It worked well at my house under a wireless network. I moved to another city and live with my roomates and I cant seem to use the internet with this connection. I went to my girlfriend's house and get the same message even though her connection isgnal is great and so is my roomates. What can I do to fix this? Is somethign wrong with my laptop? I just bought it on January 5th.
I know all the keys to the wireless connections, thats the thing....Im dumbfounded as to why my girlfriend and roomates can get great reception to the signal and use the internet, but I get anexcellent signal, yet I cannot use the internet.
2007-01-21 16:38:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
98% of the time, when Windows tells you your network has "limited or no connectivity", it means that Windows was unable to acquire an appropriate IP address from the router and therefore is unable to access any other point on the network. There are any number of things that can cause this problem (faulty DHCP server on the router, especially if it's manufactured by Linksys, problems with your wireless card, problems with Windows itself, etc.) but there are two steps to fixing it.
First, open up a command prompt and type in the command "ipconfig /release" and when it's finished and you get a command prompt again type in "ipconfig /renew". This will make windows try to acquire an IP address on its own again.
If this fails, the second way to fix it is to assign yourself a manual IP address for the computer (just remember to set it back to "automatic" when you change networks, just in case the DHCP server works on your next network). If the router is manufactured by D-Link, give your computer a 192.168.0.11x number where x is a number between 0 and 9. If it's a Linksys router give yourself an IP address of 192.168.1.11x. Your default gateway should be 192.168.0.1 for D-Link or 192.168.1.1 for Linksys. DNS server should be 192.168.0.1 for D-Link, and for Linksys you'll have to check the configuration of some other computer on the network.
(I keep singling Linksys Wireless Routers out because, for some strange reason, I have had the worst trouble getting them to assign IP address to wireless clients.)
2007-01-21 19:20:23 · answer #1 · answered by russell.ault 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normally, if it says Limited or No Connectivity, it means that the network key that you put in is wrong. You need to make sure by accessing the router you have and verify that the network key is correct.
After you verify the network key, you could either remove the network from the preferred list and try to connect again or click advance in the "change the order of preferred network" then type in the correct key.
I hope this works for you
2007-01-21 17:34:39 · answer #2 · answered by boiiboii 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Make sure the wireless router that is broadcasting the signal isn't limiting the number of connections. It could be that you are stealing another workstation's connection when theirs drops, but only temporarily until they get it back.
Also realize that many networks require you to enter the SSID in the correct case (uppercase or lowercase must match).
And finally if you've checked all that, go into the wireless network's properties. Look up the TCP/IP protocol, and go into its properties. Make sure you have the IP and DNS set to obtain automatically. Go into Advanced and make sure that you don't have any DNS suffixes entered, and that the WINS and DNS tabs are all empty with the default selections.
2007-01-21 16:46:08 · answer #3 · answered by SirCharles 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
one theory could be that youre wireless card dont support what the routers wifi settings is. The routers setting could be an open system meaning no security, WEP a numerical form of security and WPA-PSK, a pass key is needed to enter the wifi. check your router for these settings. youre wireless card could not support one of these or the one youre router is configured on.
2007-01-21 16:58:16 · answer #4 · answered by Dru 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Make sure your friends routers are not filtering connections by MAC address. Sometimes if someone more experienced sets up the network for them, they may enable this feature
2007-01-21 17:27:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
some rourters dont work well with some computers somtimes you might want to get a card for a laptop
2007-01-21 16:55:37 · answer #6 · answered by miketk516 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋