I have manually set the ip address, as follows in windows 8.
But when i check using ipconfig in the command prompt I get my ip address as 169.254.0.54 and subnet mask as 255.255.255.0 and the default gateway is 192.168.2.251
Windows 8 is having a IP address from Automatic Private IP Addressing/APIPA range (169.254.0.1 to 169.254.255.254)
I cant access internet. cant ping local pcs/servers.. How to fix this?
Solution:
This is a temporary failure, in windows 8 tcp/ip stack. DONT use netsh winsock reset command as it wont fix this..Restarting /disabling and enabling ethernet connection nothing will fix..
Just turn on DHCP IP option . select the following settings
Obtain an IP address automatically
Obtain DNS server address automatically
and then click ok .. ok… once this is done you can and revert it back to manual IP assignment.. And assign your IP address as it was …
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Some times by having an additional ip address bonded will fix this
