Limited or no connectivity to wireless network??
 

Hi.

I have a dell dimension 8200. I bought a Linksys wireless PC adapter, which is installed in my computer and working fine.

I am trying to access my roommate's wiresless network. She has a G4 Mac laptop and her wireless network allows more than one user. When I go into Network Connections, I see her wireless network and am able to connect to it. Once it is connected, it then reads: "Limited or no connectivity."

When I click on the "Limited or no connectivity" link it takes me to the "Wireless Network Connection 2 Status." This tells me the problem is occuring because the network did not assign a network address to the computer.

When I click on "Repair" it tells me that "Windows is taking the following action: Renewing your IP address." Then the screen says "Windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following action cannot be completed: Renewing your IP address. For assistance, contact the person who manages your network."

Can anyone give me some assistance, please?

Kelly

Re: Limited or no connectivity to wireless network??
 

I had a similar problem, if her router supports Wireless-A Settings and G it helped me to specify G. Then within G, it also helps to try G Only, B Only or mixed modes.

Re: Limited or no connectivity to wireless network??
 

I am having same problem, and cannot rectify how did you overcome this problem

Re: Limited or no connectivity to wireless network??
 

When I get Limited or No Connectivity on my wireless.... I just put the IP and DNS adresses manually and it starts to work again

Hope this works for you.... DONT TRUST DHCP hehehe

Re: Limited or no connectivity to wireless network??
 

Does your friend's router hand out IP addresses by DHCP or do you need to set a manual IP? Like it says, contact the person who manages the network (your roommate).

Re: Limited or no connectivity to wireless network??
 

I had the same problem where it said limited or no connectivity even though i was connected to the router. Luckily I found a threat that said to use winsockxpfix. I downloaded it and installed it and use it and and rebooted my computer and BAM! COMPLETELY FIXED! I was so happy that i decided to help ppl who had the limited or no conectivity problem by posting on threats about winsockxpfix.

Re: Limited or no connectivity to wireless network??
 

kgreen, check your IP address. if you are getting a 169.x.xxx.xx u have to do a winsock repair as eduardomchl suggested. the other being that you are too far from the base station, try changing the channel. the next thing you can do a remove the network and reconfig it, this usually will work.
PS are u using wireless zero to control your wireless or a pc manufacturer software.

Re: Limited or no connectivity to wireless network??
 

I'm having the same problem with a computer that is networked, saying limited or no connectivity, so I downloaded the Winsockxpfix and rebooted but have had no luck in getting my network back. Network is through a wireless USB connection. Can anyone help?
Thanks.
Jan

Re: Limited or no connectivity to wireless network??
 

This happens with anyone of the following:

Checklist:
1. Most of the time this is a wireless security issue. When you view available wireless networks and see a pad lock on the network you want to connect to, then you need a network key that you can get on the wireless access point's set-up utility.

2. Wrong wireless network key will give you the same result.

3. DHCP is turned-off on the wireless access point. For security purposes, some configure their access points to disabled DHCP. This means that you're not getting an IP address even if you getting signal from the wireless AP/router.

4. DHCP is turned on, you know the network key and it's correct but you're still getting the same error - You need to look into access restrictions on the wireless AP called MAC filtering. This means that your computer MAC address (your ethernet adapter's physical address when you go into the MSDOS prompt and type "ipconfig/all") is not yet included in the wireless computer that can connect to the AP.

5. You're too far - Sometimes you're too far from the AP that the wireless signal is not good enough for the 2 devices to successfully communicate. How do you know? If you go nearer you get online, if you go farther, you get low signal and "limited or no connectivity" error message.

6. You or someone else set a static IP on the computer. You should always have this as set to automatic unless you have server running on that computer which not everyone has. Chances are, you just want to get online wirelessly which is why static IP is not normally used in these situations.

It can be used if you're connecting but losing connectivity after a while because or low signal. Set static so the PC won't have to worry about trying to get an IP from the wireless router. The only problem is that you've have to disable it again when you go to nearest coffee shop, friend's house or the office wireless network.


If you need help with any of the steps within the checklist, call 1-877-787-8749. Tell them you have a promo code called "supportcall" and they'll help you one time for free. Hey, why spend a lot anyways? These guys will help you until your problem gets resolved!

Re: Limited or no connectivity to wireless network??
 

for windows Vista:

try this one out.. click start >>control panel >> network and sharing center >> manage my wireless network >> and on this page remove all wireless networks listed and restart your PC. - it works