Ethernet cable looping between identifying and disconnected

[Christopher Briner]

Hi, I've been looking everywhere for an answer but haven't seen a solid answer as to how to fix this, I've tried :

Reinstalling windows 8.1
Setting up a static ip address for ethernet (Still goes to the loop and has a 169.xx.xx.xx) apipa
Editing my registry to disable ip autoconfiguration
unplugging computer and battery.
release renew ip
this is my ip config what is bolded is what is most concerning


C:\WINDOWS\system32>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SSDAminescent
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : attlocal.net

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 3:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 30-3A-64-35-04-9F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 30-3A-64-35-04-A2
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C4-54-44-8A-F4-53
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b46f:5d8a:1e18:89e7%3(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.137.231(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 63198276
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1A-55-88-40-C4-54-44-8A-F4-53

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : attlocal.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 3160
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 30-3A-64-35-04-9E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.65(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, July 23, 2015 9:19:27 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, July 24, 2015 9:19:28 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

C:\WINDOWS\system32>
C:\WINDOWS\system32>

I have been working on this for 3 days now, any help or information or suggestions you can provide are greatly appreciated

 

[Botnus]

Well, an APIPA address only appears when the device can not, for whatever reason, connect to your DHCP server. Have you tried testing the cable/port to make sure it actually works? It sounds incredibly simple, but I've known many techs (including myself) who have gotten lost trying to find a more "advanced" solution because they completely forgot to cover the basics first. Any of the following works to test this out:
1) Try a different cable. If a different cable works, then you have a bad cable.
2) Plug the same cable into a different port on your device. It's possible that your device's port is bad
3) Plug the same cable into a different computer and see if it works. If a different computer works on the same port, your computer may have a bad NIC

You mentioned that you are reinstalling your OS. Do you have your device drivers installed for your NIC? If not you may need to download them on a different computer, put them on a flash drive and install them on the computer that way.

Other than that, it looks like you have wireless. I've known some computers to have a conflict between wireless and wired Ethernet. Try turning off the wireless and see if something changes.