Limited or no connectivity

I recently connected a microphone to my laptop, which connects wirelessly to a router. After I restarted the computer with the microphone plugged in, my internet did not work. I tried the microsoft patch, and it didn't work. I also tried a couple of other methods listed on this forum, none of which helped much. I have tried connecting with a cable too, and I got the same result.

I have three other computers. Two connect wirelessly, and one is wired. (the one I am typing on now is the wired one). I did not put the microphone on this computer. But, I did put the microphone on one of the other wireless computers, and I am getting the same errors and results as on my laptop on that wireless copmuter. I have a Linksys B router and everything worked fine before the microphone. All computers are running Windows XP- SP 2.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

What did you try already? That limited or no connectivity message just means your computers are configure to automatically obtain an ip address but cannot communicate with the DHCP server. It doesn't necessarily mean anything is wrong because you should still be able to access the other computers on the network. The network assigned itself within the 169.254.x.x ip address range.

Try these suggestions:

1) Turn off the cable/dsl modem and router and wait about 5 seconds. Then plug it back in and let it try to rebuild.

2) The network card is configured to automatically sense speed and duplex settings but isn't doing it correctly. Set those options manually, as shown here:

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/networkcard.htm

3) Try downloading the latest compatible drivers from the manufacturer's website for the network card.

4) Determine that the winsock isn't corrupt. Details here.

How to determine and recover from Winsock2 corruption
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811259

There is a new netsh command in Service Pack 2 that can reset the Winsock catalog to the default configuration. Open the command prompt and type the following line and press ENTER. Then reboot your machine.

netsh winsock reset catalog