IPv4 Autoconfiguration problem

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My Vista Premium computer has decided that my home network is now an
unknown network. I received some help from another usenet group and
they explained I should post the results from an ipconfig /all. I did
and my computer came back with169.254.xxx.xxx when it should only have
one of the generic 192.168.1.x addresses. One of the gentlemen from
the group was helping me, but has since gone M.I.A. He explanied that
the problem was the "Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address 169.254.xxx.xxx".
He asked me to try and disable IPv4 and IPv6, but doing that and also
trying to disable both didn't work.

I have a Netgear wgr614v6 router that is fully functional and in fact
I am typing this on my PS3 connected through the same router that
Vista says the internet doesn't work on. I get the "Local-only"
message, but if I try to connect to the router page 192.168.1.1, that
doesn't work either. It's as if Vista thinks I am connected to the
router, but it's not.

Very weird and any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
 
You should not disable both IPv4 and IPv6. You may just disable IPv6. If
disabling IPv6 doesn't work, you may try to remove the IPv6 completely. This
post may help too.

Vista: unidentified networkTo my surprize, it was getting 169.254.90.121,
with a subnet mask of .... Vista: unidentified network The Network and
Sharing center will identify the ...
www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?p=1377&sid=efd7bb2fe5c9d78c8fafa9d9fb0d00cc


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i tried to uninstall ipv6 but the button was grayed out. thanks for
all your help. anything else you can think of?
 
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