Help!!! Local Access Only

Question

Hello, I have a new Inspiron 1501 that has never been able to connect with my home wireless network.  I am running Vista.  The computer locate my network and connects but the connection is 'Local Access Only' and I am not able to get on the internet.  When I plug the cable in, internet works fine.  I have a 1405 running XP that works fine with this same wireless network.  This is very frustrating as this is a brand new computer.  I have tried disabling the firewall as well as unchecking that Ipv6 box.   I have been on the phone with Dell for hours and they did not help.   Please help, I really want to get this computer working.   Thanks Christina

jmwills · Answer

By local access do you mean you can connect to the wireless router but no internet access?  Is there any encyrption on the router?

ltpmrams · Answer

Hi Christina,      Is this issue been solved? I am also facing same issue. My laptop model is 6400 . I called Dell support and they could not help. Again the laptop with XP working fine.   Is it OS related issue?        Thanks

Gina Q · Answer

Hi Everyone,   Please remember when you've been connected to your DLS/Cable modem on one NIC (the Ethernet jack) and then you move to another device like a router you must turn off the DSL/Cable modem so that it will capture the new MAC address. So if you plug the Ethernet from the modem into the portable and can get on, but then you plug it into the router and cannot it's because you did not clear the MAC from the DSL/Cable modem.   To clear the MAC turn the DSL/Cable modem off (you might check for a reset button too) and let it sit for 5+ minutes. Also, unplug your router. Then change the cabling so that the DSL cable goes to the router then the router to the system. Then turn the DSL/Cable modem on and wait for it to finish coming up, then plug in the router, wait for it to be fully up then turn on your system. Then check again.   There may be more needed but this ensures that the MAC the DSL modem has is your router's and not your systems.

angel4336 · Answer

No the issue still is not solve.  I am really not sure what is going on.  It is able to connect to the router but only has local access.  My wireless network is called 'Pepper' and when I connect it says connected but local access only.   This morning I clicke on 'Allow network useres to connect through this computer's internet connecton.'.  Suddenly a new network came up called 'Pepper2' and I could connect to the internet.  This worked fine all day, but now Pepper2 has dissapeared and I still cannot connect to the internet.   I have tried turning off and unplugging everything but it doesn't work.   Any ideas?

angel4336 · Answer

2 more questions:   How do I check for encryption in the router?  The network has a password that I had to type in to connect to the network.   Also, it connects fine to other random internet connections in my house.

inspiron_wvhpe · Answer

To check for encryption on your network go to start and type network in search, network and sharing center will appear in the results click on it. Then you will see your network in the middle of the page and connection click on view status then wireless properties then the security tab at the top of the window it will then show you your network encryption.

Inspiron 1501

MK36 AMD Turion

2 GB RAM

ATI 200MSeries

jmwills · Answer

I think a few minutes wiht the router manual is going to help more than anything.

http://willsit.com/resources.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/expert/bowman_wirelesssecurity.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/moredone/wirelesssetup.mspx

If the access
point only accepts WPA connections, and it wants a key of under 64
characters in length, and it doesn't support Windows Connect Now ...
you can't connect automatically. Instead, you have to enter the WPA key
manually: When running the aforementioned Wizard, there's an option to
"Manually assign a network key" that you have to pick. It seems that
selecting WPA causes the Wizard to create a 64-character encryption
key; it isn't uncommon for older access points to only want a
63-character (or shorter, like 50 characters in this case) key, which
makes the Wizard barf. Entering the key manually lets you respect the
access point's limit. The trick with Windows Connect Now is that part
of the standard specifies a 64-character key, so devices supporting
Connect Now will accept a 64-character key.

pjk225 · Answer

I am having the same problem with a brand new Inspiron 1521 out of the box. It connects fine to the other computers in the local network, but will not connect to internet. I have used the ethernet cable to the router, and also tried the wireless connection. Nothing works. The OS is Vista Home Premium. I have disabled the McAfee firewall, as well as reset the router. Nothing works. No internet connection available. Hopefully someone at Dell will figure this out soon. When I click on the network icon it says Access: Local only.

Message Edited by pjk225 on 08-14-2007 01:58 AM

jmwills · Answer

If you stop and think about it, it has to be either an internal software firewall or the router becasue if the machine can connect to the other machines, the netwrok card is working fine.   Ping a site like yahoo or google and see what you get.

nomadusa · Answer

HI, I have this exact problem with my ACER Aspire 3680. I can ping my Dell E510 on the Dlink wireless, or as a LAN, but no internet access. No wireless access where my Dell 8500 can get it, it runs XP, no when I hook up to a LAN (I have yet to try dialup). I am about to just put XP pro on the Aspire and call it a day. I have a Dell 1521 coming in a couple of weeks with VISTA Premium, and I am nervous after reading all your posts that the same issue will happen with my new Dell as with this new Acer Aspire.   We can ping the other computers on the network, but not google. We can't even share the DHS. This freezes the E510 running XP. I tried to load live Kubuntu on the ACER running VISTA and ping the net that way, but no such luck either. Could still ping the other Dell though. This led me to believe that the issue could be the wireless or broadband card itself, rather than VISTA. I want to try and roll back the drivers for the wireless card toan  XP version on and keep it on VISTA. Has anyone tried this move yet? VISTA is prettier .   The most annoying thing about this is the ACCESS  LOCAL ONLY when you pull up the Network Sharing Center. You absolutely cannot change this. My PC can connect to Dlink or whatever but then it stops. I have reset, reinstalled, rebooted, unplugged, rediscovered, everything. But the Access Local Only seems permanent. Once after I tried to merge or bridge the networks, it went to Temp Access or something for a second or two. I had to go back to a restore point though soon after.   This makes me hate VISTA. Any one have a suggestion yet? Acer hasn't answered me, and everything I have read on SLASH DOT, or Techrepublic about this indicates no one can fix this. I can't call Dell until the 1521 gets here. But I assume the same issue will be there.

l2eset · Answer

I also, am having this problem on my brand new Dell XPS 420, with Vista Home Premium.   It is not the wireless card, or my router, because I have used these BOTH on other computers and they work(ed) fine. It is definitely Vista, it may even be just Home Premium.   I've been trying to figure this problem out for a few days now and it is very frustrating. I'd like to get back to gaming soon. You know, maybe use some of the things I got for Christmas.   Although - where I've been looking, most people have been saying it is a problem with IPv6, now I've no clue what this is, what it means, or anything, but I've disabled it, and it still does not work.   Dell, maybe you should look into this?

Cyclops_sa · Answer

I have a Dell XPS 1530 with Vista. Great little unit, but I have spent more time with Vista OS issues in the past month than I did on my past Notebook with Windows XP.

I had my wireless network working really well until 5 days ago, suddenly without notice I have a wireless network with no access to the internet. I can see on the network my son's desktop PC and my wife's Notebook, but have no access to the Internet. My Wireless network displayed "Access: Local Only".

I visited heaps of Forums, and tried so many things. Lots of people said it was the router, virus software, firewall . . . but infact it is Vista and a problem with automatically assigning an IP address.

By following information specifying an IP address and a primary DNS the problem has been averted.

http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread73818.html

Happy to be proven incorrect by Microsoft but doing this resolved my problem and I am now back on the internet.

Now I just have to turn Windows Firewall back on, reinstall MacAffee and all the other software which I lost going back to a backup date trying to solve this issue.

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Help!!! Local Access Only

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