Wifi connection can connect local access only

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I have had this Toshiba AS Satellite laptop since September '09 and have never had any internet connectivity issues until last week. It came with Vista Home Premium bit and I've used in my apartment and at my parent's house, and it has always automatically detected both networks and connected immediately. Last week, I started getting "Local access only" when I connected at both my apartment and at my parent's house. Nothing is working. I took it into Best Buy where I bought it and have an active warranty, and the Geek Squad connected to the Best Buy wireless network right in front of me and told it looks like its working and there's nothing they can really do.

Please help. Joined Oct 2, Messages 65, I have Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit. It says my Windows Firewall is off. I am at my parents house right now and they have unsecured network. I deleted it and then tried reconnecting, but it is still giving me local access only. How do I log in to the router to remove wireless security? Here is the cmd data, I am going to run that program now. Microsoft Windows [Version 6.

All rights reserved. Please check the name and try again. Request timed out. Ping statistics for Norton came pre-installed in my computer but I never activated it, and it is not showing as active on my task bar. Running Xirrus now will post screenshot in a minute. Trying to upload the image, lets see if this works. The laptop runs Windows Vista bit Service pack 1.

I have tried several things to get the internet to connect. I have a desktop that has a wireless adapater that runs the exact same OS as the laptop and I have no trouble with this connection. I am able to connect to the internet if I hook the laptop up to the ethernet cable. I am completely stumped and would appreciate any advice! Hold the Windows key and type R, enter "services. Scroll down to the IP Helper service, right click on it and select Properties 3. In the dropdown box that says "Automatic" or "Manual", set it to Disabled and then click on "Apply" 4.

Then click on "Stop" to stop the service from running in the current session 5. Click OK to exit the dialog. Then go into device manager and remove any 4to6 adapters, WUN miniport adapters, or tunnel adapters. NOTE: You should do this for each network connection, even if they are disabled. Method 4. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly.

Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then click regedit in the Programs list.

If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click Continue. Locate and then click the following registry subkey: 4. In this registry path, click the GUID subkey that corresponds to the network adapter that is connected to the network.

In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK. Close Registry Editor. You may also try to uninstall and reinstall the driver for the wireless card.