Hi all, So I have been living in campus apartments for almost 2 years now, and have never had a problem connecting to the internet or the network. Up until last week, everything was fine. However one day during the week, the internet for the entire complex went down. So we went without any internet for the rest of the day. Next afternoon, it came back (I'm guessing someone fixed it), and everyone was able to connect again. Now I normally leave my Laptop in my room (I am sharing with another guy, and we both have ethernet ports under our desks) and connect using a cable. Most others who I have talked to use the wireless. I tried to use his cable port to connect and see what happened and it worked. I went back to my own and tried and nothing. Then I tried his again and it was Unidentified Network. My problem is, I keep getting the "Unidentified Network", no internet access thing. I have tried all sorts of fixes, from ipconfig /release and /renew to use the following IPv4 and setting it manually and netsh etc.. I am really stuck, and the killer is I can connect wirelessly to the network but not though the cable.

Do you have multihomed computer mwaning both wired and wireless enabled? Or post back with the result of ipconfig /all here. Also these search results may help. Resolution of Vista Unidentified Network The Vista Unidentified Network or Limited Connectivity could be gateway, hardware, TCP/IP configuration or security issues. ... www.chicagotech.net/vista/unidentifirdnetwork.htm Windows 7 Limited or Unidentified network Windows 7 Limited or Unidentified network. Case 1: The Windows 7 is setup using ICS, but the LAN uses different range, 192.168.10.0/24 while ICS LAN IP ... www.chicagotech.net/windows7/win7net1.htm Bob Lin, MS-MVP Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.howtonetworking.com

Hey this is what I got from ipconfig /all: Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\Andrew>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Andrew-LAPTOP 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 . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 12-AB-36-91-00-00 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-24-21-4D-10-B7 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 802.11b/g Mini Card Wireless Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-24-21-4D-10-B7 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::4d61:98e5:a93e:55fc%11(Preferred) IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.200.191(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 19 February 2011 14:26:02 Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 20 February 2011 12:20:48 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.200.254 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.200.254 DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 184558625 DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-12-5A-C0-7C-00-21-85-50-B0-7B DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 62.231.32.10 62.231.32.11 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled Tunnel adapter isatap.{AEFAA008-AD15-465E-8004-410A2EB2E0BD}: 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 Local Area Connection* 9: 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 Tunnel adapter isatap.{067B6FBC-6D8F-4A15-B682-BF4AFDD87368}: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter isatap.{2E8A22C3-CB66-49C8-AB93-230DF27A7375}: 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 6TO4 Adapter: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter isatap.{F9733023-0704-446A-9526-B5AFA78C5EA8}: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

he ipconfi glooks fine. You may try to disable IPv6.Bob Lin, MS-MVP Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.howtonetworking.com

Your Ethernet port shows Media disconnected. Check the cable connection between your PC and your Ethernet drop. If both ends are plugged in securely, try a different cable. See if your roommate can connect to you ethernet drop. If he can't, you have a bad ethernet drop. Jerry

Sounds like a faulty cable. Ensure you are connected to the plug socket securely and try alternating ethernet ports? Is the problem only with your room? Try connecting to adjacent rooms. If you can connect using the cable in other ports then its your port which is bad.