I live in nyc too. I get a local only connection usually when connecting to public wifi. I thought this was a software problem until I realized Its not until you subscribe of get a password as with starbucks until you can connect from thier local connection to the internet Thrill , Mar 23, Hi there I have a dell xpsm and I tend to see the same thing as well sometimes. I can detect and connect to the public wifi- but to local only - i. However, if I move closer to the same signal - i can conncet to the public wifi and get internet - same provider, the only which has changed is the distance.
Does this make sense at all? When I can only connect locally my signal strength is fair to good - why then can I only connect locally?
Many thanks Scott. Then, I went to the 'Connect to network' and connect my laptop to the wireless router displayed in the list. And it said I'm successfully connected to the internet. Finally, i unplugged the LAN cable from my laptop, and, tada, I'm connected to the internet wirelessly..
However, once I disconnect my laptop from the internet, I have to plug and unplug the LAN cable to connect to the internet using the wireless router again which is annoying.. Annon , Apr 18, I just enter correct ip addresses for laptop and default gateways. Annon , Apr 19, Your isp may be restricting it since you nb has a different MAC address. Thinking bad thoughts about Microsoft or Vista in particular. Hope this helps. Maybe you have other suggestions. This problem has been doing my head in for days - but now I've finally fixed my problem and thought I would share it.
So I knew there was nothing wrong with my Wifi setup. But Vista refused to connect no matter what I tried giving me the Local only problem and unidentified network. I tried all the disabling IPV6, hacking registry entries, netsh commands, different WAN setting security settings but got no where.
Job done - I'm surfing again. I could probably tweak the settings so that I don't have to turn the Firewall off completly, but this problem has got me so close to throwing my pc out the window I'll live without it and rely on the one built into my router Hope this helps someone.
Sweet message Rosetta! Thats about the gist of it too. I really dont know how Microsoft is getting away with this. Its kind of like that Disney movie "Bugs Life" And finally the ants realize that they have the numbers in thier favor and more importantly get the balls to attack!
Thanks for making my evening Rosetta! You ROCK!!! I agree with you my friend I think we the consumers should attack!!! The Government is owned by Gates too!!! Usually it happened for min. Then it gets longer during 'weekends'. Yeah, I saw other postings - someone said it seems like 'Local Only Issue' happends more during weekends.
Then 1 month later, it is totally 'globeless' and it appear as 'Local Only'. Able to use neighbor's wireless network. My other laptop company's is still connected to my own home wireless network and had an access to internet. No internet at all for both machines. Personal laptop can't even connect to internet with neighbor's wireless network.
Company laptop still can 'communicate' to internet via neighbor's wireless network. Both laptops were showing 'Local Only'. I even faced worst problems like 'no local connection, no internet connection' while trying some of suggested solutions. When I uninstall, I remember that I clicked on 'delete all quarantined items'.
I suspect this was the reason why I faced harder problem later. Maybe not. Anyway, I am a finance person, not techy at all. Still 'Local Only'.
No avail. Upgrated drivers too but no avail. I noticed a green check box with 'windows is up to date'. But there was something else underneath.
There was a link with a description saying 'review for update' or something like that. I clicked 'ok'. Then all of them were installed. I guess some are related to my adapter or router etc. Somehow it's related to 'Local Only' issue. Still no internet. So I confirmed the issue is something to do with my home wireless network. Came home. Stragely I couldn't connect to neighbor's wireless network again. And you must follow the exact instruction for 8 , Actually I performed 8 two times.
Then I failed. On my second attempt, I performed the exact steps. Hope this helps everyone. I enjoyed 'searching for cure' in this forum Good luck to you all! My son's friend brought his laptop into me, totally frustrated trying to obtain a wireless connection to my router.
Same problem - only local access. After hours of playing with the network connections, I finally simply went into the connection properties, then clicked on and installed the LLTD Link Layer Topology Discovery protocols. They were checked, so looked deceivingly active, but click on them, click on install, and install the protocols. Worked like a dream for me, and the boy was thrilled he could download the patches for his game only dial-up at his home.
Hope this helps some out. How poor is that!! In vista changing the power options will give you better wireless distance, better quality of data less ECC and CRC and stronger signal which results in better distance.
This is not limited to wireless connections. I have several computers running Vista, two of which connect using wireless and one with a wired connection. Within the past month or so, the wired connection also goes to the "Local only" state, accompanied by the system tray icon dropping the blue globe that indicates Internet connectivity.
Same behavior as from a couple of laptops that also drop into the local only state. I've found that I can clear the problem on the wireless connections by right-clicking on the wireless connection icon in the system tray and selecting another protected network. When it asks for the code, I just hit Cancel, and then it reconnects to my normal network and always achieves both local and Internet connectivity. Dropping into the local only state typically occurs on both laptops and desktop computer when the computer has been asleep.
With the wired connection, I go into Manage Network Connections and disable the offending connection. Then I re-enable it, and it reconnects properly. So what did you do to fix it? Which post did you use from the above notes? Thanks jknowles37 posted below is what he suggested and worked for me. The fact that you sister's Windows sees the problem does not mean the problem is with Windows It most likely is with your Vista machine.
If the Vista is on and it goes into the 'Local Only' mode, all the machines - including the WiFi on my iPhone - go down - can not access iNet My Vista box ran ok for over 6 months - then started. AFTER transferring everything and setting it up as my 'prime' computer. Now it may run for two days, a week, or 5 minutes. Tonight it has been going down in less than 5 minutes. I get the most stability when I shut off ALL computers, unplug cable modem and router both Linksys , the re-plug modem - wait - replug router - wait - bring up computers one at a time.
I have tried most if not all the 'fixes' and still can not get it to STAY - eventually 10 minutes or 3 days later it goes. Am writing this from my XP machine. Never did convert notebook or other desktop. Don't need AV with Mac and folks I talked to do not have problems very much at all. This probably doesn't help you or anyone, just another 'testimonial' I guess - but those are the symptoms I experience.
If you think about it, this Vista problem is worse than most viruses! I'm not sure how you can say you have it fixed when it may work for a week or more on its own anyway I've only had my computer for about 4 weeks and just started having problems last night after my system ran an automatic windows update.
Now my connection has been intermittent "local only" and when it is "local only" my iphone will not connect to the router either. Ken, my situation is exactly like yours. I'm not feeling so alone now. Everyone talks about this Local Access Only problem, but I wasn't able to find one post where someone had a problem with all the network coming down. Since I had the first laptop with Vista, the entire network keeps coming down. When this happens I just reboot the router remotely, and I have Internet again, but it is a break in all the connections, downloads, etc.
Not good Hi all - OK solution. I've had this problem for some time. I found the solution after running a cmd prompt - it was one of those smack head routines. In there you will see 5 or so hex folders - that mean nothing at all - they are your network interfaces - but as per-se with MS they label them with hex ionstead of their names!!!.
This is obviuosly only related to Vista - if you look in the same reg key in XP - you will notice that there is no key with that name - obviuosly MS changed the stack in Vista - why this is there - I have no idea.
THere is no adverse affect any any other aspect of security - either in your domain or anywhere else - and nothing seems to be compromised by making this change - but it DOES work and is a permanent solution. I have run into this problem. Drov eme up the wall. What seems to cause it is when you have multiple wireless network adapters configured.
If you disabled one of the wireless network adapters, then reboot, the problem will go away on the other adpater. Hi, I'm struggling with the same issue. Is there agreement on the functional symptoms If so, any clues as to what Vista is seeing that causes it to enter this failed state?
The symptoms I've listed don't suggest its actual wireless problems as such, but people seem to be experiencing more problems on wireless than on normal networks. Or does the error reporting get confused because on a flakey wireless network the PC sometimes reports "Local Only" as the first symptom of a general network fault? Mine has sometimes done that since I relocated the PC - but "Local Only" has in each case been quickly followed by a complete connection failure. I can't even find definitive information from Microsoft as to what a "Local Only" network means in terms of actual low-level operation.
Does it mean the PC refuses to send to addresses outside the local subnet? Or refuses to process replies that originate off the local subnet? I'm not taken with Microsofts recommendation that we should buy new routers with a Vista badge on it. Apart from anything else the "Vista Approved" routers are comsumer grade kit Linksys, Belkin etc. What's the solution for professional use? MS surely doesn't expect people to rip out their Cisco, Checkpoint, Nokia etc and replace with home gateways.
There's got to be a way of making Vista comply with normal IP standards, hasn't there? Host Name. Connection-specific DNS Suffix. Belkin Wireless G Desktop Card It sounds like NLA is something to get shot of, then. I can't think of many scenarios where it would be of any benefit. The wireless may sometimes have the odd glitch, but its the only way to the Internet from this PC so switching it periodically onto "Local Only" doesn't achieve anything.
I note the Technet article doesn't suggest any solution, only agrees that "Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. The incorrect network status may remain awhile until programs generate Internet traffic. Unfortunately stopping the NLA service doesn't seem possible without side-effects. I wonder is there a way to hard-code the network discovery process?
When you first connect to a network, vista wants you to set a location home, work, public - make sure you choose work as long as work has been chosen from what i have seen it does help from this problem to even arise First thing you can try is disabling ipv6.
I also know that NIS causes some issues with networking. If disabling ipv6 doesn't work then download and run this program as an administrator dhcp fix this will take care of the problem of only getting a "local connection" it also takes care of the always present "identifying network". Try this one guys Please check your IT policy first before using the below in case you've got specially configured registry permissions Reset the permission of the entire registry using the following commands.
For Vista. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Windows Server TechCenter. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Asked by:. Archived Forums. Windows Vista Networking. For specific hardware-related issues, please use the Windows Vista Hardware forum 32 Sign in to vote. I am not the administrator of these routers. I gess I'm a bit unfamiliar with this OS and do not master all its settings.
I also marked off security essentials like Firewall under Windows security center , to prevent any possible internet access blocking. My laptop power plan is also set to "High performance". How to fix this , by the way? I just tried to set ID network to " This is a home computer " and rebooted. Under the network window, I also tried to tick a network location or workgroup. This may not be important, though. Google Occitan www. Friday, August 3, AM.
Proposed as answer by thedropshot Sunday, November 22, AM. Tuesday, August 7, PM. Basically what it comes down to is that there is no guranteed fix for any of this. My notebook would come back online local and internet after being in local only for hours for no apparent reason and then just drop off and back into local only for no reason and there was no certain way to get it back online.
This goes for both the Wireless and the normal Cat5 wired. I talked to several computer dealers in town today and they all agreed its a craps shoot for Vista and wireless networking and have been unable to repair alot of the computers that they are seeing. Saturday, August 11, AM.
Does it happen mostly on weekends? Saturday, August 11, PM. Friday, August 17, PM. Wednesday, August 22, PM. This link doesn't make sense.. I have to enter something called "KB Artcile" - what is that?
Is that one of those pre-SP1 patches or something else? Thank you David. Hotfix installed , wireless still going "unidentified network" and "local only". Probably made this mistake installing vista on the computer. I t goes back to " This computer is part of a business network " all the time, even after reboot.
Let's keep on trying to solve this. Thursday, August 23, PM. Hey there everybody, I'm on the same boat as you occitan. Not to mention angry students who can't access the internet. Got the same problem. Is there any patch, fix available?? Sunday, August 26, PM.
Saturday, September 1, PM. I have the same problem that many vista users are complaning about all over the interweb. I can connect via wired ethernet without any problems at all.
The problem is with the wireless access, which is the only reason I bought this new laptop 3 days ago. All my other wireless devices work flawlessy within my network, and can access the internet windows xp pro, and windows mobile 5.
When using my new vista business notebook LG E using Atheros AREG Wireless Adapter , I am able to get connected after doing a few repairs, and reconnections, but the connection doesn't stay connected very long, I just lose the connection and the network goes into the "local only" state. You almost think, that this issue being posted here at MS forums would be enough for MS Experts to take this issue seriously enough to fix, I know may users who have been trying to troubleshoot this problem, when in fact it should be MS employees troubleshootion this major problem What ever happened to plug and play?
Sunday, September 2, AM. Yes, I have tried that autotuning option - it doesn't help Sunday, September 2, PM. For no apperant reason, Vista switches to local access only mode. It certainly is not happening on wireless connections only.
From a command prompt, standard or elevated, I can ping internet hosts both by name and IP address.
I can resolve the names of the sites that I can't connect to with either Internet Explorer or Firefox. Does anyone know what criteria Vista uses to evaluate whether or not it can connect to the internet? If we could manually troubleshoot that process, step by step, we coulld probably figure this out. Otherwise, I think we'll just have to wait on MS to fix this. Monday, September 3, PM.
Hey Everybody, It's been a month and still nothing. Thursday, September 6, PM. What finally worked was the recommendation 4 days later from the new security vendor's support organization: I have checked the system information log you sent us and found that you still have components of Norton on the computer.
Kindly run the Norton uninstall to remove the remaining components of it. Proposed as answer by ciclismopr Monday, December 29, PM. Friday, October 26, PM. Something I found on another board seemed to work for me I know this doesn't solve the problem, but it keeps me from having to reboot! Good luck! Monday, October 29, PM. Temporary solution : Assign a static IP address and check for the connectivity It would get connected instantly Use 4. It;s a global DNS server address Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, November 1, PM. Monday, November 5, PM. Installed KB Have not seen the problem lately. If it comes back I'll repost here. It won't start on my system. Tuesday, November 6, PM. So KB is not the answer. However, the system did recover on its own, in a few minutes. Did not have to reboot. Wednesday, November 7, AM. Where is the bug? Shall we wait for the Vista SP1? Sunday, November 11, PM. I went back to XP three weeks ago and everything is alright,again.
I used Vista since it was released, installed it twice on my notebook, but a third time I don't want to. I am thinking that this is a feature of IPv6 and not actually a problem. The next time you get local only, try this: Open the "Netowrk and Sharing Center" Click on Customize next to your network In the "Set Network Location" dialog box, click on "Merge or delete network locations" In the "Merge of Delete Network Locations" box, look for a network location with the status "not in use".
Close dialog boxes. Tell me if your problem goes away temporarily at least - it will come back again Finally i resolved it using a work around. In the Wireless connection properties I highlighted ipv4 and clicked properties. Under the general tab, I left it to default settings which is 'Obtain IP address automatically" I clicked on the Alternate Configuration tab and set it to user configured. I clicked on OK and close all the windows and rebooted the computer.
After reboot I opened network and sharing center. Access was 'local' for a while then the diagram changed and the red x was removed. Unidentified network was changed to my network name. Rebooted a couple of times and it still worked. Thursday, November 15, AM. Monday, November 26, PM. Anyone tried KB already? Tuesday, November 27, PM. Wednesday, November 28, AM. Thursday, November 29, PM. The only thing that I have been able to do to get "local and internet" access is turn the security off on the linksys router.
I'm not to happy about that. Does anyone else have any suggestions. Thursday, December 6, AM. I've tried everything short of reinstalling Vista. This is actually what the tech support from HP suggested. I connect to my home network wirelessly without any problems. I've connected to other companies' wireless networks without any problems. I hit a snag when I try and connect to an open network hotels, coffee shops, airports, That's when I get the "local access only".
I connect to the network and it identifies but just no connection to internet. Same error that many others see "no DNS". The only problem is that Vista came preinstalled on my laptop and MS website says to contact manufacturer. I think they should make an exception in this case. I was very wary of buying this laptop since it came with Vista. Was looking for an XP machine. I wonder if MS would accept an even trade. I'll give them back Vista if they give me XP.
Or maybe I'll just throw up my hands, reformat the hard drive and reinstall with Linux. I'm kind of leaning in that direction. Good luck everyone. Thursday, December 6, PM. I have had not luck either in solving this problem.
Windows Update worked. VPN to office worked. Not with Firefox and not with IE Ping would work tracert would work nslookup would work. Checked all router settings nothing had changed. Rebooted Vista. No change. All connections through VPN worked outlook got its email , Remote desktop worked. Now searching web to see if any other people have had similar problems. Vista has been working for over a year; Actually it is pretty close to exactly 1 year - I wonder if some license has expired or something.
Vista did not appear to be operating in 'limited behavior' mode. Friday, December 7, PM. I am getting the same problem with Vista local network only.
I am running with a Dutch Vista Business on my workstations. Friday, December 14, PM. I use a vista laptop, i was using a default connection i pick up at my house, it worked fine for about 2 weeks, and then all of a sudden out of no where my laptop just disconnected from the internet and since then its been stuck at "Local only". So i know this is a stupid question but is this a vista or the internet problem?? Saturday, December 15, AM. Sorry for the double post but, i used to use this exact same connection for my PSP and it was fine, now after my laptop disconnected, my psp cant access the internet either Please lets get a fix for this or I will have to go back to the Xp OS.
Sunday, December 16, PM. Tuesday, December 18, AM. Tuesday, December 18, PM. Connie, Pomona, MO. Saturday, December 22, AM. Michael Kleinpaste wrote: Same problem here. Saturday, December 22, PM. I finallly returned the laptop and received a full refund from Frys Electronics. Will now look into purchasing an older laptop and install XP onto it. At least until the next time it happens. Connie S. Pomona, MO. Friday, December 28, PM.
Have tried to configure the wireless connection manually but to no effect. Anyone got an answer that works? Saturday, December 29, AM. Hello, I am having the same problem with vista home premium on a dell laptop. I have the intel Pro card. It connects local only for no aparent reason. No problems wired at all, XP or vista. I have tried relocating the router, reconfiguring the network, everything. Still intermittant local access only. I hope someone from MS is looking at this! Saturday, December 29, PM.
I feel I've solved the problem. Over the course of several days, I made only one change at a time, then waited to see if the failure occurred again. I'm an IT networking professional so I based my decisions on my familiarity with network protocols, impact, risk, ease of implementation and fallback positions. These are the steps I took: 1. Installed Teracopy, which takes over the file copying function of Windows. Please post if this works for you. Monday, December 31, PM. Wednesday, January 2, PM.
After adjusting this little setting, the issues were gone. Cheers and good luck Mark. Thursday, January 3, PM. I can't take the computer out to a diferent hotspot for awhile as i am disabled Can you tell me what to do after i openmanage network connections and right click? When i open network connections it says windows did not find anything wrong with your connection..
When you open Manage network connections you should see an icon for your adapter. Right click on it and the first item is usually "Disable" Once disabled then do it again to "Enable" it. Ok, i did that Xhi I then opened firefox and it says"server not found" I then opened IE and the window opened to say "IE cannot diplay the webage" These would be a different page for firefox and IE.
The word copy is grayed out. Microsoft Windows [Version 6. All rights reserved. Host Name. Connection-specific DNS Suffix. DNS Servers. Media State. Belkin Physical Address. Without me going through each one and reiterating it here, simply google Local Access only and read through some of them, trying the ones you can understand. But, as I said earlier I had a computer with this problem recently and was only able to solve it by reloading the operating system.
Back up your personal data first, of course. I realize it is a drastic step, and it is one I recommend rarely, but I' afraid that is what you are headed for. Most routers fall in the last range, Yours is at Have you tried resetting in order, power off all, computer, router, and modem? Then powering on in this order, Modem, Router, and computer and waiting for each to come fully up before powering on the next one?
Laptop has a network CAT5 connector, what happens when you connect it to the router via a cable if you can do it? My ipad wifi is My router is Linksys I just tried the resetting in the directions you gave. No difference. How did i get this odd number? As for plugging , i don,t know where i would plug the router via cable, etc what is a CAT5 connector Do i need a new router? Or is this a problem with my computer? Try following the steps here - are you currently set to "Obtain an IP address automatically"?
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