I have a direct connection to the router and am trying to connect to my local area network. All I can get in unrecognized network, no internet connection. I have a current network adapter driver from manufacturer's website. The network is a home network and I know my internet is working because I have other devices connected. Any help would be appreciated. thx
Hi please show us a screen shot of device manager with the network group expanded. Are you sure you have all drivers installed
If the driver is installed and the NIC is functioning correctly, it's probably an IP configuration issue.
Open "Network Connections" (Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connections), right-click on the network device icon and select 'Status', then click the 'Details...' button. Post a screenshot of the dialog that appears. Alternately, post the output of 'ipconfig /all' from cmd or PowerShell.
thx for response. I have only the chipset for motherboard, win 7 pro and the intel network adaptor loaded so far so not sure if I'm missing something. Here are two .pngs of screenshots. all i have is paint to work with, sorry.
The NIC appears to be properly installed as you believed. Now we need to see the IP configuration.
That IP (169.X.X.X) indicates your NIC is configured for automatic IP assignment via DHCP but it's not working.
There are a lot of possibilities: (1) your NIC can't communicate with your router at all, (2) your router doesn't support automatic IP assignment, (3) your router's full range of auto-assignable IPs is in use by other devices, (4) your router is malfunctioning.
(1) is unlikely since you say you have a direct connection. For troubleshooting purposes, try plugging into a different port on the router, and/or a different cable.
(2) is unlikely because auto-assignment is the default. It would have to be manually disabled, and if disabled every device on your network would require manual IP configuration.
we do have a laptop, another desktop and a tablet connected to this router but wirelessly. Also we have another router that has been linked into this network. But everything was working perfectly until I replaced my crashed hard drive with a new one and now I'm just not sure how to configure things.
It could be that the wireless side uses auto assignment but the wired side does not. Unfortunately it's all guesswork (for me at least) without knowing how the router is configured. :/
as its an ethernet connection try the 30 30 30 option.
1 Unplug the ethernet connection >> 2 turn off the laptop >> 3 turn off the router >> wait 30 seconds (min)
then reverse the process. 3 -2 -1
it should reset the connection.
Roy
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