Solved Can't connect to internet through ethernet on Sky Internet

[jamerst]

Hi,

I have recently got my new computer and as you may have seen before I had some problems using ICS. Now that I have done some ethernet cabling so that I can use ethernet where my computer is I have another problem. My internet simply will not work. I've tried moving the router and updating drivers but still nothing.

Network Adapter: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller

ipconfig /all report

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : James-Desktop
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-27-00-9C-9E
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::d5:cf67:78fa:b9c6%16(Preferred)
   Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.185.198(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 570949671
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-17-40-ED-64-78-45-C4-00-FF-FD

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 78-45-C4-00-FF-FD
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::692c:d4bd:2305:fb92%11(Preferred)
   Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.251.146(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 242763204
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-17-40-ED-64-78-45-C4-00-FF-FD

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Hamachi:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Hamachi Network Interface
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 7A-79-05-7E-80-B5
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2620:9b::57e:80b5(Preferred)
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::6085:779e:204b:6732%13(Preferred)
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 5.0.0.1
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 461011433
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-17-40-ED-64-78-45-C4-00-FF-FD

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{25821AEE-E65D-490B-B57D-7432AAAA889C}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{36D7049E-5C14-40CC-AD13-A75C667C6FA5}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

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.{ABB8EE3E-2C2D-4811-92BB-33E60B684844}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Thanks in advance

 

[jamerst]

anyone?

 

[chev65]

Disabling the Hamachi network interface "as a test" would be my first option as it often causes connection problems in Windows.

Disabling the virtual box adaptor and only having the Ethernet connection enabled might also help. This is just to test if either of those secondary connections are causing any problems.

As it looks right now you aren't getting anything at all from the router so resetting the router is another option.

 

[jamerst]

I disabled both the Hamachi and VM Box adapters but still no avail. I tried diagnosing the adapter and I got the following message "Local Area Connection" doesn't have a valid IP configuration. I also tried pluging the ethernet cable into my laptop and it wouldn't work on there either which suggests a problem with the router.

EDIT: Tried resetting router but still no difference

 

[chev65]

I disabled both the Hamachi and VM Box adapters but still no avail. I tried diagnosing the adapter and I got the following message "Local Area Connection" doesn't have a valid IP configuration. I also tried pluging the ethernet cable into my laptop and it wouldn't work on there either which suggests a problem with the router.

EDIT: Tried resetting router but still no difference

Is the Modem plugged into the WAN port on the router? Have you tried resetting the modem also?

Have you tried a hard reset on the router?

 

[jamerst]

how to do a hard reset???

 

[chev65]

how to do a hard reset???

The 30-30-30 Hard Reset Rule for Routers

 

[jamerst]

Internet seems to be working now (yay!) I will post back if I have problems so thanks for replying anyway

 

[chev65]

Internet seems to be working now (yay!) I will post back if I have problems so thanks for replying anyway

Did the hard reset work? Not sure what fixed it.

 

[jamerst]

No idea what fixed it, just suddenly started working