Vista Wireless Disaster - LImited Connectivity

[DontRunWIthScissors]

I am one of the many users experiencing problems with wireless connections
that work until your laptop goes into powersave mode, then only allow
"Limited or No Connectivity"

I have 2 wireless routers, a Linksys and ActionTec, supplied by Verizon with
FiOS and Linksys has helped me a couple of times to make it work but that is
all. Verizon is clueless.

As am I since I have 4 XP laptops that all work.

Vista is apparently trying to prevent me from hurting myself, and therefore
I am unable to fix it.

Can you help?

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

It could be the incompatible issue. Try to disable IPv6 first. These search
results may help.

Vista incompatible issuesVista Incompatible issues. 1. Some switches or
routers may not compatible with Vista - Solutions: upgrade the firmware,
disable the IPv6, re-configure the ...
www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistacompatible.htm


Vista IPCONFIG and Network SettingsHow to disable Auto-tuning on Windows
Vista · How to disable TCP/IPv6 · How to remove IPv6 and Tunnel completely
on Vista ...
www.howtonetworking.com/vista/vistaipconfig.htm


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[DontRunWIthScissors]

Thanks for the response. Looked at both, and previously implemented the
"fixes" / workarounds.

Still have the one main problem.

The PC is a laptop and whenever it goes into hibernate mode, the connection
goes bad, I.e. the IP address becomes a 169.xx.xx.xxx

The only way to fix it is to reboot, then it is fine.

I had an XP PC with a Belkin adapter that this would hapopen to and if I
assigned a satic IP the problem would go away.

That "trick" doesn't work with Vista.

From what I can tell, this is the worst OS since "me"

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

We had related posts before. You may try to reset power management. These
post may help.

Vista: Sleep & Loss of Internet ...Mar 22, 2007 ... Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007
10:33 pm Post subject: Vista: Sleep ... Now if only I could get Vista to
stop dropping my DVD-RW drive after Sleep, ...
www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?p=862&sid=bfeef749fa614be2e328c15cf519517f

Vista go to sleep while I'm ...Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:21 am Post
subject: Vista go to sleep while ... Q: While all power settings are set to
'do not go to sleep' my HP NC8430 laptop ...
www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?t=2110



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Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
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How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com

 

[kirsty970clarke]

Can you help me please. I turned my lap top of friday night, then come sunday
evening when I put it back on, it wouldn let me access the internet. it is
connecting but saying limited connection and the web page says this page can
not be displayed. Also on the bottom right hand corner of my screen where it
shows if I am connected I am getting a little yellow triangle with ! in it.
Can you help me please as I am getting very annoyed?

 

[Barb Bowman]

Have you tried power cycling your wireless router and broadband
modem?

Can you help me please. I turned my lap top of friday night, then come sunday
evening when I put it back on, it wouldn let me access the internet. it is
connecting but saying limited connection and the web page says this page can
not be displayed. Also on the bottom right hand corner of my screen where it
shows if I am connected I am getting a little yellow triangle with ! in it.
Can you help me please as I am getting very annoyed?

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[Gordon]

Can you help me please. I turned my lap top of friday night, then come
sunday
evening when I put it back on, it wouldn let me access the internet. it
is
connecting but saying limited connection and the web page says this page
can
not be displayed. Also on the bottom right hand corner of my screen where
it
shows if I am connected I am getting a little yellow triangle with ! in
it.
Can you help me please as I am getting very annoyed?

Have you tried right-clicking on the Wireless icon and choosing "Diagnose
and repair"?

 

[Fred Marshall]

Can you help me please. I turned my lap top of friday night, then come
sunday
evening when I put it back on, it wouldn let me access the internet. it
is
connecting but saying limited connection and the web page says this page
can
not be displayed. Also on the bottom right hand corner of my screen where
it
shows if I am connected I am getting a little yellow triangle with ! in
it.
Can you help me please as I am getting very annoyed?

This means that your laptop isn't getting an IP address through DHCP from
the router.
If the wireless has security set up and you don't satisfy the security
requirements this can happen.
In fact, it's the most likely reason this is happening to you.

Go through the process of "connecting" to the wireless LAN including setting
the security items. Sometimes these get "forgotten" I've seen.

Another, much less likely reason is that all the DHCP addresses have been
assigned.
In this case look to see how many addresses the DHCP settings in the router
allow. If there are too few then maybe they are all assigned - even if the
assigned computers aren't currently connected or turned on or .....
This can be alleviated by doing two things:
1) increase the number of addresses the DHCP will assign
2) decrease the lease time of the DHCP addresses. In a fairly active
network with computers, especially laptops, going in and out all the time it
may be best to set it at 14400 seconds or 4 hours. Then, after 2 hours the
leases will be renewed for the computers that are still there and after 4
hours, if not already renewed, the addresses can be reassigned through a new
lease.

Fred