Unidentified Network - DNS/default gateway problems from diagnostics

[vonkatze]

So, I have been trying to connect to the internet. The cable works fine on my other laptop.

When I try to either connect it directly to this computer, or to connect via an ad hoc connection, it says unidentified network. I got it running a while back by reseting some stuff after some internet research

(ipconfig /flushdns
netsh int reset all // netsh int ip reset ; netsh int tcp reset
netsh int ipv4 reset
netsh int ipv6 reset
netsh winsock reset)

and by using system restore and using a preferred DNS server address. Not sure which of these actions helped and eventually, it connected and identified the network. When I run diagnostics, it says thet either there is a problem with the DNS server address, or with the default gateway, or that a cable is not properly connected, even though I was connecting through the ad hoc connection, and not through a cable.

The IPCONFIG/ALL when I'm connected to the internet through a random wireless connection.

C:\Users\pc>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : p10.eregie.pub.ro
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR8132 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Cont
ller (NDIS 6.20)
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 70-5A-B6-DA-5D-B7
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11n Network Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 78-E4-00-5F-F8-F3
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::e0e4:fbc4:540c:7fc2%10(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, August 02, 2013 3:54:24 PM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, August 03, 2013 3:54:25 PM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 410575872
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-13-75-8E-F2-70-5A-B6-DA-5D-

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.p10.eregie.pub.ro:

   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.{B555E937-5AA5-42D2-AD31-B40622FC8F02}:

   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

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

   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
   IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:6ab8:24d9:242a:3f57:fef5(Pr
erred)
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::24d9:242a:3f57:fef5%11(Preferred)
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Users\pc>

 

[chev65]

Has the wired connection ever worked on this machine?

Have you tried installing the latest driver for the Atheros 8132 PCI-e NIC?

Download Atheros AR8132 LAN Driver 2.1.0.12 for Windows 7

 

[vonkatze]

Yes, the wire used to work, then the problem with the unidentified network appeared, couldn't identify the cause. I managed to solve it after trying to connect via the ad hoc connection.

The drivers are up to date.