I'm posting this from another computer that has a dialup account.

Anyhoo, my cable modem isn't working. I am getting absolutely no response from the internet, no data of any kind is making its way back to my computer. I have tried switching around every net option I can think of, but nothing seems to help. My cable modem uses DHCP for assinging an IP address, but previously, winipcfg showed 169.254.xx.xx which windows help says is something called "Local Link" which is used when an IP address isn't provided. When I reboot into safe mode, I get a new IP address, but subsequent reboots won't change the IP adress (It usually changes). Also, even with a valid IP address, I still get no response from anything outside my computer. Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions?