem at all, I'm using the same length here.


There are many other possible causes of this problem, many of which are listed in the link below.

You can try typing the gateway IP "192.168.1.1" into the IPv4 properties "directions for this in the link". Often times this problem can be fixed by simply resetting the router and the modem.

Although there are many other ways to fix this problem, most of them are listed going down the page in the link below.
Windows 7 Unidentified Network, Limited Access, No Internet Connection Problem Resolved

thanks for all of your posts. my motherboard is an Intel black creek d955xbk. i did have my wireless adapter disabled, because it seemed to solve the problem the last time this happened. at the end of this post i will include an updated ipconfig /all with my wireless adapter enabled. i can get online fine with my wireless adapter, however it is extremely slow, which is a problem because i like multiplayer gaming. i looked online to find some drivers for my mobo, but all they had for win7 was a RAID driver, since my mobo has been discontinued. i am aware that i dont have alot of ram, in fact, that was the next thing that i was going to buy, but im tight for money right now. i have already tried what chev65 linked me to, but that didnt seem to work. also peaB4yougo, i dont really think the size of my house is relevant in this situation. i would also like to clarify that this problem is with my wired internet connection, and not my wireless.
ipconfig /all is as follows:



again, thanks. i hope this helps.

thanks icit2lol, downloading the driver seemed to work, and thanks everyone else for making an attempt to help.