Ok, i have the same "little or no connectivity problem" i've pretty much tried everything, but nothing seems to be working and im getting worried. In above post, someone said: "If the NIC is defaulting to a 169 address, that means that it is not finding your default gateway (Router or Modem) " Is this a hardware of software problem? How can i check" Here are things that i've tried: Check physical connections. I used the same cable in another computer, works fine Manual configuration. This did not work, my computer still has no connectivity I checked the NIC, the lights are on I went to PChell and used their "fix" and regiostry edit, didn't help I turned off all firewalls, didnt work Im starting to think it's not a software problem, but am not sure how to check. My adsl router has two other computer which it quite happily connects and has connected my cpmputer in the past. I took it to a friends house, reformatted and reinstalled, only to return home to find that i can no longer see my network HELP SOMEONE!! I need to use the inernet to study!
