i just reinstalled windows and the driver for its ethernet connection but there's a problem: when i connect to the internet the connection keeps getting stuck at "acquiring network address" phase and then goes to limited or no connectivity
ipconfig /all in the command prompt gives this:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : user-6cc2847f59
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Cont
roller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-4F-9B-9A-12
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.88.160
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
also ipconfig /release gives
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
and ipconfig /renew gives "an error occured while renewing interface local area connection : unable to contact your DHCP server. request has timed out
i don't know what any of this means