Networking DOA: Unidentified Network, Access: Local Only

[KellyBrown]

I tried snnoopy's fix and I am still in a "Local only" state with a (private network). Here is my situation:

Just out of the box Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop with the Dell Wireless 1395 WLAN Mini-Card Rev 2.10. The Access Point is a Linksys BEFW11S4 ver 2.
After four hours today on the phone with Dell and Linksys, I now have the latest driver for the WLAN Mini-Card and the latest firmware for the Linksys access point, but still no connectivity.

I have one desktop and two other laptops, all running XP with good wireless access (for a couple of years). It is the new laptop with Vista that cannot successfully connect.

Any further suggestions?

Kelly

without seeing an ipconfig /all text output we can only guess

http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.c...t-text-output/

before you post it, unbind IPv6 - see directions at
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.c...windows-vista/

if that does not work, I'd recommend replacing that router. In fact,
I'd recommend that you replace it anyway as it does not provide you
with proper security.



On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:19:27 +0000, KellyBrown
<KellyBrown.34jv09@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote:

>
>I tried snnoopy's fix and I am still in a "Local only" state with a
>(private network). Here is my situation:
>
>Just out of the box Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop with the Dell Wireless
>1395 WLAN Mini-Card Rev 2.10. The Access Point is a Linksys BEFW11S4 ver
>2.
>After four hours today on the phone with Dell and Linksys, I now have
>the latest driver for the WLAN Mini-Card and the latest firmware for the
>Linksys access point, but still no connectivity.
>
>I have one desktop and two other laptops, all running XP with good
>wireless access (for a couple of years). It is the new laptop with Vista
>that cannot successfully connect.
>
>Any further suggestions?
>
>Kelly
--

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

[KellyBrown]

I tried the unbind but that made no difference. Here is the IPCONFIG for your comment:

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

C:\Users\Rachelsnana>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MMsDellLaptop
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : sd.cox.net

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : sd.cox.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1395 WLAN Mini-Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-44-75-72-6C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.102(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, February 10, 2008 1:44:43 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, February 11, 2008 1:44:42 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.105.28.11
68.105.29.11
68.105.28.12
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

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* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : sd.cox.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.102%15(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.105.28.11
68.105.29.11
68.105.28.12
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Users\Rachelsnana>

do you have the latest driver for the wireless?
http://support.dell.com/support/down...&fileid=236824

are you broadcasting the SSID ?

you really should replace that router. I don't have any other
recommendations.

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:15:06 +0000, KellyBrown
<KellyBrown.34lek6@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote:

>
>I tried the unbind but that made no difference. Here is the IPCONFIG for
>your comment:
>
>Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
>Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
>C:\Users\Rachelsnana>ipconfig/all
>
>Windows IP Configuration
>
>Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MMsDellLaptop
>Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : sd.cox.net
>
>Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
>
>Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : sd.cox.net
>Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1395 WLAN
>Mini-Card
>Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-44-75-72-6C
>DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.102(Preferred)
>Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, February 10, 2008
>1:44:43 PM
>Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, February 11, 2008
>1:44:42 PM
>Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.105.28.11
>68.105.29.11
>68.105.28.12
>NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
>
>Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
>
>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* 7:
>
>Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : sd.cox.net
>Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
>Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
>DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
>fe80::5efe:192.168.1.102%15(Preferred)
>Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.105.28.11
>68.105.29.11
>68.105.28.12
>NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>
>C:\Users\Rachelsnana>
--

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