[Solved] Local area connection doesn't have a valid IP configuration error in Windows 10

Local area connection doesn’t have a valid IP configuration error occurs on your Windows 10 device, when you device could not get a valid IP address from your DHCP server. Whatever the device you are using as a DHCP server, for example it could be a switch or a modem, or a wireless router or your Windows server.

When you connect any device to your network either through LAN cable or WiFi connection. Your device will automatically obtain the details, such as IP address, subnet mask, default gateway and DNS servers.

In some cases due to some unknown reasons, your device local are connection network Or WiFi connection cannot able to obtain all the essential details from your DHCP server.

As a result, you will get Local area connection doesn’t have a valid IP configuration error on your Windows 10 Device.

You can follow the number of solution from the following article to solve the error: Local area connection doesn’t have a valid IP configuration error in Windows 10

If above solution wasn’t helpful to you or you need any help during the troubleshooting steps do not hesitate to leave a comment so that we can help you solve this error asap.

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To fix the “Local Area Connection doesn’t have a valid IP configuration” error in Windows 10, you can try the following 5 quick solutions:

Solution 1: Restart your network devices

  1. Switch off your PC, router and modem.
  2. Wait for a few minutes.
  3. Get it switched and be patient with the modem as it boots up completely.
  4. Power on your router and allow it to initialize completely.
  5. Switch on your computer device, and see if the problem persists.

Solution 2: Reset TCP/IP stack

  1. To launch an Administrator’s Command prompt window, press Win+X and click “Command Prompt (Admin)”.
  2. Type the following commands one by one and press Enter after each:
  • netsh winsock reset
  • netsh int ip reset
  • ipconfig /release
  • ipconfig /renew
  • ipconfig /flushdns
  1. Reboot your PC and see if that solves it.

Solution 3: Update network adapter driver

  1. Open the Device Manager as follows, press the Windows key + X; choose “Device Manager”.
  2. Expand the “Network adapters” category.
  3. Open the device manager, and click on update driver on the right-click context menu of your network adapter.
  4. Select the checkbox under the automated search for updated driver software.
  5. Restart your computer after having the driver update.

Solution 4: Disable IPv6

Disabling the IPv6 is one of the effect solutions to fix the error “local area connection doesn t have valid IP configuration” in Windows 10.

  1. Click the start button at the bottom left side of the desktop screen, open the computer control panel, go to settings, click the network status and then right-click the network icon in the system tray and select “open network & internet settings.”
  2. Click on “Change adapter options.”
  3. Choose Properties after right clicking your network adapter.
  4. Deselect “Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)”.
  5. Click OK then reboot your system.

Solution 5: Reset network settings

  1. To open a Command Prompt, press on a Windows key followed by X then choose “Command Prompt”.
  2. Type the following command and press Enter:
  • netsh int ip reset reset.txt
  1. Type the following command and press Enter:
  • netsh winsock reset
  1. Boot up your computer and verify whether the problem has been fixed.

If the previous measures don’t solve this error “local area connection doesn t have a valid IP configuration” , you will have to consult an ISP or network specialist.