I am having trouble connecting to the internet on my LAN. :confused: The connection states that there is limited or no connectivity. I am wondering if anyone can help me fix this. I have Windows XP. When I try to repair the connection it says that it is unable to renew the IP address. Here is the info I get when I hit ipconfig in the cmd prompt.

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 7:
Connection-specific DNS suffix . :
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . : 169.254.47.27
Subnet Mask.. . : 255.255.0.0
IP Address.. . : fe80::fdff:ffff:feff:fff%7
Default Gateway.. . :

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS suffix . :
IP Address.. . : fe80::ffff:ffff:fffd%6
Default Gateway.. . :

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address.. . : fe80::5efe:169:254.47.27%2
Default Gateway.. . :

Let me know if anyone can help me or if you need more information. I really would appreciate ANY help.

Oh and the problem definitely has to do with my computer since my roommates computer accesses the internet fine. I have an IMB Thinkpad R40.

I assume you are trying to connect wirelessly. Is there any security on your router? Is your laptop also used on a corporate network?

No I am trying to connect with a LAN network cable... my computer used to be part of a network (since I purchased it when I was in school) but I graduated this year so its no longer part of the network...

OK, I would remove the LAN connections. Reboot after plugging back in the cable. Then run the wizard to rebuild the connection.

How do I remove the LAN connections??

Go into Netwokring from Control Panel select LAN Connections and delete them

I went to control panel >> network connections >> I have a 1394 connection 6 and a LAN 7 I click on them and hit the delete button.. I get a message that says "The connection you selected cannot be deleted". Am I doing this right?

NEW INFORMATION... I was looking at the prior posts and I tried renewing my IP address by going to the command prompt and running C:/>ipconfig /renew and got this message
"An error occurred while renewing interface Local Area Network 7 : unable to contact your DHCP server. Request has timed out."

Let me know if anyone can help.. thnks for all the help thus far ScottGem.

Its clear that your system is not communicating with the router. The question is why. Could be a bad LAN cable, a bad Ethernet adapter, a configuration issue or something else.

You want to delete that LAN 7 entry. Boot without the cable connected and then try to delete.

Ckeek the connection very well the connection is not put in right way.
1. cheek shutdown and cheek the nic turn on the PC and cheek device manager if it configure very well.
2. cheek the computer name if is on worstation cheek the workgroup and use ip address u where given by your isp

Are u using it for internet or just local netwotk