Help with Local Access only

On my brothers computer he gets local access only or limited connectivity. It has been connecting off and on for a few weeks now. I have tried various solutions but I just can't seem to figure it out. The problem started when i removed Norton from his system. I have since run the Norton removal tool, but no luck. I also tried Windows Fixit, but was also unsuccessful. Three other computers in the house are able to connect both wirelessly and directly with a network cable. Below is the windows IP config for the computer. The O/S is Vista. Ok when I turned on his machine to get the IP config info ... it connected to the internet, but only for a few minutes I have no idea what is going on. Please help.


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Josh-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : gateway.2wire.net

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Compact Wireless-G USB Network Adapter wi
th SpeedBooster ver.2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-69-0B-DC-C3
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::f14c:6c66:b29:910d%13(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.66(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, June 28, 2010 11:16:07 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, June 29, 2010 11:16:07 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 285221737
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-11-37-23-5C-00-21-9B-28-3C-BF

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E
Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-9B-28-3C-BF
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.gateway.2wire.net
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Your Node Type is Broadcast

NodeType controls the DHCP request and the values are shown here
Code:

Code:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters\NodeType RegDword = 8

you will need to reboot to make it effective and then ipconfig /all will show
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

This is a Registry Edit process; take a System Restore Point before you start.
From an Admin account, run->regedit
the use the above to change Broadcast to Hybrid

Ok I tried that ... still no luck. Have local access only still.

Windows IP Configuration

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

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media unoperational
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Compact Wireless-G USB Network Adapter wi
th SpeedBooster ver.2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-69-0B-DC-C3
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::f14c:6c66:b29:910d%13(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.66(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, June 29, 2010 12:39:52 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, June 30, 2010 12:39:53 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E
Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-9B-28-3C-BF
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.gateway.2wire.net
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

AHH! did you notice

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.66(Preferred)

that's a valid address and DHCP has connected you to the router

get a command prompt (run-->cmd) and enter these

• ping 127.0.0.1
• ping 192.168.1.1
• ping 208.67.219.230

if you get timing data for each, and no timeouts, then TCP is running
(btw: that last one is google)

now test to see if your DNS converts NAME => address

ping www.google.com

grrr; IPv6 has swallowed your DNS setting

see this and disable IPv6

Here are the results of the ping test. The computer seemed to lock up when I tried to ping Google and I can't get the DOS window to close. I disabled the IPv6 and it says I have local and internet but I still time out when trying to connect.


Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Josh>ping 127.0.0.1

Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\Users\Josh>ping 192.168.1.1

Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.66: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.66: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.66: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.66: Destination host unreachable.

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

C:\Users\Josh>ping 208.67.219.230

Pinging 208.67.219.230 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.66: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.66: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.66: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.66: Destination host unreachable.

Ping statistics for 208.67.219.230:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

C:\Users\Josh>ping www.google.com

reboot; we're on the right track - - TCP is find and the problem is in DNS ...

oops; I misread the HOST unreachable ... will get back on that..

you have both wired and wireless adaptors & the one you're testing is the wireless.

use the Device Mgr to disable the wired LAN adaptor. Using an Admin Login;
right click on My Computer ->Manage->Device Manager

scroll to Network Adaptors and click on the leading [+]
Report any Red or yellow marks
and then disable ALL of them (which will break the existing connection)
wait 30 secs
now enable the Wireless-G USB Network Adapter
and close the computer mgmt window

The wifi should reconnect
and post another result from ipconfig /all

there is an isatap.gateway.2wire.net that has a yellow exclamation, never seen this under network adapters before. Also the computer hangs when I try to disable the network adapters. I restarted in safe Mode with networking and disabled all 3 then just enabled the wireless adapter. i then restarted in normal mode. Still says I have local and internet connection, but still time out when trying to connect. Here is the report

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Josh>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Josh-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : gateway.2wire.net

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Compact Wireless-G USB Network Adapter wi
th SpeedBooster ver.2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-69-0B-DC-C3
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.66(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, June 29, 2010 3:04:00 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, June 30, 2010 3:04:00 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Users\Josh>

what router make/model do you have?

Can you ping 192.168.1.254 ?

then also try tracert 208.67.219.230

should look *somthing like*

C:\Documents and Settings\Jeff>tracert 208.67.219.230

Tracing route to google.navigation.opendns.com [208.67.219.230]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms localrouter [192.168.0.1] <<my router
2 10 ms 19 ms 11 ms cpe-76-172-208-1.socal.res.rr.com [76.172.208.1] <<my gateway
3 11 ms 13 ms 10 ms 76.167.22.185
4 18 ms 13 ms 12 ms ae5.vnnyca2-rtr1.socal.rr.com [66.75.147.38]
5 19 ms 18 ms 18 ms ae13.lsanca4-rtr1.socal.rr.com [66.75.147.3]
6 19 ms 18 ms 18 ms 66.109.6.212
7 16 ms 18 ms 19 ms ae-0-0.pr0.lax00.tbone.rr.com [66.109.6.135]
8 19 ms 19 ms 18 ms xe-7-2-0.edge1.LosAngeles6.Level3.net [4.26.0.21]
9 30 ms 18 ms 18 ms ae-63-60.ebr3.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.69.144.52]
10 28 ms 31 ms 35 ms ae-2-2.ebr3.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.132.9]
11 36 ms 37 ms 37 ms ae-73-73.csw2.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.134.230]
12 26 ms 29 ms 212 ms ae-11-79.car1.SanJose2.Level3.net [4.68.18.75]
13 169 ms 234 ms 237 ms SPLICE-COMM.car1.SanJose2.Level3.net [4.59.0.174]
14 25 ms 28 ms 28 ms google.navigation.opendns.com [208.67.219.230] << google.com

Trace complete.

Router is a Gateway 2Wire 2701HG-B. It is was given to me by my ISP, which is ATT and serves both as modem and router.



Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Josh>ping 192.168.1.254

Pinging 192.168.1.254 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.66: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.66: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.66: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.66: Destination host unreachable.

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.254:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

C:\Users\Josh>tracert 208.67.219.230

Tracing route to 208.67.219.230 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 Josh-PC.gateway.2wire.net [192.168.1.66] reports: Destination host unreach
able.

Trace complete.

C:\Users\Josh>

have you EVER had connectivity with this setup? looks like this might be a day-1 install. If so, did you run the software setup from the CD?

>>PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) gateway / pass-through<<
says you need info from AT&T to enable the 2701hg-b to connect

see this for the activation key

see also SETUP

Yes it worked for a long time. Then I took off Norton and he started having problems. He had the 1075 error and I went into the registry and fixed it by deleting something from the DHCP folder. Everything was fine after that. Then 2 days ago he re-arranged his room and moved his copmputer and this new problem cropped up. When I originally set the connection up I didn't have any trouble. I just plugged in the USB wireless adapter he bought, put in the 10 digit code on the router and it was good to go. I assume this code is the password. it has been so long though I don't remember where to put it. As far as activating the gateway ... it is working for the other 3 computers in the house.

are you wired or wireless? looks like it was doing well on the wireless.

can you get a wired connection instead?

also reinstall the driver - - the USB stuff can get in the way

WHOA!!!!! That setup thing is waaaay beyond me .... very confusing. I don't have the cd. So I would need to use the advanced set-up but I have no idea what the heck it is saying. Browse to HomePortal’s main user interface page, huh?!?!! As far as I can tell, this is telling me to access the router and set it up from scratch. I am reluctant to do this as i am worried i will mess something up and all the computers will not be able to access the internet. Can I just re-install Vista on my brothers computer? It just seems weird to me that it worked for over a year until I uninstalled Norton, Man is their software evil.

got to get rid of the yellow&red marks in the device mgr - - they are saying the driver is messed up.

when your PC ipaddress is 192.168.1.66 and you can't ping it or the gateway address 192.168.1.254, and you only see Host is unreachable, you're going nowhere and the device needs the driver to be reinstalled.

It's this PC, not the router