Hi again, I did exactly as you suggested, but saddly it made no difference. I am in the exact same position as I was earlier.

I am still looking at this, and have been unable to figure anything out. Is there more information I could provide to try to help you all?

Hi,

I just purchased a Toshiba Satellite U305-S5077. I tried getting it onto the internet for the past two weeks, and i kept seeing all the same things as the people here "access: local only" and "unidentified network" I think I have tried basically all of the suggestions here.

I took it back to the store today, ready to demand my money back for a computer that doesn't work. Except in the store (a bestbuy), the computer was able to get onto the internet.

When I got home, again it didn't work. I had about two minutes where it said "access local and internet" but after that, it went back to the same old problem

Any help please? Does Microsoft have a solution yet? What should I do?

Thanks

I have this problem too....... however it seems to cycle in and out from this 'local access' mode.
I think that the ipv6 settings helped a little bit, but realistically its hard to tell, as the problem was already quite cyclic.

I am using a Asus USB wireless adaptor, with Ralink chipset, which i have the latest drivers for. Using Zyxel 660HW-61 router with latest firmware, which is now nearly a year old

I was though using a MSI PCI wireless card (with the PCI version of the Ralink 2500 chip, and it completely failed at connecting.... the windows network icon would constantly flash between a series of grey 'signal strength' indicator bars, and the network disconnect symbol. Tried everything, drivers, the lot, nothing worked... occasionly it would connect for like 5 minutes, then nothing again....
Swapped it over to the Asus USB Ralink 2500 dongle, and the connection works better, except for the 'local access' issue which happens in cycles.

Everything works perfectly in win XP Pro though, the PCI Ralink card too.
Would have to be the most frustrating problem i've had with a computer....... especially when i'm in the middle of downloading a file, or on MSN

For those that are trying the registry fix with the Bflag setting, look for another Bflag entry, it's something like dhcpforcebflag etc. Set that to 0 as well. It fixed my issue, at least temporarily.

I found an awesome fix that works 100% of time. I found a CD in my Case labeled "Windows XP" , I then inserted this CD into my cd-rom drive, and rebooted my vista machine, I pressed F8 to continue, and few more clicks and I was getting somewhere. It seems after installing this " Windows XP" cd, and getting a few updates, everything works flawlessly. No more "Acess: Local only", as a matter of fact I am discovering wireless networks, and get this...actually connecting to them! Who would have thought that with a wireless connection you would actually want to use it for internet instead of locally. Amazing....Hope this helps out some people. Just thought I would share my experience.

Been through the ringer with thisand have just joined to try help the frustrated out there
try this microsoft link!!
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233/en-us
turned everything back on my HP DV6000 laptop and this at last worked just when i was about to give up all hope. My symptoms were would work on hard wire but not on wireless both the inbuilt and any other usb type adaptor. Really hope this helps as I know how frustrating this can all be. I think I'll turn off now and leave the damned thing for a while having finally got success.

I had this problem. After running vista with wireless networking for several months, today I switched on and Boing! no internet. Without changing any settings or configuration, I just did a system restore to 3 days ago. Vista complained that the restore encountered an error but hey presto! I've got internet again at the end of it.
Worth a try if you're having problems.....
SP1 anyone?

Hi Everyone,

Wrote a small tool to apply the Vista DHCP registry fix... try it out.. http://www.reviewingit.com/index.php/content/view/61/1/

I purchased a new HP DV6000 and had the same problem, my brothers girlfriend was also running vista off her laptop, again with the same frustrating local access only problem. I tried all the things listed in here and none of them worked per se, however I basically figured out a way around this frustrating problem.

Firstly, I did what someone else suggested:
- Go to Adapter Properties and untick the Internet Protocol version 6 box

I then went to the properties on the IP v4 and selected the "Use the Following IP ADdress" and typed in (for my Linksys router) 192.168.1.200, 255.255.255.0, 192.168.1.1, and then the same for the preferred DNS server.

Then I clicked OK and OK again to accept those settings. Then the network status icon in the toolbar did a little trick but was still acquiring Local Access Only...however the next step is where the break through happened.

I then went back into the IP v4 properties straight away and reversed what I had typed in, and changed them back to Obtain IP Address automatically and Obtain DNS Server Address automatically. Then clicked OK and OK again to accept the changes.

Then, as if by magic, my Skype signed into the internet and the little globe symbol appeared on the network status. Why....I don't know....but its working. I think I may need to repeat that process now and again, but its better than no wireless.

Hope this helps some people.........

and Good Luck....it can be solved.