Fixed my wireless "local only" issue by removing the latest Vista version of Zonealarm. Now using the Windows firewall..

I would also like to know how to delete the wireless connection. I just repeat this to show that more people need that information.

By the way, thank Your for dealing with this problem

Hi there all,

What a useful and supportive forum. I too have this local only issue with Vista, but mine relates only to when I connect my Dell notebook via a LAN connection to my work servers. Another quirk is that it is highly inconsistent. On restarts 50% of the time I might get to open my homepage and one link before it goes local only, the rest of the time its no connection at all. I have had 3 new motherboards, 2 total system reinstalls and still have this problem. I reverted once back to the Windows.old and it seemed to work for about 2 weeks. I then went on holidays for a week and have come back to it even worse than ever.

In airport lounges and my home connection all wireless connections work perfectly.

I have tried the disable IP6 and a few other things suggested here, but how would I go about resetting this LAN connection as the delete connection option is greyed out? Any suggestions would be soooooo apreciated.

Best regards

Mark

Hopefully someone will catch on to this, I have been pulling my hair out. I am about to poist a LONG string, but it is because I have gone through a LOT of threads and tried to fix my issue first...PLEASE HELP.

This is with the CAT5 cable attached directly from Main switch.
I have no problems here with manual input of all IP addresses...EVERYTHING here is fine, but we have 4 other computers that are attaching to a network through a router.
Problem is: They all get connection when attached to router but I do not.
Please advise.

(GOOD CONNECTION = No Issues Manual input IP Addresses)
C:\Users\Dad>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

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

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-73-B2-21-3B
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-6B-F3-ED-DB
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-D3-F5-05-82
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 82.211.188.141(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.248
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 82.211.188.137
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 82.211.188.137
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{0904E5AE-DF43-48FE-B1F4-D314C3E56
707}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::200:5efe:82.211.188.141%11(Preferre
d)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 82.211.188.137
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{D9497CFF-3AEA-4F36-A28C-4B3AEA317
E9A}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{D42116AF-DA68-4BA2-A54B-69D542FB7
78D}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : 2002:52d3:bc8d::52d3:bc8d(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:c058:6301::c058:6301
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 82.211.188.137
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Users\Dad>

Problem comes after I try to connect to a router. Vista automatically assigns Autoconfig IPv4 address and will not allow me to change it...how do I do it?
THIS IS ipconfig /all AFTER connected to the router...I do not understand what happens, please advise.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Dad>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

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

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-73-B2-21-3B
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-6B-F3-ED-DB
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-D3-F5-05-82
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.45.252(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{0904E5AE-DF43-48FE-B1F4-D314C3E56
707}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:169.254.45.252%11(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{D9497CFF-3AEA-4F36-A28C-4B3AEA317
E9A}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{D42116AF-DA68-4BA2-A54B-69D542FB7
78D}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\Dad>

I am at a loss,
1. Tried the post where you R-Click Comp/manage/system/services and applications/services/change settings for DHCP Client
2. Tried Regedit post where you add (D-Word) Toggle
3. Tried changing IP address in Regedit to 0
4. Tried power management changes
5. Uninstalled Norton
6. Reinstalled to original factory configuration and I just am at a loss....I tried everything in all of the posts that I could find...I am at my wits end.

It appears that the local only problem may be due to a misconfigured firewall rather than a fault in vista. If you have the problem of a 'twin' public network appearing in the network and sharing centre, which you cannot delete, then try uninstalling your antivirus/firewall. You may need to save your subscription (eg Norton) and make sure that you clear everything (go to control panel>program software and features) and uninstall the principal program plus the addon's. Restart and the problem will be no more. Then reinstall your antivirus/firewall and follow the initialisation routine. With luck that should clear the problem.

Well I totally uninstalled McAfee and have no firewall or antivirus whatsoever now to test this troubleshoot and nup. Local only and not even an intermitent connection now. Spent 2 hours waiting for and dealing with Dell who suggest it could be an ISP issue, but probably is Vista. Any other suggestions?

I doubt if it is an ISP issue as I spent several hours with my machine under remote control from BT as they tried to hunt down the problem. In the end MS research department suggested a clean reinstall. With an upgraded version of Vista that is a serious long job. Here are some avenues to try: (i) make sure that your AVF software is completely uninstalled - you may need to download a tool from the AVF site to ensure complete removal, (ii) check that windows defender is deactivated, (iii) check that your router/hub does not have a firewall installed and if it does make sure that is deactivated. When you are sure that you have cleared everything then reinstall your AVF software. If that all fails then beforte reinstalling the AVF software try deactivating your network adapter through control panel>device manager and then reactivating (this should bring up the internet connection), then reinstall the AVF software. It seems that this problem is triggered by a wide variety of causes mostly due to misconfiguration of the system and, I suspect, incompatibilities with early versions of 'vista compliant' software. Its a nightmare to sort out.

Thanks for the suggestions. I am pleased to report that the problem (for now at least) has been solved. So with my laptop totally denuded of all security our tech guys had one last crack and it turns out that my Vista laptop did not like one of our two gateways and its firewall/router configurations. Our techo's asigned me a static default gateway to the second gateway and it works 10.1.0.2 instead of 10.1.0.1. So after weeks of stuffing around in part - yes its a vista compatability issue - all our other XP machines work fine.

I will post a bit more techo info about whether it was the router or the firewall or both on a bit more analysis.


Again thanks.

Now this is going to sound strange as a fix to this problem, because I truly do not understand it either. Earlier I posted a LONG string with both of my IPCONFIG settings, one with directly being hooked to the Modem (No Issue) then when I was attached to the D-Link Router (HUGE ISSUE) Spent about 3 days trying to figure it out and tried everything....to include a clean reinstall of the WHOLE system...everything back to original factory settings.

I still could not get on after that.....so I said screw it and set the router up to give everyone else the ability to use DHCP and I had a Static IP address outside of the DHCP range. This also did not work even after the clean reinstall, took out all firewwalls (And Windows Defender) still no connection. So just for a last resort, I went to one of my Soldiers' on the same network and plugged into their router (Linksys) and viola.....presto change-o I was able to get on under DHCP connection. At this point I am thinking that I have a low end D-Link Router that does not work well with Vista.....but there are other Vista OS' on this network that are working fine with D-Link router (same one I have). So, I go back to my router thinking that I am going to have to buy a LinkSys and hook back up to my DI-604 (D-Link) and now that works...WTF? However, not under DHCP, but with the Static IP address that I gave it and did not work......so I dont know WTH is going on....all I know is it seems to be working now....even though SLOW AS molasses in January.

Dont know if that whole story helped anyone or not, but if mine goes haywire again, I am just ordering a LinkSys router.

Bill

Great news and well doem Tashimoto7 - this is a weird problem and it will be interesting to see if SP1 solves the problem properly. I am not hopeful, but I invested in new Netgear card and router (at MS suggestion) all to no avail. Then it turns out to be misconfigured AVF. Still, good to see we are getting some traction on this.