i cannot connect to the internet. anytime i connect to my local wireless network it says:
Access: Local Only



i diagnosed the problem and it came up with the message "cannot communicate with primary dns server.." then it gave me the option to reset and i did this multiple times and it did nothing. plz help this is extremely frustrating

Lets start here.
Open Device Manager and see if there are any red x's or yellow flags next to your network adapter. Next, open a command prompt, Windows Key + R, type cmd and then type the following without the quotes and paste all the results back here, "ipconfig /all". Also check, open IE, click Tools, Internet Options, Connection Tab and then the LAN Tab and in the window that opens make sure that all the check boxes are clear, if not clear them and close IE and re-open IE.

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C:\Users\Derek>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Derek-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : EasyTether Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-74-68-72
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.117.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, September 28, 2010 7:26:56 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, November 04, 2146 1:57:07 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.117.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.117.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 5100
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-22-FA-9A-ED-1E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8040T PCI-E Fast Etherne
t Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-8B-90-1C-27
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{C9C07A54-6337-425C-AF65-EA1F20956
3D5}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{82284A8E-38BC-405C-AD04-25D384435
938}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{CAED40B9-4501-4603-B551-540CA98D6
015}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\Derek>

Originally Posted by Dwarf

Hi Derek and welcome to Vista Forums

Refer to your router manual and enter the router settings/configuration. Set the Primary and Secondary DNS Addresses to 208.67.222.220 and 208.67.220.222 respectively. These are OpenDNS name servers.

ok well i did this but the problem is still occurring. now the message just says
"cannot communicate with the primary dns server (208.67.222.220)"

Click on Start=> Run type CMD to open a command prompt.
In the command prompt type the following commands:

To Reset WINSOCK entries type: netsh Winsock reset catalog and press enter

Reset TCP/IP stack to installation defaults, type: netsh int ip reset reset.log

ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

Then restart your pc

If that doesn't fix it try the Fixit in this location.
How to reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

Seeing as how this was the top Google result for the exact problem I was experiencing and I spent 4+ hours researching the issue which led to its resolution, I registered to post this fix:

The issue, for me, was my adapter's driver. I had an old driver. My Atheros wireless adapter would not recognize WPA2 security. There were two options: Log in to my router and change my security to WEP (and slowing my speed in the process) or update my drivers. After searching for quite some time, I found my drivers here (of course, your adapter might be a different one):

Quick tip: Atheros AR5007 wifi and Linksys routers - Roy Tanck's weblog

TL;DR: Update your drivers or use WEP security.

OP: Please mark your topic as SOLVED or RESOLVED or whatever this forum uses if this information was helpful.

Once again, this is thread is from almost 2 years ago. OP is far far away now.

But thanks for the help.

consider using DNS BENCH it is very good software. it tells you the fastest dns public servers for your net connection. just google it.

Hi i am also having this same problem and i was wondering if i can get some help too. I've been trying everything, my computer is connected to Network 3 but network 3 isn't connected to the internet ?????????