Hm, thanks guys, I'll give both the virtualization and the resetting the winsock a try.
Hmm, maybe you're correct about the bad drivers and the APIPA not going together. I can "connect" via the wired nic once in a while, but it seems to be sporadic, and I still don't get internet (wired). As for the wireless card, I do get a valid IP and can surf the internet as normal, but the signal is too low to actually use it reliably from my location.
I haven't installed any other software at all aside from firefox yet, and windows firewall is disabled, so it can't be a third party software issue. It's a fresh install, and ubuntu has worked fine for a while now.
I was thinking it was an addressing thing with it being 64-bit and all, but I don't know...
Hmm, maybe you're correct about the bad drivers and the APIPA not going together. I can "connect" via the wired nic once in a while, but it seems to be sporadic, and I still don't get internet (wired). As for the wireless card, I do get a valid IP and can surf the internet as normal, but the signal is too low to actually use it reliably from my location.
I haven't installed any other software at all aside from firefox yet, and windows firewall is disabled, so it can't be a third party software issue. It's a fresh install, and ubuntu has worked fine for a while now.
I was thinking it was an addressing thing with it being 64-bit and all, but I don't know...