Network Error: "Limited or no Connectivity"

V

Verdagon

Hey everyone.

I've searched through this forum for this error and found about a
thousand of these topics... but after wading through about 30 of them
with no solutions working, I had to post my own topic. Sorry to make it
a thousand and one though.

I'm getting the "Limited or no Connectivity" error when I try to
connect to my wifi network. What happens is I go to the list of
wireless networks, double click on my network "linksys", and it says
"obtaining network address" for a very long time. Then it gives up and
says "limited or no connectivity". Now, I can connect to my neighbor's
wifi just fine. It says "obtaining network address" for only a few
seconds, then says "connected". So I'm not sure if it's a problem with
my computer, why would it connect to one network and not the other? So
this makes me believe it's the router's problem.

But that's not all. My mom's laptop can connect to my wifi perfectly.
No drops, no errors, all is as it should be with her laptop. If her
computer can connect to the router fine, and mine cant, then it makes
me believe it's my computer's problem.

Where is the problem and how do I fix it?

I've already tried installing a few SP2 fixes, but nothing worked.

I've tried the ipconfig /renew thing, and it gave me an error:
"Windows IP Configuration

An error occurred while renewing interface Wireless Network Connection
: unable to contact your DHCP server. Request has timed out.
No operation can be performed on Local Area Connection while it has its
media disconnected."

ipconfig /all gives me:

Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : LAN-Express AS IEEE 802.11g
miniPCI
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-9B-6E-B6-8E
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.42.193
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family
Fast Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-4A-0A-15-02

my mom is connected to it, and her ipconfig is:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mary
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : ventca.adelphia.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast
Ethernet Adap
ter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-46-A9-87-B2

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : ventca.adelphia.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Wireless-G Notebook Adapter
#2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-06-25-41-62-4E
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.55.83.189
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.254.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 24.55.82.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.233.249.84
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 67.21.15.2
67.21.15.18
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, February 26, 2006
9:46:41 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, February 26, 2006
9:46:41 PM





What's going on? Is it my computer's fault, my networks fault, or am i
just chemically incompatible with internet connections?

Thanks for the help.

- E
 
S

Steve Winograd [MVP]

Hey everyone.

I've searched through this forum for this error and found about a
thousand of these topics... but after wading through about 30 of them
with no solutions working, I had to post my own topic. Sorry to make it
a thousand and one though.

I'm getting the "Limited or no Connectivity" error when I try to
connect to my wifi network. What happens is I go to the list of
wireless networks, double click on my network "linksys", and it says
"obtaining network address" for a very long time. Then it gives up and
says "limited or no connectivity". Now, I can connect to my neighbor's
wifi just fine. It says "obtaining network address" for only a few
seconds, then says "connected". So I'm not sure if it's a problem with
my computer, why would it connect to one network and not the other? So
this makes me believe it's the router's problem.

But that's not all. My mom's laptop can connect to my wifi perfectly.
No drops, no errors, all is as it should be with her laptop. If her
computer can connect to the router fine, and mine cant, then it makes
me believe it's my computer's problem.

Where is the problem and how do I fix it?

I've already tried installing a few SP2 fixes, but nothing worked.

I've tried the ipconfig /renew thing, and it gave me an error:
"Windows IP Configuration

An error occurred while renewing interface Wireless Network Connection
: unable to contact your DHCP server. Request has timed out.
No operation can be performed on Local Area Connection while it has its
media disconnected."

ipconfig /all gives me:

Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : LAN-Express AS IEEE 802.11g
miniPCI
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-9B-6E-B6-8E
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.42.193
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family
Fast Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-4A-0A-15-02

my mom is connected to it, and her ipconfig is:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mary
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : ventca.adelphia.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast
Ethernet Adap
ter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-46-A9-87-B2

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : ventca.adelphia.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Wireless-G Notebook Adapter
#2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-06-25-41-62-4E
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.55.83.189
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.254.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 24.55.82.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.233.249.84
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 67.21.15.2
67.21.15.18
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, February 26, 2006
9:46:41 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, February 26, 2006
9:46:41 PM

What's going on? Is it my computer's fault, my networks fault, or am i
just chemically incompatible with internet connections?

Thanks for the help.

- E
Click to expand...

First of all, change your Wi-Fi network's name (SSID) from the default
value of "linksys" to a unique name. Your neighbors might also have a
"linksys" network, and you have to be able to tell which network is
yours.

I suspect that your wireless router isn't connected properly. Your
mother's wireless network connection is getting a public IP address
from Adelphia. Her computer should be getting a private IP address
(probably 192.168.1.x) from your wireless router. Make sure that your
cable modem is connected to the router's WAN (Internet) port, not to
one of the router's LAN ports.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
 
V

Verdagon

Ah, you were right. It was plugged into the "uplink" part, not the
"wan" part. And it worked! ...for a minute or so.

I turned off the wireless router, then the modem, then i plugged the
modem back in, waited till the lights were OK, then i plugged the
wireless router in. I went back to my computer, connected to "linksys",
and it connected! I even got to load google on it. I went to my mom's
computer, restarted it, got it to connect, loaded a page on it,
celebrated, then came back to my computer. "Limited or no connectivity"
showed on the low right. Even restarting didn't make it connect. And
now, my mom's computer has disconnected and won't get on the internet.

Here's my ipconfig while its on "Limited or no connectivity":

Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : LAN-Express AS IEEE 802.11g
miniPCI
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-9B-6E-B6-8E
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.42.193
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family
Fast Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-4A-0A-15-02

and here's my mom's, if the information is useful:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\MaryVi>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast
Ethernet Adap
ter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-46-A9-87-B2

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Wireless-G Notebook Adapter
#2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-06-25-41-62-4E
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.68.117
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

It worked for a minute. Then something happened, what's going on?

Thanks for your help. It is greatly appreciated.

- E
 
S

Steve Winograd [MVP]

First of all, change your Wi-Fi network's name (SSID) from the default
value of "linksys" to a unique name. Your neighbors might also have a
"linksys" network, and you have to be able to tell which network is
yours.

I suspect that your wireless router isn't connected properly. Your
mother's wireless network connection is getting a public IP address
from Adelphia. Her computer should be getting a private IP address
(probably 192.168.1.x) from your wireless router. Make sure that your
cable modem is connected to the router's WAN (Internet) port, not to
one of the router's LAN ports.
Click to expand...

Ah, you were right. It was plugged into the "uplink" part, not the
"wan" part. And it worked! ...for a minute or so.

I turned off the wireless router, then the modem, then i plugged the
modem back in, waited till the lights were OK, then i plugged the
wireless router in. I went back to my computer, connected to "linksys",
and it connected! I even got to load google on it. I went to my mom's
computer, restarted it, got it to connect, loaded a page on it,
celebrated, then came back to my computer. "Limited or no connectivity"
showed on the low right. Even restarting didn't make it connect. And
now, my mom's computer has disconnected and won't get on the internet.

Here's my ipconfig while its on "Limited or no connectivity":

Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : LAN-Express AS IEEE 802.11g
miniPCI
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-9B-6E-B6-8E
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.42.193
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family
Fast Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-4A-0A-15-02

and here's my mom's, if the information is useful:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\MaryVi>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast
Ethernet Adap
ter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-46-A9-87-B2

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Wireless-G Notebook Adapter
#2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-06-25-41-62-4E
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.68.117
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

It worked for a minute. Then something happened, what's going on?

Thanks for your help. It is greatly appreciated.

- E
Click to expand...

You're welcome. If you haven't already done it, change the wireless
router's SSID from "linksys" to a unique name. You have to be sure
that you're connecting to your network, not to a neighbor's network.

Then, remove "linksys" from each computer's list of preferred wireless
networks.

Then, reset the cable modem and router like you did before and try
connecting both computers again.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
 
V

Verdagon

I tried doing the entire off/on-in-order process again, and it's still
not connecting.

And I can't change the SSID until I can connect to it; once I connect
to it I can do that 192.168.1.1 thing. Unless there's another way to
rename it...?

I don't think the SSID of it is the problem. There's only a few
wireless networks around here, I'm not in a very dense area.
 
S

Steve Winograd [MVP]

I tried doing the entire off/on-in-order process again, and it's still
not connecting.

And I can't change the SSID until I can connect to it; once I connect
to it I can do that 192.168.1.1 thing. Unless there's another way to
rename it...?

I don't think the SSID of it is the problem. There's only a few
wireless networks around here, I'm not in a very dense area.
Click to expand...

To change the wireless router's SSID, temporarily connect the router
to one of the computers using a network cable.

Moving the cable modem from the router's uplink port to its WAN port
shouldn't have had any effect on your computers' ability to make (and
keep) a wireless connection to the router.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
 
V

Verdagon

That's strange... it doesn't work even when its connected through a
cable. Maybe I should have checked that beforehand...

So now that I know it's not a problem with the physical connection;
this "limited or no connectivity" error happens regardless of how I
connect my laptop to the router. So what's going on now?

Here's an ipconfig for when I was connected via cable:

Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : LAN-Express AS IEEE 802.11g
miniPCI
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-9B-6E-B6-8E

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family
Fast Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-4A-0A-15-02
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.173.9
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Thanks

- E
 
S

Steve Winograd [MVP]

That's strange... it doesn't work even when its connected through a
cable. Maybe I should have checked that beforehand...

So now that I know it's not a problem with the physical connection;
this "limited or no connectivity" error happens regardless of how I
connect my laptop to the router. So what's going on now?

Here's an ipconfig for when I was connected via cable:

Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : LAN-Express AS IEEE 802.11g
miniPCI
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-9B-6E-B6-8E

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family
Fast Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-4A-0A-15-02
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.173.9
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Thanks

- E
Click to expand...

Connect the computer's Ethernet port to a regular LAN port on the
router. Don't connect it to the uplink port or to the WAN port.

If you haven't done so already, unplug the router from the AC power,
wait a few seconds, and plug it back in. That might get everything to
work.

It's possible that the router's DHCP server isn't working. To see,
configure the computer's wired network connection with a manual IP
address of 192.168.1.2/255.255.255.0 and try to connect to the
router's web interface, which I'm assuming is at http://192.168.1.1.
For Internet access, set the computer's Default Gateway and DNS Server
addresses to 192.168.1.1, too.

It's possible that the router has become defective.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
 
G

Guest

I ahve two laptops. My Dell works without a problem. My Sony PCG-K15 was
working fine until the drive failed. I instaleld a new drive, re-installed
Winows XP Pro. Then I got the limited or no Conenctivity message. I
downlaoded a patch from Microsoft and it worked for a short time.

Now, I get the problem all of the time, sometiems on my wireed conenction,
too.

I will get the msame probem conencting through a neigbor's wireless.
 

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