Network and Internet Problem

Z

zgierach247

All of the sudden my wireless internet connection stopped working and now it
won't reconnect to that network. It says "Connected With Limited Access"
when i try to connect to the network. Why is it doing this and how can I fix
it?
 
B

Barb Bowman

Please post the text output of

ipconfig /all

run from a command prompt

and details about how you are connected. router? brand-model -
firmware version, etc.

All of the sudden my wireless internet connection stopped working and now it
won't reconnect to that network. It says "Connected With Limited Access"
when i try to connect to the network. Why is it doing this and how can I fix
it?
Click to expand...
--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
 
W

Willa Jabir

I have read many of the post here and other sites about the limited
connectivity problem. I have it and did much experimenting. I have discovered
that even tho I can not access most of the web, I can access all my https:
sites such as my financial sites. I cannot access google, yahoo, or any other
regular site when this happens. I don't know if this will help or be of any
use to others trying to resolve this Vista "Local only" problem, but thanks
to all those who are trying.
 
J

jasoncollege24

Hello,

i'm connected to the internet via a wireless Linksys router, and Comcast
Cable internet using a Toshiba laptop running Vista Home Premium (32 bit).
Ever since I connected to this system, i've had all kinds of connection
issues from intermittent disconnects to flat out not being able to reconnect.
The only solution I've found is to switch off the wireless network adapter on
my laptop, then switch it back on... but this serves to only work for a few
minutes, and then it happens again (sometimes only a few seconds before
happening again)

There are 3 other computers attached to this same network, and they run XP.
This machine running Vista is the ONLY computer having this problem. i do not
want to have to reinstall Windows for yet a 5th time to fix this issue...
especially when I can't gaurantee that will fix it!

I've seen several other similar issues noted here that no one can come up
with a fix for. Looks like I might have to downgrade to windows XP, (quite a
bit of money down the drain for this OS if I switch back) Microsoft seriously
needs to release a fix for these issues. Either that or go back to the way it
was in XP with the network/internet stuff, because this is getting out of
hand, and no one seems to be doing anything about it.

Below is a copy/paste from ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Jason-Laptop
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5006EG Wireless Network
Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-E3-B2-5D-44
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.155(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

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 Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Someone please fix this!!
 
B

Barb Bowman

which Linksys router? what hardware revision and what firmware? what
kind of wireless security are you using? are there errors in event
viewer?

it looks like you have assigned a static IP? what happens when you
use DHCP?

Hello,

i'm connected to the internet via a wireless Linksys router, and Comcast
Cable internet using a Toshiba laptop running Vista Home Premium (32 bit).
Ever since I connected to this system, i've had all kinds of connection
issues from intermittent disconnects to flat out not being able to reconnect.
The only solution I've found is to switch off the wireless network adapter on
my laptop, then switch it back on... but this serves to only work for a few
minutes, and then it happens again (sometimes only a few seconds before
happening again)

There are 3 other computers attached to this same network, and they run XP.
This machine running Vista is the ONLY computer having this problem. i do not
want to have to reinstall Windows for yet a 5th time to fix this issue...
especially when I can't gaurantee that will fix it!

I've seen several other similar issues noted here that no one can come up
with a fix for. Looks like I might have to downgrade to windows XP, (quite a
bit of money down the drain for this OS if I switch back) Microsoft seriously
needs to release a fix for these issues. Either that or go back to the way it
was in XP with the network/internet stuff, because this is getting out of
hand, and no one seems to be doing anything about it.

Below is a copy/paste from ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Jason-Laptop
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5006EG Wireless Network
Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-E3-B2-5D-44
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.155(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

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 Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Someone please fix this!!
Click to expand...
--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
 
M

Marshmara

zgierach247 said:
All of the sudden my wireless internet connection stopped working and now it
won't reconnect to that network. It says "Connected With Limited Access"
when i try to connect to the network. Why is it doing this and how can I fix
it?
Click to expand...
 
M

Marshmara

I have just bought a new PC with Vista Premium installed. Like you, I cannot
get to all websites. I get message 'Internet Explorer cannot display the
webpage'

It seems like I can get to any site that the router has cached in its DNS
cache (I use nslookup and ipconfig /displaydns to check DNS), but not any
that it has to go to the ISP provider's DNS to get the IP address for. The
router only stores about 8 lookups.
The PC on which I am writing this (my old one) runs Windows XP and is
connected to the same router and ADSL link. It runs fine and will connect
anywhere. The only difference I have noted is that XP gets an IP address of
192.168.1.10 through 192.168.1.13 depending on the Ethernet port I use.
Somehow Vista is getting a value of 192.168.1.15 on the same port that XP
reports as 192.168.1.11.
I suspect a setting in Vista is causing the problem. I have tried turning
off all firewalls, resetting the security to lowest possible, turning off
Protected mode. I have also tried using Mozilla Firefox with no more success
than IE 7.
I also tried disabling IPv6 on the Ethernet ... no luck.

Router is Draytek Vigor 2200USB. It has some built-in firewall ability at a
basic level, which I cannot turn off.

Ipconfig looks like:
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Packard-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-7D-29-17-CE
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.15(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 01 January 2008 12:25:14
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 04 January 2008 12:25:13
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{7B280CC0-4422-4778-8DBA-D9C89B0B7CD2}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.15%10(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
 
B

Barb Bowman

sounds like an issue of the router proxying the DNS server. you can
try setting your ISPs DNS servers statically in the configuration
for the Vista NIC (unless your router has a setting to not proxy
DNS, in which case the ISPs DNS servers will automatically be used
by all computers).

I have just bought a new PC with Vista Premium installed. Like you, I cannot
get to all websites. I get message 'Internet Explorer cannot display the
webpage'

It seems like I can get to any site that the router has cached in its DNS
cache (I use nslookup and ipconfig /displaydns to check DNS), but not any
that it has to go to the ISP provider's DNS to get the IP address for. The
router only stores about 8 lookups.
The PC on which I am writing this (my old one) runs Windows XP and is
connected to the same router and ADSL link. It runs fine and will connect
anywhere. The only difference I have noted is that XP gets an IP address of
192.168.1.10 through 192.168.1.13 depending on the Ethernet port I use.
Somehow Vista is getting a value of 192.168.1.15 on the same port that XP
reports as 192.168.1.11.
I suspect a setting in Vista is causing the problem. I have tried turning
off all firewalls, resetting the security to lowest possible, turning off
Protected mode. I have also tried using Mozilla Firefox with no more success
than IE 7.
I also tried disabling IPv6 on the Ethernet ... no luck.

Router is Draytek Vigor 2200USB. It has some built-in firewall ability at a
basic level, which I cannot turn off.

Ipconfig looks like:
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Packard-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-7D-29-17-CE
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.15(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 01 January 2008 12:25:14
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 04 January 2008 12:25:13
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{7B280CC0-4422-4778-8DBA-D9C89B0B7CD2}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.15%10(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Click to expand...
--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
 
J

jasoncollege24

Thank you for your prompt response. Fortunately, I managed to discover the
cause of the problem, and have since corrected it.

Note: If you're having constant Internet connection issues on a wireless
broadband connection, trying changing the broadcast frequency of your
wireless router/device to channel 1 or 11. This fixed the problem for me. my
high speed internet connectivity has been restored, and stabalized.

On most wireless routers, this configuration can be found in the "wireless"
section of your router's setup pages. When changing this frequency, you MUST
restart any computers connected wirelessly to the router/device or they will
no longer be able to send/receive network packets (aka you will not be able
to use the network)
 
B

Barb Bowman

thanks for the update. interesting that this did not impact the
other wireless computers, since 2.4GHz interference would not
normally be OS specific.

Thank you for your prompt response. Fortunately, I managed to discover the
cause of the problem, and have since corrected it.

Note: If you're having constant Internet connection issues on a wireless
broadband connection, trying changing the broadcast frequency of your
wireless router/device to channel 1 or 11. This fixed the problem for me. my
high speed internet connectivity has been restored, and stabalized.

On most wireless routers, this configuration can be found in the "wireless"
section of your router's setup pages. When changing this frequency, you MUST
restart any computers connected wirelessly to the router/device or they will
no longer be able to send/receive network packets (aka you will not be able
to use the network)
Click to expand...
--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
 
J

jasoncollege24

actually, it did effect the other computers that were connected wirelessly. i
was simply unaware of it. The effect on the others was not as severe on the
XP computers as it was on Vista. I'm not sure why either, but all connections
are perfectly stable now.
 

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