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access point appear: unidentified network
internet appear bloqued
access: Local only
connection: wireless connection.
Please help check what is the reason "local only".
ip is assigned automatically by DHCP, but is not possible to connect to internet, the problem appear only on windows vista Pcs, in my other computer with XP version the connection is good.
I have Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1.
Thanks
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Check how your security is setup on your AP. I had to mess with mine a bit. For some reason, my windows 7 machines have been sensitive to it, especially on netgear AP's
http://www.mountainvistatech.com/2012/04/27/windows-7-wireless-connected-but-local-access-only/
I have the same problem, that is, when I use wireless my computer identifies the router as "UNIDENTIFIED NETWORK" and connects with "Local Only". The wired connection works fine. I have tried everything proposed in this thread, including the KB928233, rebuilding the IP stack, Norton removal tool, everything. Nothing works.
What is really frustrating is the Microsoft must know that this is an unresolved issue, because it is clearly quite widespread, and yet they do not fix it. The only solution they propose here clearly doesn't work in many cases.
That is frustrating, but not surprising. Microsoft uses their customers as un-witting beta testers for all of their operating system releases.
I found the solution to my issue (which seemed the same as the original post). I was getting the unidentified network with local only access from both wireless and wired connections on my Vista laptop while all of my other computers could connect (one XP, one Linux and one Windows 7). Here was the solution (found at http://geekswithblogs.net/mattcampbell/archive/2007/09/30/Resetting-your-whole-IP-stack-in-Vista.aspx):
Run cmd.exe as administrator and do the following:
ipconfig /f
nbtstat -R
nbtstat -RR
netsh int reset all
netsh int ip reset
net winsock reset
I received an error on one or two of these, but just kept going. Reboot the computer and the connection came back for both wired and wireless. Hope this helps someone else.
Do you have Norton Antivirus or have you ever had Norton Antivirus on your computer?
Did you get it deleted completely with the Norton Removal Tool?
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I have the same problem with WINDOWS 7.... PLSSSSS HELP :(
