Lost Internet Capability -- How to Recover?

I have lost internet connectivity but with a catch.

Reconstruction of events (as near as I can recall):
Installed Vista Ultimate with SP1
Installed Office 2007 Ultimate with SP1
Setup Outlook for Mail and News Groups. Working fine.

Installed Virtual PC
Create two Virtual Machines (Windows XP Pro SP3)

Host and both virtual machines were able to access the internet.

Everything seemed fine for a couple of days. Virtual machines and host were
communicating fine.

Then the host lost internet connectivity. When I tried to renew the
connection with ipconfig it said it could not find the file. Yet the guest
vritual machines still had internet access. I could stop them, stop Virtual
PC, start Virtual PC and start the virtual machines and they still had
internect connectivity.

I could not find a way to re-establish internet connectivity on the host.

Any idea what could have caused this and how to recover the host's
connectivity without restarting it?

Hi saberman,

you may find more specific help posting here...

'Virtual PC - Vista Forums' (http://www.vistax64.com/virtual-pc/)

or the matching MS newsgrou

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Regards,
*Nigel*
the beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do no
understand.,- frank herbert

ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

If that doesn't work try disabling the adapter, then renabling it. Mak
sure the Virtual Machines are off when doing this. The internet on th
host isn't working at all? Make sure you visit a website on th
VirtualPC that you haven't visited yet (incase the VirtualPC is jus
accessing cache.)

You can also disable the network adapter, unplug the cable, enable it
and plug the cable back in and see if that helps at all. Reseting th
modem/router may automatically reasign the computer a new IP again

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saberman wrote:
> I have lost internet connectivity but with a catch.
>
> Reconstruction of events (as near as I can recall):
> Installed Vista Ultimate with SP1
> Installed Office 2007 Ultimate with SP1
> Setup Outlook for Mail and News Groups. Working fine.
>
> Installed Virtual PC
> Create two Virtual Machines (Windows XP Pro SP3)
>
> Host and both virtual machines were able to access the internet.
>
> Everything seemed fine for a couple of days. Virtual machines and host were
> communicating fine.
>
> Then the host lost internet connectivity. When I tried to renew the
> connection with ipconfig it said it could not find the file. Yet the guest
> vritual machines still had internet access. I could stop them, stop Virtual
> PC, start Virtual PC and start the virtual machines and they still had
> internect connectivity.
>
> I could not find a way to re-establish internet connectivity on the host.
>
> Any idea what could have caused this and how to recover the host's
> connectivity without restarting it?

What file is this that the system couldn't find?

"Paul Montgumdrop" <> wrote in message
news:uA22%...
> saberman wrote:
>> I have lost internet connectivity but with a catch.
>>
>> Reconstruction of events (as near as I can recall):
>> Installed Vista Ultimate with SP1
>> Installed Office 2007 Ultimate with SP1
>> Setup Outlook for Mail and News Groups. Working fine.
>>
>> Installed Virtual PC
>> Create two Virtual Machines (Windows XP Pro SP3)
>>
>> Host and both virtual machines were able to access the internet.
>>
>> Everything seemed fine for a couple of days. Virtual machines and host
>> were communicating fine.
>>
>> Then the host lost internet connectivity. When I tried to renew the
>> connection with ipconfig it said it could not find the file. Yet the
>> guest vritual machines still had internet access. I could stop them,
>> stop Virtual PC, start Virtual PC and start the virtual machines and they
>> still had internect connectivity.
>>
>> I could not find a way to re-establish internet connectivity on the host.
>>
>> Any idea what could have caused this and how to recover the host's
>> connectivity without restarting it?
>
> What file is this that the system couldn't find?


It happened again. This time I let the machine go to sleep mode while one
of the VM's was open. When I woke it up the next day the host did not have
any connectivity but the VM did. I was able to do a tracert from the VM to
a couple of web sites. I could shutdown the VM and then start it and it
still had connectivity.

Here's a log of the ipconfig tries on the host (Connection 2 is the a
hardwired connection to the router. The other connection is not hooked
up.):

C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : NYSABV0007
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit
Ether
net Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-31-A2-0A-51
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.174.233(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-31-A2-16-6D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\>ipconfig /renew

Windows IP Configuration

An error occurred while renewing interface Local Area Connection 2 : The
wait op
eration timed out.

No operation can be performed on Local Area Connection while it has its
media di
sconnected.

C:\>ipconfig /renew6

Windows IP Configuration

An error occurred while renewing interface Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1 : The
sys
tem cannot find the file specified.


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.174.233
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

C:\>

saberman wrote:
> "Paul Montgumdrop" <> wrote in message
> news:uA22%...
>> saberman wrote:
>>> I have lost internet connectivity but with a catch.
>>>
>>> Reconstruction of events (as near as I can recall):
>>> Installed Vista Ultimate with SP1
>>> Installed Office 2007 Ultimate with SP1
>>> Setup Outlook for Mail and News Groups. Working fine.
>>>
>>> Installed Virtual PC
>>> Create two Virtual Machines (Windows XP Pro SP3)
>>>
>>> Host and both virtual machines were able to access the internet.
>>>
>>> Everything seemed fine for a couple of days. Virtual machines and
>>> host were communicating fine.
>>>
>>> Then the host lost internet connectivity. When I tried to renew the
>>> connection with ipconfig it said it could not find the file. Yet the
>>> guest vritual machines still had internet access. I could stop them,
>>> stop Virtual PC, start Virtual PC and start the virtual machines and
>>> they still had internect connectivity.
>>>
>>> I could not find a way to re-establish internet connectivity on the
>>> host.
>>>
>>> Any idea what could have caused this and how to recover the host's
>>> connectivity without restarting it?
>>
>> What file is this that the system couldn't find?
>
>
> It happened again. This time I let the machine go to sleep mode while
> one of the VM's was open. When I woke it up the next day the host did
> not have any connectivity but the VM did. I was able to do a tracert
> from the VM to a couple of web sites. I could shutdown the VM and then
> start it and it still had connectivity.
>
> Here's a log of the ipconfig tries on the host (Connection 2 is the a
> hardwired connection to the router. The other connection is not hooked
> up.):
>
> C:\>ipconfig /all
>
> Windows IP Configuration
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : NYSABV0007
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E
> Gigabit Ether
> net Controller
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-31-A2-0A-51
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.174.233(Preferred)
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-31-A2-16-6D
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
> C:\>ipconfig /renew
>
> Windows IP Configuration
>
> An error occurred while renewing interface Local Area Connection 2 : The
> wait op
> eration timed out.
>
> No operation can be performed on Local Area Connection while it has its
> media di
> sconnected.
>
> C:\>ipconfig /renew6
>
> Windows IP Configuration
>
> An error occurred while renewing interface Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1 :
> The sys
> tem cannot find the file specified.
>
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.174.233
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>
> C:\>
>
>

The 169.254 IP means that the O/S couldn't get an IP from the DHCP
server on the router in a timely manner. So it assigned the 169 IP to
the network interface card. The machine will be able to access other
machines on your Local Area Network-LAN, but the machine will not be
able to access the Internet, since it's not using a valid IP on the router.

You can try ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew to make the machine
try to obtain a DHCP IP from the router, when you wake it up.

"Paul MontDenturesDropped" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> saberman wrote:
>> "Paul Montgumdrop" <> wrote in message
>> news:uA22%...
>>> saberman wrote:
>>>> I have lost internet connectivity but with a catch.
>>>>
>>>> Reconstruction of events (as near as I can recall):
>>>> Installed Vista Ultimate with SP1
>>>> Installed Office 2007 Ultimate with SP1
>>>> Setup Outlook for Mail and News Groups. Working fine.
>>>>
>>>> Installed Virtual PC
>>>> Create two Virtual Machines (Windows XP Pro SP3)
>>>>
>>>> Host and both virtual machines were able to access the internet.
>>>>
>>>> Everything seemed fine for a couple of days. Virtual machines and host
>>>> were communicating fine.
>>>>
>>>> Then the host lost internet connectivity. When I tried to renew the
>>>> connection with ipconfig it said it could not find the file. Yet the
>>>> guest vritual machines still had internet access. I could stop them,
>>>> stop Virtual PC, start Virtual PC and start the virtual machines and
>>>> they still had internect connectivity.
>>>>
>>>> I could not find a way to re-establish internet connectivity on the
>>>> host.
>>>>
>>>> Any idea what could have caused this and how to recover the host's
>>>> connectivity without restarting it?
>>>
>>> What file is this that the system couldn't find?
>>
>>
>> It happened again. This time I let the machine go to sleep mode while
>> one of the VM's was open. When I woke it up the next day the host did
>> not have any connectivity but the VM did. I was able to do a tracert
>> from the VM to a couple of web sites. I could shutdown the VM and then
>> start it and it still had connectivity.
>>
>> Here's a log of the ipconfig tries on the host (Connection 2 is the a
>> hardwired connection to the router. The other connection is not hooked
>> up.):
>>
>> C:\>ipconfig /all
>>
>> Windows IP Configuration
>>
>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : NYSABV0007
>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>
>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
>>
>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit
>> Ether
>> net Controller
>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-31-A2-0A-51
>> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>> Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.174.233(Preferred)
>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
>>
>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>>
>> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-31-A2-16-6D
>> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>>
>> C:\>ipconfig /renew
>>
>> Windows IP Configuration
>>
>> An error occurred while renewing interface Local Area Connection 2 : The
>> wait op
>> eration timed out.
>>
>> No operation can be performed on Local Area Connection while it has its
>> media di
>> sconnected.
>>
>> C:\>ipconfig /renew6
>>
>> Windows IP Configuration
>>
>> An error occurred while renewing interface Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1 :
>> The sys
>> tem cannot find the file specified.
>>
>>
>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
>>
>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>> Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.174.233
>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>>
>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>>
>> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>>
>> C:\>
>>
>>
>
> The 169.254 IP means that the O/S couldn't get an IP from the DHCP server
> on the router in a timely manner. So it assigned the 169 IP to the network
> interface card. The machine will be able to access other machines on your
> Local Area Network-LAN, but the machine will not be able to access the
> Internet, since it's not using a valid IP on the router.
>
> You can try ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew to make the machine try
> to obtain a DHCP IP from the router, when you wake it up.


I'll try the release/renew combination next time it loses connectivity.
However, shouldn't the ipconfig /renew been sufficient? More importantly,
why is it losing connectivity in the first place?

saberman wrote:
> "Paul MontDenturesDropped" <> wrote in
> message news:%...
>> saberman wrote:
>>> "Paul Montgumdrop" <> wrote in message
>>> news:uA22%...
>>>> saberman wrote:
>>>>> I have lost internet connectivity but with a catch.
>>>>>
>>>>> Reconstruction of events (as near as I can recall):
>>>>> Installed Vista Ultimate with SP1
>>>>> Installed Office 2007 Ultimate with SP1
>>>>> Setup Outlook for Mail and News Groups. Working fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Installed Virtual PC
>>>>> Create two Virtual Machines (Windows XP Pro SP3)
>>>>>
>>>>> Host and both virtual machines were able to access the internet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Everything seemed fine for a couple of days. Virtual machines and
>>>>> host were communicating fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then the host lost internet connectivity. When I tried to renew
>>>>> the connection with ipconfig it said it could not find the file.
>>>>> Yet the guest vritual machines still had internet access. I could
>>>>> stop them, stop Virtual PC, start Virtual PC and start the virtual
>>>>> machines and they still had internect connectivity.
>>>>>
>>>>> I could not find a way to re-establish internet connectivity on the
>>>>> host.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any idea what could have caused this and how to recover the host's
>>>>> connectivity without restarting it?
>>>>
>>>> What file is this that the system couldn't find?
>>>
>>>
>>> It happened again. This time I let the machine go to sleep mode
>>> while one of the VM's was open. When I woke it up the next day the
>>> host did not have any connectivity but the VM did. I was able to do
>>> a tracert from the VM to a couple of web sites. I could shutdown the
>>> VM and then start it and it still had connectivity.
>>>
>>> Here's a log of the ipconfig tries on the host (Connection 2 is the a
>>> hardwired connection to the router. The other connection is not
>>> hooked up.):
>>>
>>> C:\>ipconfig /all
>>>
>>> Windows IP Configuration
>>>
>>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : NYSABV0007
>>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>>
>>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
>>>
>>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E
>>> Gigabit Ether
>>> net Controller
>>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-31-A2-0A-51
>>> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>>> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>>> Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.174.233(Preferred)
>>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
>>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>>> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
>>>
>>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>>>
>>> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking
>>> Controller
>>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-31-A2-16-6D
>>> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>>> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>>>
>>> C:\>ipconfig /renew
>>>
>>> Windows IP Configuration
>>>
>>> An error occurred while renewing interface Local Area Connection 2 :
>>> The wait op
>>> eration timed out.
>>>
>>> No operation can be performed on Local Area Connection while it has
>>> its media di
>>> sconnected.
>>>
>>> C:\>ipconfig /renew6
>>>
>>> Windows IP Configuration
>>>
>>> An error occurred while renewing interface Loopback Pseudo-Interface
>>> 1 : The sys
>>> tem cannot find the file specified.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
>>>
>>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>>> Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.174.233
>>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
>>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>>>
>>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>>>
>>> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>>>
>>> C:\>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> The 169.254 IP means that the O/S couldn't get an IP from the DHCP
>> server on the router in a timely manner. So it assigned the 169 IP to
>> the network interface card. The machine will be able to access other
>> machines on your Local Area Network-LAN, but the machine will not be
>> able to access the Internet, since it's not using a valid IP on the
>> router.
>>
>> You can try ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew to make the machine
>> try to obtain a DHCP IP from the router, when you wake it up.

>
>
> I'll try the release/renew combination next time it loses connectivity.
> However, shouldn't the ipconfig /renew been sufficient? More
> importantly, why is it losing connectivity in the first place?

No, you have to do the release first. And if it doesn't release, then
you might have to issue the Netsh command to reset the TCP stack.

As far as Vista not working with your router, Vista doesn't play well
with some routers. Also there may be a firmware update for the router
concerning Vista that may not be applied.

"Paul MontDenturesDropped" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> saberman wrote:
>> "Paul MontDenturesDropped" <> wrote in
>> message news:%...
>>> saberman wrote:
>>>> "Paul Montgumdrop" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:uA22%...
>>>>> saberman wrote:
>>>>>> I have lost internet connectivity but with a catch.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Reconstruction of events (as near as I can recall):
>>>>>> Installed Vista Ultimate with SP1
>>>>>> Installed Office 2007 Ultimate with SP1
>>>>>> Setup Outlook for Mail and News Groups. Working fine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Installed Virtual PC
>>>>>> Create two Virtual Machines (Windows XP Pro SP3)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Host and both virtual machines were able to access the internet.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Everything seemed fine for a couple of days. Virtual machines and
>>>>>> host were communicating fine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then the host lost internet connectivity. When I tried to renew the
>>>>>> connection with ipconfig it said it could not find the file. Yet the
>>>>>> guest vritual machines still had internet access. I could stop them,
>>>>>> stop Virtual PC, start Virtual PC and start the virtual machines and
>>>>>> they still had internect connectivity.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I could not find a way to re-establish internet connectivity on the
>>>>>> host.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any idea what could have caused this and how to recover the host's
>>>>>> connectivity without restarting it?
>>>>>
>>>>> What file is this that the system couldn't find?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It happened again. This time I let the machine go to sleep mode while
>>>> one of the VM's was open. When I woke it up the next day the host did
>>>> not have any connectivity but the VM did. I was able to do a tracert
>>>> from the VM to a couple of web sites. I could shutdown the VM and then
>>>> start it and it still had connectivity.
>>>>
>>>> Here's a log of the ipconfig tries on the host (Connection 2 is the a
>>>> hardwired connection to the router. The other connection is not hooked
>>>> up.):
>>>>
>>>> C:\>ipconfig /all
>>>>
>>>> Windows IP Configuration
>>>>
>>>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : NYSABV0007
>>>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>>>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>>>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>>>
>>>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
>>>>
>>>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>>>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E
>>>> Gigabit Ether
>>>> net Controller
>>>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-31-A2-0A-51
>>>> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>>>> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>>>> Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.174.233(Preferred)
>>>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
>>>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>>>> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
>>>>
>>>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>>>>
>>>> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>>>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>>>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking
>>>> Controller
>>>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-31-A2-16-6D
>>>> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>>>> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>>>>
>>>> C:\>ipconfig /renew
>>>>
>>>> Windows IP Configuration
>>>>
>>>> An error occurred while renewing interface Local Area Connection 2 :
>>>> The wait op
>>>> eration timed out.
>>>>
>>>> No operation can be performed on Local Area Connection while it has its
>>>> media di
>>>> sconnected.
>>>>
>>>> C:\>ipconfig /renew6
>>>>
>>>> Windows IP Configuration
>>>>
>>>> An error occurred while renewing interface Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1
>>>> : The sys
>>>> tem cannot find the file specified.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
>>>>
>>>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>>>> Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.174.233
>>>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
>>>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>>>>
>>>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>>>>
>>>> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>>>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>>>>
>>>> C:\>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> The 169.254 IP means that the O/S couldn't get an IP from the DHCP
>>> server on the router in a timely manner. So it assigned the 169 IP to
>>> the network interface card. The machine will be able to access other
>>> machines on your Local Area Network-LAN, but the machine will not be
>>> able to access the Internet, since it's not using a valid IP on the
>>> router.
>>>
>>> You can try ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew to make the machine
>>> try to obtain a DHCP IP from the router, when you wake it up.
>
>>
>>
>> I'll try the release/renew combination next time it loses connectivity.
>> However, shouldn't the ipconfig /renew been sufficient? More
>> importantly, why is it losing connectivity in the first place?
>
> No, you have to do the release first. And if it doesn't release, then you
> might have to issue the Netsh command to reset the TCP stack.
>
> As far as Vista not working with your router, Vista doesn't play well with
> some routers. Also there may be a firmware update for the router
> concerning Vista that may not be applied.
>


Thanks -- I'll try that the next time I lose connectivity.

BTW, Outlook 2007 is also a little flaking as a News reader. I can't see
the posting that I sent and you responded to. However, Agent running under
Windows XP SP3 (on a different physical machine) downloaded the posting
fine. But that's for another news group.