c-towns Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 So I'm on Rogers Internet in Choronto. I disconnected from the internet for about two weeks to take my computer elsewhere and when I returned I couldn't connect to the internet. Low or no Connectivity.I went through the basics, disconnect/reconnect, different cables, even tried a usb connection instead of network cable, reset the modem, called rogers to go through the set-up again and they said the modem is working and rebooted the modem software.I finally decided to take it in to a repair guy (who I wasn't to confident about) and he proceeded to do everything that I already went through. He also tried uninstalling and reinstalling the NIC (which i think is the network adapter?) and putting in a completely different NIC, neither of which worked. He also tried to hook me up wirelessly to no avail.His diagnosis is that some windows files are corrupt and he can't do anything about it, does this sound correct? Windows seems to be setting my ip address automatically to 169.xxx.xxx.xxx everytime which doesn't seem compatible to my modem. Can I get a hold of Rogers and ask them for a specific ip address to sign on manually (for the time being) because I'd like to get this fixed.Help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Funk Dawg Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 sounds like a nightmare - i wish i had some insights for ya - good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\/\/illy Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Lots of questions:Are you trying to connect wirelessly? If so, forget that for now and try plugging right into the cable router.Have you called Rogers to ask them? It's possible that they need to reset the cable router.The 169.x.x.x address is what Windows assigns to itself after it gives up trying to acquire one from the ISP. This again points to the cable router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted May 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 not wirelessly.Called Rogers and had router reset, no luck.Windows seems to give up before it even tries to assign a new address, hence the possible corrupt windows files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 dude PM me your number and I can call you to try a few things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Have you tried a system restore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted May 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 I don't think so, I won't lose any files over that will I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 (edited) I'd try getting to a command prompt (START > RUN > type "CMD" hit Enter)then type "ipconfig /release" (and hit Enter)followed by "ipconfig /renew" (and hit Enter)should flush your modem cache and reset your gateway ip address for you... has fixed basically the same problem for me in the past Edited May 22, 2008 by Guest yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 sounds pretty unimpressive that all that Rogers tech support couldn't help ya... perhaps time for a new service provider? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted May 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 I did do that to no avail paisley, good news though, I got back home, hooked it up with plans of system restore and low and behold, I'm back in business with no system restore. wierdness, but I'll take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Here's a song y'all might enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted May 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 The hard drive got ram'd in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 goods to hear bro... guess it just wanted a little attention... my daschund gets like that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted May 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 hmmm, I didn't know you drove... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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