Internet entirely unable to work

Lately, my computer has had trouble connecting to the internet. I'm completely unable to do any work I need to do, etc. This has gone on for 2 weeks. Occasionally, it will work for about 3 minutes but then stops working again. My computer is a desktop PC and not a laptop.

Here's what I've gathered from tampering with it:

• My computer cannot connect to a wired or unwired connection (I think)

• My computer does not display a yellow warning sign when it's unable to connect.

• The main error I am receiving is 'server DNS address cannot be found'.

• It says I am connected without any problems when I get the above error. When it says I am connected my browser and internet are not working.

So, I don't really know what to do because it says I'm connected. Though, I suppose this final point might help answers: other devices are able to connect completely fine.

Is there any way to fix my problem? Thanks.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DanielCann-PC
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : home

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 3:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 38-2C-4A-46-A3-26
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : home
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 38-2C-4A-E8-24-D4
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5ded:730f:8516:c5b5%4(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.94(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, October 1, 2016 7:58:43 AM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, October 2, 2016 7:58:43 AM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 238562378
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1C-62-3C-20-38-2C-4A-E8-24-D4
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 8.8.8.8
                                       8.8.4.4
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : home
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ASUS PCE-N15 11n Wireless LAN PCI-E Card
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 38-2C-4A-46-A3-26
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a13f:deef:5f08:2cdd%8(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.77(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, October 1, 2016 8:55:21 AM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, October 2, 2016 9:09:05 AM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 272116810
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1C-62-3C-20-38-2C-4A-E8-24-D4
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 8.8.8.8
                                       8.8.4.4
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.home:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : home
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Update:

My internet is now functional for about 5 minutes after I restart my computer. It then goes strange, and gives me a 'Server DNS Adress could not be found' error. The troubleshooter is not able to fix it. Does anyone have any ideas?

Solution 1:

Is there any way to fix my problem?

Try reinitialising the network states. Run the following commands in a cmd shell (you may need to be an Adminstrator).

• Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults:

  netsh winsock reset catalog
  

• Reset TCP/IP stack to installation defaults:

  netsh int ip reset reset.log
  

• Reset Firewall to installation defaults:

  netsh advfirewall reset
  

• Flush DNS resolver cache:

  ipconfig /flushdns
  

• Renew DNS client registration and refresh DHCP leases:

  ipconfig /registerdns
  

• Flush routing table (reboot required):

  route /f