Network and Internet Problem

I am using a
'2WIRE" wireless router with AT&T wireless internet.

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

> 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.
>
> On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:29:00 -0800, zgierach247
> <zgierach247@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>

> >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?

> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>

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.

please answer the rest of the questions I asked.

On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:29:00 -0800, zgierach247
<zgierach247@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I am using a
>'2WIRE" wireless router with AT&T wireless internet.
>
>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>

>> 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.
>>
>> On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:29:00 -0800, zgierach247
>> <zgierach247@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>

>> >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?

>> --
>>
>> Barb Bowman
>> MS Windows-MVP
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
>> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>>

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

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!!

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?

On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:40:00 -0800, jasoncollege24
<jasoncollege24@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>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!!

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

"zgierach247" wrote:

> 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?

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


"zgierach247" wrote:

> 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?

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).

On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 06:11:00 -0800, Marshmara
<Marshmara@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>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
>
>
>"zgierach247" wrote:
>

>> 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?

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/