Windows 7 Another wired 'Connectivity:No Internet access' problem!

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Hi all! First post & I nned lots of help.

A little background. This PC was Win 2K until I installed Ubuntu Linux & deleted Windows. Ubuntu had no problem connecting to the internet from the start & still doesn't. Yesterday, I installed Win7 RC on the 2nd HDD (still have Ubuntu on the 1st HDD) & had a tough time getting the proper driver installed for my LAN ethernet card, Netgear FA311. That appears to be fixed, but now there's a new issue. Maybe it's because I'm not familiar with Vista/Win7 (XP was my last Win OS) I'm not getting how to connect to my broadband. I might add that when I reboot to Ubuntu on the same PC there are no issues accessing the internet.

My system is NOT wireless but LAN. The connection works fine when using Ubuntu so the connection is working in Linux but not on the Win7 side.
As of now the trouble shooter says 'Local Area Connection doesn't have a valid IP configutation. Not fixed.'

Reading in this forum it is suggested to open a command line & ipconfig /all. Here are the results;

C:\Users\Utahbound>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Utahbound-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR FA311v2 PCI Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.222.55(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{07DCE206-177C-4591-A0C0-0108EF1FFB0B}:

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

C:\Users\Utahbound>

Is this a bug in Win7? Why would Ubnuntu Linux connect & not Win7 on the same PC?

All suggestions are appreciated!
George
 
Solution
Success!!!!! Finally I got my Netgear FA311 v1 card to get a DHCP address from Windows 7 RC, Internet is now on my machine tasting Windows 7.
Special thanks to Acestes who pushed me to do a R&D and helped me a lot in discarding many options and zero in on the exact setting which was causing the issue.
Thanks to this forum too.
Now had to do some more R&D in getting the CMS from Creative too to work.
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Success!!!!! Finally I got my Netgear FA311 v1 card to get a DHCP address from Windows 7 RC, Internet is now on my machine tasting Windows 7.
Special thanks to Acestes who pushed me to do a R&D and helped me a lot in discarding many options and zero in on the exact setting which was causing the issue.
Thanks to this forum too.
Now had to do some more R&D in getting the CMS from Creative too to work.
 
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I will surely share what I have done in order to make it work. The reason I have not posted in my prev post is of a simple reason, my solution should reach the persons havin this prob and not digged in this thread that too in the 5th page. I will also start a new thread posting the solution. Giv me some time, I will post the solution.
 
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^^thnx and its not all sorted m8..stil creative's issue remains..need to do some R&D in tht too, cos, once i got it working in Vista.
 
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Can't help with the Creative problem I'm afraid as I have no experience with it. If you got it working in Vista then you should be able to get it to work in Windows 7, so good luck!
 
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Thanks Dre@m for the leg work and figuring it out. I have been have a hell of a time with my 3 Win 7 installs. I put them all back to Vista on two and XP Pro and gave up. Looks like I can try your solution.

Thanks again
 
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Hello. I'm new to this site and just starting to learn about computers... can anyone help me with this problem? the internet connection via LAN was working 2 days ago... now i'm getting a limited connection thingy. the wire are okay if plugged to other laptops but if plug on my friends laptop the wire doesnt work.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . .. . . . . . . . . : OCEAN7
Primary DnsSuffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . .. . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP RoutingEnabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS ProxyEnabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . .. . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix .:
Description . .. . . . . . . . . : Ralink RT5390 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
PhysicalAddress. . . . . . . . . : 88-9F-FA-22-8F-A9
DHCP Enabled. .. . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix .:
Description . .. . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
PhysicalAddress. . . . . . . . . : 78-AC-C0-49-5E-02
DHCP Enabled. .. . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6Address . . . . . : fe80::35b5:5b2b:55bf:b4ef%10(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.180.239(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . .. . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway. . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . .. . . . . . . . . : 241447248
DHCPv6 ClientDUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-14-A0-CB-41-78-AC-C0-49-5E-02

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

Tunnel adapter isatap.{02E220C6-546F-4D23-AC5C-D4703FB800D9}:

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

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . .. . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix .:
Description . .. . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
PhysicalAddress. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. .. . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapterisatap.{435CAD50-74C8-48E1-A640-C38C9DF450AE}:

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

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

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

you're prompt reply will be highly appreciated.

i've done the ipconfig /flushdns, /release, /renew steps but with no luck. on ipconfig /renew... i got an error message regarding a media being disconnected.

what to do now?...
 
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