Networking DOA: Unidentified Network, Access: Local Only
I am facing issue with network connectivity in Windows Vista. I had upgraded from Vista RC2 to Vista RTM. It was working quiet well, but due to some issue the network settings are screwed up. It is not working nor I can use the internet. I am getting a unidentified network error on the screen. I am bit annoyed with the same. I cannot figure out why this thing keeps on appearing. The adapter is in working mode and there is no problem with the configuration. The DHCP fails to work here. I am trying to work on static ip and hope that it will be fixed.
Unidentified Network, Access: Local Only
I recently assembled a new PC with ASRock AM2NF6G-VSTA motherboard and installed Windows Vista Hoem Premium. There was no problem during the installation and system is working fine. I also have a Wireless home network at my home which is already running two windows Xp computers without any problem. When i try to connect this Vista to the same network, the little network icon in the system tray says “Unidentified Network, Access: Local Only.” My router is DLink 614+ cable router.
Surprisingly am not even able to ping the router from my Vista, neither I can login it. Somebody suggested me to run the router evaluation tool, I did the same and it came with good results. So what’s the problem? Can anyone please help me with this?
Local Access Only, Unidentified Network
I bought a Vista back in 2007 and the internet has been working great until recently. I got a rogue on my laptop and ever since I only get local access. I've been googling this thing for around 3 ~ 4 days now and I've tried just about everything I've come across and nothing seems to be working. It says I'm connected to the router with excellent signal strength but then it says the router isn't connected to the internet and I'm sure that's not the issue because the computer I'm typing this on is connected to the router fine and it's a Vista as well so I'm sure it's not a router-Vista compatibility issue.
I've tried ..
- disabling IPv6
- updating drivers (there were no updates)
- multiple scans
- disabling firewall
- uninstalling norton (with the removal tool download)
- deleting my router profile and trying to connect again
- connect via ethernet cord (doesn't work)
When I do IPCONFIG /ALL, I get ..
Quote:
C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Cindy-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
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. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-7D-F3-BF-89
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.210.45(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-A9-C7-11-CA
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
C:\Windows\system32>
I've tried manually putting in the IP stuff, but I didn't know the gateway and DNS details so I couldn't really do it.
** I DONT have the reformat disks. When I bought the laptop they didn't provide me with one and when we asked for one they said they'd send us one but never did. Now they're closed (nationally) and I'm not sure as to where I could get one.
** I read something about rogue servers and me being the computer newbie that I am, spotted the word rogue and made the connection with the ROGUE I had that very day. o.o
I can ping 127.0.0.1 successfully. I can't ping yahoo.com. I can ping my IP.
Just something extra information.
Thanks!
Re: Local Access Only, Unidentified Network
Had that "Local Only" thing going on for a while. Read below... I'm posting this onto several threads around the web....
I know some of these posts are quite old but I figured I'd post my solution that finally solved this annoying puzzle. I first got my Vista laptop to work with only WEP at first after I had created a special Guest account with my Netgear router & left the WPA2-PSK for all the other wireless connections in our house. And to be able to use the WEP I had to use the hex generated or whatever characters & not what I actually typed in as the password. IIRC it's a 25 or 26 character of jumbled up letters & numbers. USE THAT! For WEP at least. I used that for a few days until I figured out how to make my Vista conenct to the WPA2-PSK network.
One person's suggestion somewhere (similar to the poster above me) suggested updating the wireless network card's driver. Windows update & the device driver in the Control Panel all claimed that the wireless network card's driver was "up to date." The driver was dated 2007 & was a version 2.something. Even when I went to HP.com & entered my Compaq's info the HP site also claimed that my network card's software was up to date.
I eventually just did a Google search for "Atheros xxx Driver." Put in whatever the specific model number is of your adapter. Go to Control Panel - Device Driver - find wireless network adapter then right click & go to driver details. The info should all be there. After I found a version 9.0 with a 2012 driver date off the Web manually it all FINALLY worked with the modern industry standard's most secure wireless encryption.
A lot of people suggest "Hey why not just use WEP?" Because WEP sucks!, that's why. According to Wikipedia it's so bad & outdated that the FBI can crack it in under 3 minutes & little assh*les can easily find software online & hack your stuff & wreak havoc on your system. DO NOT USE WEP! You might as well leave it unsecured or put up a big sign in your yard with your WEP password, Lol ;D Hope this is of help to somone out there. That is if anyone still has & uses Vista, Lol :D