Lost my Inet connection

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From: bob mackey (bobsnews_at_comcast.net)
Date: 04/09/04 

Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 16:47:19 -0400

My desktop, running XP Home, was able to connect to my cable modem, now
it cannot. I have a linksys wireless router (laptop connected to net via
this), my desktop connects to the router via the RealTek and to the
laptop via the linksys adapter. The ipconfig.txt included below was just
created.

I have run a virus scan (McAfee) on my entire C drive - nothing found. I
always had McAfee firewall running.

I have tried connecting the laptop directly to the cable modem (with the
linksys cable remove) and get the same values for the RealTek. Doing a
Status | Support | Repair fails with a message saying I should contact
my ISP. Comcast says it is not their problem and cannot help. My PC
manufacutrer offered some suggestions that did not work. Their last
suggestion was to re-install XP Home. Since that wipes out everything on
my C drive, I can't do that yet.

Any suggestions?

my ipconfig.txt:
Windows IP Configuration

         Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ROBERTASPC

         Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

         Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

         IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

         WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 16:

         Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

         Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810X Family
PCI Fast Ethernet NIC

         Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-07-95-F8-5A-B2

         Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

         Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

         Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.72.62

         Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

         Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 17:

         Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

         Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys LNE100TX(v5) Fast
Ethernet Adapter

         Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-41-1B-CC-58

         Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

         Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

         Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.134.67

         Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

         Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

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