Vista Tutorial - Limited connectivity / no internet

When connecting to the wireless router following message occurs:
Connected with limited Access (no internet access)

It seems to me that the connection attempt fails when acquiring IP address

Laptop info:
Vista Home Premium 32 bit- Ran all current Windows updates
Sony Viao Model VGNCR220e
Intel Wireless WiFi link- 4965AGN

Wireless Router info:
Linksys Wireless G Cable Gateway
MODEL- WCG200 version 2
Using DHCP
I currently can connect without issue using MAC OSX and Windows XP on other
laptops so I know the wireless is working
Help I am stuck as to what to try.
Here is my ipconfig
Windows IP Configuration

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

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-E8-99-C2-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.218.181(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast
Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-80-3C-51-8D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

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* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::5efe:169.254.218.181%18(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{E0955D78-6212-4AB0-A778-407AAAF58D27}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Your picking up an autoconfig IP address there. Which means your Vista
machine isn't getting a DHCP address lease for some reason.

You haven't got MAC address filtering enabled on the router have you?
--
Chris Blake


"DonnaLR" wrote:

Chris, I do not have MAC filtering set on the router. Donna

"Fearful1138" wrote:

OK

Try a few other things:

1. Temporailiy setting your wireless network adapter to a to a static IP
address within your router's subnet.

2. Connecting to another wireless access point.

3. If you're using WEP or WPA encryption at the router, check that you've
given Vista the correct access code. Sounds obvisous I know but I've see this
exact behavior with an incorrect access key before.

--
Chris Blake


"DonnaLR" wrote: