so i did as bitey and masterP suggested
MasterPs was first, as bitey’s seemed like it would change things, but i did his after too, i wrote down everything that it posted, but i’ll only post what you asked for.
Before doing bitey’s thing
Ip address: 192.168.254.2
subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 (that seems odd, is it?)
default gateway: 192.168.254.254
then i did ipconfig /release and /renew
no internets
and it is set to auto-obtain dns and ip address prior to any testing, i changed nothing
after ipconfig /release and /renew
ip adress : 192.168.254.1
subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
defualt gateway: 192.168.254.254