The 169 address is what windows assigns your PC automatically when it isn't connected to a network. Is DHCP enabled on your router? If you have multiple PCs in your house and they are all connected to a router, they should all be getting a 192.168 address. You can't connect to other PCs on your network if you don't have them connected together somehow...
You say "only when im on the internet does it begin with 192", but I don't know what you mean. Normally people who connect to the internet via a router will have an "always on" connection like DSL or Cable or even Satellite or Fiber. If you are disconnecting from the internet, normally that means you are on dial-up, and if you were, your IP address certainly shouldn't be 192.168.x.x.
What kind of internet do you have, and what kind of router? If you have cable or DSL, then you don't ever need to disconnect your connection. You need to explain your setup in much more detail for me to give any real advise.
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