Vista Network Trouble (possibly going from public to private, possibly something else)

Hi, on my notebook I can run the internet over wireless interne
perfectly fine, but i as soon as i plug in an ethernet cable in i los
all connectivity. I looked in the network and sharing center and foun
that whenever i plug in the cable the network appears to think it
accessing a public network, and i can go in then and change it to
private but it still does not allow for connectivity. I've made sur
that network discovery is on, i've tried going into the network securit
found on a similar post with no results. I'm not sure if th
public/private thing is even the problem, so any other open-minded idea
will be appriciated.

I am running on a HP elitebook 6930p, using vista enterprise. Th
router I am connecting to 3800HGV-B 2wire AT&T Uversre provided router.

here is my ipconfig /all while running wireless internet.

C:\Users\SZTORC_RYAN>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : 00215AF712D7
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : blue.ad.bentley.edu
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : blue.ad.bentley.edu
gateway.2wire.net
ad.bentley.edu
bentley.edu

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Are
Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-86-7A-59-F1
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 4322A
802.11a/b/g/draft-n Wi-Fi
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-00-45-D7-5E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.74(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, January 13, 200
12:47:35 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, January 14, 200
3:02:12 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82567LM Gigabit Networ
Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-5A-F7-12-D7
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes






and here is it while the cable is plugged in.

C:\Users\SZTORC_RYAN>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : 00215AF712D7
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : blue.ad.bentley.edu
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : blue.ad.bentley.edu
ad.bentley.edu
bentley.edu

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Are
Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-86-7A-59-F1
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 4322A
802.11a/b/g/draft-n Wi-Fi
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-00-45-D7-5E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82567LM Gigabit Networ
Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-5A-F7-12-D7
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.166.129(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled








thanks again for any possible help

 

This is the problem:
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.166.129(Preferred)
You are also not getting Default gateway address,

You are not getting IP address from a DHCP server.
Perhaps your Router/DHCP server is set to filter MAC addresses and allow
only known MAC addresses, in this case your wireless MAC address.

Configure your Router/DHCP server to allow your MAC address of the
"Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection". That would be:
Physical Address: 00-21-5A-F7-12-D7

Alternatively, you can try to set IP parameters manualy to something like:

IPv4 Address: 192.168.1.174 or some other unused IP address
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.254
DNS Servers : 192.168.1.254

However, if you've got MAC filtering on your router, perhaps you won't be
able to go very far.