Windows 10 "ipconfig /renew" not working

My internet connection has lately been really unstable, I tried refreshing the connection by typing "ipconfig /renew" into my CMD (along with a few other commands... I used this ). But it gave me an error saying

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.10586]
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C:\Users\eames>ipconfig /renew
Windows IP Configuration
No operation can be performed on Local Area Connection* 3 while it has its media disconnected.
Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 3: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : local Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::--------:1a5c:bfe6%9 IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.---------- Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.------
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:-----------:3938:2698:6b95 Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::494:3938:2698:6b95%12 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
Tunnel adapter isatap.local: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : local
C:\Users\eames>ipconfig /renew
Windows IP Configuration
No operation can be performed on Local Area Connection* 3 while it has its media disconnected.
Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 3: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : local Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::------------:bfe6%9 IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.--------- Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.------
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:------------------:6b95 Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::-----------:6b95%12 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
Tunnel adapter isatap.local: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : local
C:\Users\eames>

Note, it says "No operation can be performed on Local Area Connection* 3 while it has its media disconnected." I'm no networking expert, but that does sound like a problem to me. Does anybody know what's going on? Here's what pops up when I use the "ipconfig /all" command:

Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : EamesLaptop Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : local
Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 3: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 60-57------------ DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : local Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 60-57-18-86-E7-BE DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::--------:1a5c:bfe6%9(Preferred) IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.--------(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, February 9, 2016 6:21:22 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, February 10, 2016 6:32:09 PM Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 140531480 DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1D-60-75-84-60-57-18-86-E7-BE DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface: 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 IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:-----:3c39:2f98:2698:6b95(Preferred) Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe8----------2698:6b95%12(Preferred) Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : :: DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 520093696 DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1D-60-75-84-60-57-18-86-E7-BE NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.local: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : local Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
C:\Users\eames>

I'm using a Linksys router... This has been giving me problems for quite a while now so any help would be greatly appreciated.

3 Answers

Wireless Local Area Connection 3 is a Microsoft Virtual Adapter as you can see in your second post. It will not renew because it is not connected to anything.

Your wireless LAN adapter Wifi does have an IP address. ipconfig /renew will not renew adapters that have no connection. Every computer with wireless and an Ethernet port will have an error like this if they are not both connected.

It is usually better to do an ipconfig /release before doing an ipconfig /renew just to make sure it clears, look at your adapters when you do the release first and you will see your IP is getting renewed.

That's all you asked about but you mention, this has been giving me problems for quite a while, have you been seeing this error a while or is there a real problem?

The simple solution is open the device manager mmc devmgmt.msc - highlight the problem hardware and hit the delete key - do not put a check in the delete software option - At the top click the Action section and click on Scan for hardware changes. Your network adapter will be reinstalled and the ipconfig utility will work again

I had this same error along with a BSOD for DRIVER POWER STATE FAILURE - tried numerous options but resorted to replacing the hardware - suspect it was related to recent power spike / outage due to electrical upgrades.

Also resorted to testing various dongles - nothing seemed to work, may try re-imaging but this is a hard system fault to recover from.