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Hi, Ive just built a new pc and installed Vista Ultimate on it. I have a home network consisting of a cable modem plugged into a Belkin router, and 3 PC's connected to that sharing internet and files. This works fine with the pcs i have now.
When i took my old pc out and plugged the new (vista) one in and connected it to the router and booted the machine, i got a limited connectivity and unknown network (or whatever vista calls it cant remember!). Bear in mind this network works on 2 windows xp pcs, and a windows vista home premium laptop with no issues.
I have updated the drivers to the latest Realtek ones to no avail, and also tried getting some from my motherboard drivers page. (the mobo is Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R). So the onboard LAN wont work, so i tried installing a standard PCI network card, but exactly the same problem occurs.
Doing some googleing i have not found anything which helps my problems, when doing ipconfig /all the default gateway is some 169... address which ive learnt is a default one ithink? Whereas it should be 192.168.2.1 for my router?
Can anyone suggest any solutions to this as its driving me crazy! If you need anymore information just ask and il be happy to giv. Id really appreciate any help to this, having a new pc isnt the same without the internet on it!
Thanks in advance,
Tom
When i took my old pc out and plugged the new (vista) one in and connected it to the router and booted the machine, i got a limited connectivity and unknown network (or whatever vista calls it cant remember!). Bear in mind this network works on 2 windows xp pcs, and a windows vista home premium laptop with no issues.
I have updated the drivers to the latest Realtek ones to no avail, and also tried getting some from my motherboard drivers page. (the mobo is Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R). So the onboard LAN wont work, so i tried installing a standard PCI network card, but exactly the same problem occurs.
Doing some googleing i have not found anything which helps my problems, when doing ipconfig /all the default gateway is some 169... address which ive learnt is a default one ithink? Whereas it should be 192.168.2.1 for my router?
Can anyone suggest any solutions to this as its driving me crazy! If you need anymore information just ask and il be happy to giv. Id really appreciate any help to this, having a new pc isnt the same without the internet on it!
Thanks in advance,
Tom