From: "Li'l Abner" <blvstk@dogpatch.com>

> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in
> news:yfidnbamJPtaG1zSnZ2dnUVZ_qKdnZ2d@giganews.com :
>
>> From: "Li'l Abner" <blvstk@dogpatch.com>
>>
>>> Someone brought me a HP laptop with Vista on it. The described
>>> problem was that it said "connected" but still no internet access.
>>> I booted in Safe Mode with Networking. In Network and Sharing Center
>>> the line over to the router is OK, but the one to "internet" is X-ed
>>> out. IPv4 connectivity is "limited". Icon in tray says "connected to
>>> (router), signal
>>> strength excellent. I can disable wireless and go direct and get the
>>> limited connectivity.
>>>
>>> In either case, it's assigning an IP of 169.254.*.*. (should be
>>> 192.168.1.something).
>>>
>>> I tried netsh winsock reset. Nothing.
>>>
>>> Installed MBam from a memory stick. And copied the latest
>>> definitions. I ran that and the worst thing it found was 4 or 5
>>> Trojan.Vundo. And a couple
>>> hundred MyWebSearch items.
>>>
>>> Rebooted. No joy. Still getting the 169.254 IP's. If I go into IP
>>> properties and assign it a valid IP, the the "line" between the
>>> computer and the router is even broken.
>>>
>>> I've just copied all the guy's stuff off onto a portable drive. I
>>> have ComboFix copied onto it and am about ready to run that..
>>>
>>> But since I have a date with the local bar, I will hold off for a
>>> while. When I come back, I expect one of you will have replied "Oh I
>>> know what that is! Just do this!"
>>>
>>> TIA :-)
>>>
>>
>> Anther idea...
>>
>> Try a USB or PCMCIA Ethernet adapter and bypass the internal NIC.
>
> I finally found one of those and the drivers for it. Tried using it and
> same thing... 169.254.200.30.
> Found a Microsoft Fixit that *didn't* fixit.
> The DHCP service is set to Automatic and it's started.
> However, the details of the connection in Network & Sharing Center says:
> Connection specific DNS Suffix
> Description Broadcom802.11b/g WLAN
> Physical address 00-21-00-70-78-4B
> DHCP Enabled NO <------------------Why "NO"?
> IPv4 IP Address 169.254.200.30
> IPv4 Subnet Mask 255.255.0.0
> Lease
> Lease
> IPv4 Default gateway 192.168.1.1
> IPv4 DHCP Server 192.168.1.1
> Still striking out.
>
> Did I mention that they had Webroot Internet Security installed in it?
> Well, just for ****s and giggles I disabled the firewall.
> Voila! Everything started working. DHCP Enabled became YES, and IP address
> became proper, 192.168.1.100 and connected.
> I also tried assigning a static IP and that worked too.
> Next I totally uninstalled Webroot. Never was very impressed with it
> anyway, unfortunately, they paid a pretty good chucnk of money for it.
>
> Anyway, I appear to be out of the woods, Now it's just a mtter of getting
> rid of iWon toolbar, Webroot toolbar (it didn't uninstall), Shop at Home
> toolbar, Something about rebates, blah, blah, you name it, I also intend to
> Bang Bing in the process, Then I'll go with MSE and see how it likes that!
> It's 2:50 AM. I'm shooting for daylight!
>
>

The Firewall must be blocking TCP/UDP port 67 & 68



--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp