IP routing is not enabled. How do I enable it?

Hello, 

In the forum topic Fiber, Ethernet & Connectivity problems I already mentioned that I had internet connection issues. 
I found that I could not connect due the fact I could not connect to the DHCP server. However after tomfoolery I think
I am still at point zero. 

After some further investigation I did tried a few new things. (This whole fixing my internet has been quiet a learning curve.) 
- I did a ping test, which failed.
- I used the ipconfig /all command (i think I found an anomaly) 

Here is the cmd: 

  • Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
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  • C:\Windows\System32>ping google.com
  • Ping request could not find host google.com. Please check the name and try again
  • .
  • C:\Windows\System32>ipconfig /all
  • Windows IP Configuration
  • Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : AVEHD
  • Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
  • Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
  • IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No     Isn't this supposed to be Yes? 
  • WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
  • Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
  • Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
  • Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
  • Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : BC-EE-7B-5C-A1-8B
  • DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
  • Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
  • Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::70df:f0f1:b93:fcfa%3(Preferred)
  • Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.###.###.###(Preferred) number sign added by me
  • Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
  • Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
  • DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 62713467
  • DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1A-36-D9-C0-BC-EE-7B-5C-A1-8B
  • DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
  • fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
  • fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
  • NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
  • Ethernet adapter VirtualBox Host-Only Network:
  • Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
  • Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
  • Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-27-00-F8-5E
  • DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
  • Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
  • Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a033:a4cf:f4f3:6a0c%16(Preferred)
  • IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.56.1(Preferred)
  • Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
  • Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
  • DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 319291431
  • DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1A-36-D9-C0-BC-EE-7B-5C-A1-8B
  • DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
  • fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
  • fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
  • NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
  • Tunnel adapter isatap.{90822F5E-6820-4DC7-A603-687BCAD6792B}:
  • Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
  • Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
  • Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
  • Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
  • DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
  • Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
  • Tunnel adapter isatap.{DCF362DC-97C9-4CA1-A38E-6ABC2F6D133D}:
  • Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
  • Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
  • Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
  • Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
  • DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
  • Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
  • C:\Windows\System32>ipconfig -release
  • Windows IP Configuration
  • An error occurred while releasing interface Ethernet : An address has not yet be
  • en associated with the network endpoint.
  • C:\Windows\System32>

Here the CMD ends.

Is the IP routing being disable the problem? If so, do I fix it (in Windows 8.1) by:

regedit.exe > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters > IpEnableRouter set value to 1. 

AVEHD, thank you for reading 

I don't think that is the problem. I think if that is enabled it means your computer is acting as a router, which is not what you want. One problem I noticed is that you don't have anything for your default gateway. This should be ahanded out by your DHCP server, it is the IP address of your router. You can set it manually too.

Yeah It looks like you've set up a static IP address. You need to make sure you set the gateway address to your router's ip address as well as the DNS server address. Not sure if you've done that with IPv6 though, i'm not really very familiar with IPv6 so I wouldn't know :P Also you might want to change your subnet mask to 255.255.255.0 rather than 255.255.0.0 unless you need it that way. Not sure if it will make a difference but it might help.