hey all
i am visiting with friends at the moment and connected to there wifi, for the first day all was working great and then for the next 2 days i have been getting a message saying ''local connection only'', it seems to be connected but whenever i try to access the net i get a unable to connect to internet message.
this morning when i turned on the pc i have a new message saying'' local and internet''
and i can access the net, it seems alittle random, so if anyone has any solutions to this problem id love to know about them.
thanks in advance
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Whenever you get local connection only, try diagnosing it and Reset the network adapter. It occurs kinda randomly for me as well, but resetting or a system restart fixes it.
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. It sometimes helps if you reboot the whole setup. Renewing the adapter won't work all the times.
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i think i even tryed to reset the adaptor and still no luck.
what do you mean by ''reboot the whole setup'' could you please talk me through it, im a newbi to pcs thanks. -
Well...I had this problem quite often with a crappy old wifi router. Updating to the latest INTEL drivers helped but the prob is still there. My NETGEAR never did this sort of thing with my u6. This is a Vista issue because it has some new "innovative" features that old products simply do not support them. I mean, you buy a 30 euro 54Mbit Wi-fi router and you'll have constant drops in battery saving mode because it does not support vista saving options. Also this local thingie mabob...
By reboot the whole set-up I mean:
1. Modem+Router turn them off and wait 1 minute.
2. Laptop/pc. -
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, as im with friends for two months so dont want to buy a new router, the only way i have been able to get it working since the last time four days ago has been to restore the laptop to that date, then the connection works fantastically.
anyway, doesnt look like theres much i can do about it, thanks for every ones help. takecare
local connection only
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by mtness, Dec 24, 2008.