Vista cannot connect to internet - local access only

[D]

I have a Samsung Vista Home laptop that has connected to the internet without
problem for over 2 years. It cannot connect now, either wirelessly or wired,
but two other computers running XP can connect both wired and wireless.

The connection shows as 'local access only'.

I have tried so many things, and have come to a grinding halt, so any advice
would be gratefully received.

 

[Jon Wallace]

Has anything changed on the machine recently (updates / patches / drivers
etc...) ? Have you recently updated your antivirus product, or installed a
firewall or something?

I would start by trying to disable (or stop) anything security related you
have on your machine first to see if it addresses the problem. It's alo
worth checking your network properties to see if for whatever reason your IP
address has been fixed as apposed to being DHCP...

Regards,
Jon

www.insidetheregistry.com

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I have a Samsung Vista Home laptop that has connected to the internet without
problem for over 2 years. It cannot connect now, either wirelessly or wired,
but two other computers running XP can connect both wired and wireless.

The connection shows as 'local access only'.

I have tried so many things, and have come to a grinding halt, so any advice
would be gratefully received.

I've seen posts on this message, but I don't have an answer.

However, since it might be common, perhaps Googling on that message could
help.

 

[D]

Thanks, Jon. There have been the usual MS updates, and AVG. Nothing new
installed. I have updated the firmware on the router, disabled the firewall
(and AVg briefly!), deleted connections, checked the DHCP, unticked v6, and
probably half-a-dozen other things, all to no avail.

I have scoured the internet, and got precisely nowhere - I am hoping that
there is something obvious that I have missed - any ideas?

 

[Jon Wallace]

What happens if you plug your internet connection (bypass your router)
straight into your machine - at least this will identify if it's the router.

Also - you haven't by any chance got 2 machines with the same name / ip etc
on the network do you?

It sounds very strange, and you seem to have done everything to
investigate... I would be tempted to say hardware (I had a Sony that had a
NIC fail and do the same thing) but for both wired and wireless to go would
be difficult. None the less, download (and create) a PE boot disk - try
this http://nu2.nu/pebuilder/ and see if your network works - at least it
will point you in the hardware direction if not.

Just trying to put ideas out there...

Regards,
Jon

www.insidetheregistry.com

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[Mike Torello]

However, since it might be common, perhaps Googling on that message could
help.

People usually recommend Googling when they KNOW that the problem is a
common one.

 

[D]

I have now! Thank you for the suggestion, and I got very excited, as it
seemed to have worked.

However, after about 5 mins of being connected (slow, but connected) the
connection dropped again. Neither wired nor wireless works. The network is
showing as 'local only' again.

Any other bright ideas?

Many, many thanks

 

[D]

Thanks, Gene. Yes, it appears to be a common problem, but despite working at
this for numersous hours yesterday and today, I have not found a solution.

 

[D]

Thanks so much Jon. I also reset the TCP/IP stack as MB Unit suggested,
which was very exciting, as the internet worked for about 5 minutes.

I am guessing that that would rule out the hardware suggestion?

It is now nearly midnight here, so will call it a day, but if you have any
other ideas they would be gratefully received, as at the moment, my son's
laptop is of no use whatsoever...

many, many thanks for your help

 

[D]

Sorry, forgot to say that I will try another router tomorrow, and turn off
all other computers and post back the result.

Good night
D

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

People usually recommend Googling when they KNOW that the problem is a
common one.

Well, sometimes I find answers to *uncommon* questions by using Google.
Besides, your remark doesn't imply that people don't recommend Googling for
uncommon problems. Check your syllogism theory.

OTOH, I have an idea that my suggestion was a lot more constructive than
your response.

As an aside, and if you care (hah!), I just got 28,700,000 hits Googling
for the message in question. The general tenor on the first page is
pessimistic, however.

 

[Mike Torello]

Well, sometimes I find answers to *uncommon* questions by using Google.
Besides, your remark doesn't imply that people don't recommend Googling for
uncommon problems. Check your syllogism theory.

Check your shirt. I think it's OVERstuffed.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Check your shirt. I think it's OVERstuffed.

Geez.