Yeah that was my problem also \I have to keep checking automatically detect settings and then of course, my connection works. I just wish there was a way to keep it at that setting. Everytime I reboot, and sometimes when I'm even on line, the darn thing reverts and needs to be reset again!

Just to add a little to the mix on this.

I just developed this problem on a new Windows Vista computer that I have been using for about a month now.

This is Dell Optiplex 745 computer.
This computer does not have a wireless connection - only the wired adapter it came with.
It is on a network at the office.
It was working fine for the past month and this morning.
Suddenly this afternoon it started only connecting to the local network and not to the Internet.

A Windows XP computer on the same switch connects fine to the Internet.

At first there was a second network connection showing up in the network connections list. It was called Network and was showing as unused and unmanaged. I deleted it. Now only the original network connection is listed.

Running Network Diagnostics still gives me the response "There is more than one active network connection on this computer" and to "Unplug or disable one of the active connections to try and solve the problem" even though there is only one network adapter or Network Connection.

Yes, I have rebooted dozens of times, I have disabled the network adapter and rebooted and re-enabled it. I have removed and reinstalled it in Device Manager and that is just the beginning! It still has Local Access Only.

No changes were made to the computer before it just suddenly quit connecting to the Internet.

I guess I will start with the diagnoses again tomorrow.

An update on this issue. A system restore to a time just before the problem started had failed. I had tried removing the computer from the domain and hard coding the IP address information rather than using DHCP. All to no avail. This morning I rolled the system back to a time before recent updates a few days ago and was finally able to connect to the Internet. Now the question remains - what happens when the updates are reinstalled.

Ok, after many hours working on this issue I have come up with a solution. Here's the "easy" way out.
Solution #1
1. Download a copy of SP1 (can be found on torrent sites - i used the .exe file which is about 605Mb - there are just a few of them, search for the most recent if you must, mine is version .275)
2. Install this file on your nonworking computer - check restart automatically.
3. If you do not have an english, german, spanish, or japanese version, this will not work and you will have to change your language (can only be done in ultimate or enterprise)

Solution #2 (this is a fairly long process, and I don't have enough knowledge of programming to make this easy, but if someone does they can have fun with it)
1. If that did not work, you will need to do some changes in the registry and install some updated system files. All these changes occur within TCP/IP (go figure right) IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU BACK THE FOLDERS UP - EXPORT TO A SAFE SPOT
To add a dword (or w/e), edit - new - dword...
1a. In regedit go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services and scroll down and click Tcpip. Make sure your settings look like this: [IMG]http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd90/thopp_2007/1_reg_tcpip.jpg[/IMG]
1b. Now collapse the tcpip folder and click on the parameters folder. make sure the settings look like this: [IMG]http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd90/thopp_2007/2_reg_tcpip_parameters.jpg[/IMG]
1c. Now collapse the parameters folder and collapse interfaces. click on your wireless or wired adapter. (it gives a long list of numbers/letters so the ones that have more than just "default") Make sure they both look like this... im using a static ip, so just make sure all of the dword values are the same) [IMG]http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd90/thopp_2007/3_reg_tcpip_parameters_interfaces_w.jpg[/IMG]
1d. Now click on the winsock folder in the parameters subset. Make sure it looks like this: [IMG]http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd90/thopp_2007/4_reg_tcpip_parameters_winsock.jpg[/IMG]
1e. Don't remember if this one is necessary, but now collapse tcpip6, collapse parameters, and click on the winsock folder. Make sure it looks like this: [IMG]http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd90/thopp_2007/5_reg_tcpip6_parameters_winsock.jpg[/IMG]

2. Next step is to copy over the sys files that the registry uses into your system32 folder.
2a. So first download these 7 files that I have stumbled upon ;-). system files
2b. Unzip that. Then find those files in your system32 folder and copy them to a nice safe place - just in case of course.
2c. Copy and replace the files given in the zip file into your system32 folder.

3. Now, I don't believe I needed to restart, but if you feel the need you may restart. Otherwise this should do the trick! I've done this on 4 computers so far and it seems to work. I hope you have the same luck!

Thank you so much. This seems to have fixed the problem for me.

Oops, I spoke to soon. It is back to saying local access only.

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

C:\Users\Kathy Wills>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

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

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : LAN-Express AS IEEE 802.11g PCI-E Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-D9-0A-A9-5F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, November 20, 2007 9:36:56 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:36:55 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.82.4.8
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-80-17-94-F7
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4136:e388:c04:e10:3f57:fe9b(Prefer
red)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c04:e10:3f57:fe9b%9(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{E2BE8A7A-3EA8-48F8-98EF-4C835DD65
05D}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.100%12(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.82.4.8
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{C9EAF00D-0970-4370-AA7A-9A64373D0
148}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\Kathy Wills>

Here is the config after it switched back to local access only

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

C:\Users\Kathy Wills>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

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

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : LAN-Express AS IEEE 802.11g PCI-E Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-D9-0A-A9-5F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, November 20, 2007 9:36:56 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:36:56 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.82.4.8
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-80-17-94-F7
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4136:e388:c04:e10:3f57:fe9b(Prefer
red)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c04:e10:3f57:fe9b%9(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{E2BE8A7A-3EA8-48F8-98EF-4C835DD65
05D}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.100%12(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.82.4.8
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{C9EAF00D-0970-4370-AA7A-9A64373D0
148}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\Kathy Wills>

Thanks so much for this fix, it has solved my problem and I am typing this messgae to you wirelessly from my laptop.

i have just recently built a new computer and put vista on it
and have had no problems with the internet or anything but suddenly i go 2 turn it on and the internet won't work it just comes up with "local access only"
i feel like i've tried everything on this thread from system restor to reseting ng the wireless apaptor

please help iv'e been trying 2 fix the problem days

this is my ip configuration settings: - if it helps


Thanks in advance Dom

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Dominic-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : home

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Belkin High-Speed Mode Wireless G USB Net
work Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-50-C3-AB-43
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8145:5554:7223:f61f%23(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 27 November 2007 17:43:19
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 28 November 2007 17:43:18
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 469766480
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection 4:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
#4
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0A-3A-5B-6F-E5
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ether
net Controller #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-F3-B1-7E-43
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ether
net Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-F3-B1-5D-76
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{8E4DC283-76F7-4A4A-80A6-3AB724AB2
2D1}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.home
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.3%26(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{EAECB098-50E7-4641-A1E7-A4CAF46CD
15F}
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 . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 17:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{05AF5146-81CA-46A3-A125-053533834
93B}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 20:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{05AF5146-81CA-46A3-A125-053533834
93B}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\Dominic>

Blackflame, in your case, maybe try opening your web browser and going to 192.168.1.1 in the address bar in order to log onto your router.

From this point it veries from router to router, but it will probably ask you for your username and password. Those are more than likely the defaults for whatever brand of router you have. maybe admin and blank, or blank and admin, or admin and admin, or admin and password... Or if you custom set up a password when originally configuring your router, it will be that.

After logging in there should be an option to see if your router is getting an IP address from your internet provider, and there should also be options to test your connection, release and renew, etc.

On a Linksys (the only one I have memorized) username is usually blank, password of admin. and on the set up screen (the first one) the drop down box for the WAN connection should probably say DHCP (not Static of PPPoE) and then when you click on "Status" there should be an ip address there. and even if there is, you can release it so it goes to zeros and then renew it, by clicking the buttons at the bottom of the screen.

Now obviously if your ISP uses PPPoE or Static, rather than DHCP that's fine. You would just need to tell us so we could try to approach it from that angle.

Basically, your ipconfig information says your wireless adapter is getting an ip address from your router so if you have local only, the issue is probably between your router and modem/isp not between your computer and router.

If you've verified that your computer directly connected works, and you have powercycled the modem each time after you've moved from on connection to another (Some ISP's only give out one DHCP lease, so if you unplug your router and plug your computer in direct, you have to restart the modem in order to get it to assign an ip address to a device with a different mac address) and you've powercycled the router, but it still will not obtain an ip address from the modem, and your settings are correct... Then it might be a problem with the router. I would try a different one and see if that works.

I hope this helps and isn't too convoluted.

from your advice i've checked the routers settings and it appears to be DHCP enabled - but what i forgot 2 mention i my last post is that all the other computers in the house have xp on them and they can all access the modem and then the internet wirelessly with no problem, im not sure if its something 2 do with vista

cheers for the advice so far