Limited or no connectivity....very strange.

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ckshowtime

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Let me preface my post by saying that I am a noob on this board (obviously), I did brief search and no other thread fit my current situation. And a small warning....this could very long winded.

I have 2 desktop PC's, and a laptop I use to work from home once a week. Only my primary desktop PC is pulling a true IP address and getting connectivity when plugged directly into the cable modem (Charter). At times I can plug my secondary desktop PC directly into the modem and get it to pull an IP address and connect.

I don't know how to describe my "set-up" other than PC turned on and plugged in. I purchased a Netgear DS108 8-port hub yesterday and connected all my devices.

Port #1 connects to modem.
Port #2 connects to primary PC
Port #3 connects to secondary PC
Port #4 connects to Xbox
POrt #5 connects to wireless router.

I haven't changed a thing on either desktop PC since they were formatted last, and that was months ago. My primary desktop PC is running Windows XP, secondary desktop PC is running Windows Vista, laptop is running Windows XP.

I haven't changed anything in my OS or in the Network Connections, from what I can see DHCP is enabled on both desktop PC's.

I ran it by a couple guys I am friends with who have experience with Networks and they were stumped. Any ideas would be great, I will be more than happy to run a hijackthis tonight and post them as well.
 
So which pc exactly is getting the limited or no connectivity error. Have you tried disabling the adapter then re enabling the adapter. Either that you you could try to do a connection repair.
 
AdmnPower said:
So which pc exactly is getting the limited or no connectivity error. Have you tried disabling the adapter then re enabling the adapter. Either that you you could try to do a connection repair.
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Right now with the way it is set-up my secondary PC is not connecting, and neither is any of the other stuff I have connected to the hub. I know it isn't the hib though because I was getting the same result prior to purchasing the hub.

I have deleted the network adapters and restarted the machine. Obviously the OS detects and reinstalls. Nothing.
 
It could be a DHCP issue, your modem and your wireless router might both be trying to assign addresses to devices on the network, this will create a large conflict and nothing will work.
 
go to cmd and type "netsh winsock reset"

not sure if that always works, but that fixed my limited connectivity issue.
 
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