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cable internet connection not working

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Dcamel

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I borrowed a computer from a co-worker's mother to try and take a look at it. I use a cable internet connection split amongst my computers with a linksys wired router. I disconnected one PC to hook up the PC I'm trying to take a look at, but unfortunately I can't seem to get an internet connection. The network adapater reports that its working correctly, but I'm not getting an actual connection, and my router, when checked from one of the other PCs on the network, doesn't seem to detect this computer is connected at all. However, I unhooked that PC and plugged the one I'm on now in, and it works just fine. For some reason the router is not detecting and adding this computer to the network. It's supposed to do so automatically, but it does not, and I also tried running the network setup wizard, which was ineffective. Is there some way to manuall add this computer to my router so it can detect it, or am I forgetting some important step here?
 
Configure the system to use DHCP. Right click on the LAN connection, go to properties, double-click on TCP/IP and make sure both the boxes for automatic addressing are checked.
 
Most likely was. I've likely committed a brain fart here, I'll check that first, thanks for the constructive replies.
 
Finally came back to work on this thing again, and it turns out I *had* checked that out already. It's set to obtain IP and DNS servers automatically, and already had been. But still I see in network connections that while the local area connection is enabled, there is no internet connection. Plugging or unplugging the network cable does in fact elicit the appropriate response from the computer, as it's displaying messages when it's connected or unconnected. But for some reason, it's not trying to obtain an IP after I connect it, and is instead just sitting there dead.

edit: did an ipconfig while the cable was plugged in, and it had an IP not matching my network's assignments at all. Instead of the stanard linksys address with unique ending digits, it had an entirely different IP in the field that began with different numbers. DHCP is enabled, auto-aquiring IPs is enabled, and still I get the same issue of the NIC telling me it's connected, but not establishing an internet connection.
 
winsock xp fix mite work

its just not getting an ip, could be spyware.
 
Someone else help me out on this but there is a command you can enter in the command prompt that will release all addresses then you can renew them and that will clear out old ip information that is there.

I think its ipconfig /release an ipconfig /renew
 
Shmuchkety: I've tried that many, many times. For whatever reason, it doesn't seem to be effective.

Marley: I think you may be right, the reason I'm trying to establish an internet connection in the first place is to run windows update to remove that annoying RPC exploit that shuts your computer down. I have to wonder if something else isn't working against it here to prevent problems being fixed. The PC's owner is not necessarily the type to use discretion in downloading, so they may have come across plenty of spyware.
 
There's either a rogue DHCP server or some malware. Try assigning an IP from the same network as the gateway.
 
is dhcp running on the router? Do you have that pc plugged into the uplink port?
 
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