"Local Only" when using Wi-Fi connection

junipurrwind · Aug 22, 2010

My problem just started last week, it worked fine before. Now whenever I try to connect to the internet it says "local only" although I have an excellent signal.

I hope someone can help! :upset: I have an aircard from AT&T, but it SUCKS!!!

Gatzert · Aug 22, 2010

Power cycle modem, then when that comes online, power cycle router.. wait for that to come back online, make sure you are connected to the router.
If that fails, by pass the rtr and power cycle the mdm... see if that helps..

junipurrwind · Aug 24, 2010

I am pretty much an idiot when it comes to troubleshooting, what exactly does this mean & how do I do it? :embarased

2xg · Aug 22, 2010

Try removing all wireless profiles stored in your computer and re-connect to your home wireless network, make sure that you have the correct encryption needed if your wireless is secured.

Here's a guide=> Click on Start select Control Panel. Select the Network and Internet option and then click the Network and Sharing Center. In the tasks on the left click Manage Wireless Networks. Click your network name in the list, then right-click and select Remove Network. This will clear out the profile. Then go back to the Network and Sharing Center and click Connect to a network and reconnect to your network.

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Disable IPV6, here's how.

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Disable DHCP BROADCAST flag, here's a guide.

junipurrwind · Aug 24, 2010

Okay, I tried everything you said except for the power cycle & it still doesn't work! When I try to connect to my wi-fi using the AT&T aircard, it says "your network is using an invalid DHCP address".

Now what??? Thanks so much in advance for your help!

2xg · Aug 24, 2010

Have you tried unplugging the AT&T Aircard? How about uninstalling/reinstalling the Aicard Driver?

junipurrwind · Aug 25, 2010

I have tried everything, with no success.

2xg · Aug 25, 2010

Try a System Restore, restore it to a point where it was working fine, here's how.

If above suggestion is unsuccessful, please try the sfc /scannow, here's the full guide.

junipurrwind · Aug 26, 2010

I tried those too, received this message after doing the sfc/scannow:

"Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files unable to fix. Details found in CBS.Log windir/Logs/CBS/CBS.log"

What does that mean?

2xg · Aug 26, 2010

To be able to read the log, you have to do it in an Elevated Command prompt.

Click on Start=> type in Search box=> COMMAND=> find at top of list=> RIGHT CLICK - RUN AS ADMIN

You'll have to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program generates in Windows Vista cbs.log and here's how.

"Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files unable to fix. Details found in CBS.Log windir/Logs/CBS/CBS.log"

junipurrwind · Aug 30, 2010

I was following along nicely until this:

junipurrwind · Aug 30, 2010

I am not computer savvy enough to understand so I guess I shall give up. It's like speaking Japanese to me or something.

2xg · Aug 30, 2010

Lets rewind, Post 3.....did you try all my suggestions? Pls don't give up yet.

junipurrwind · Aug 30, 2010

Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >sfcdetails.txt

I tried doing this several times. Nada.

2xg · Aug 30, 2010

It's alright, lets just skip that one and we'll move on. I don't remember you giving us an update regarding Post#3.

junipurrwind · Aug 30, 2010

I tried everything above except power cycling & I don't have a modem or router. It's a laptop & I use an aircard.

2xg · Aug 30, 2010

More tasks for you to do. You may stop and there's no need to proceed to the next step if is works.

Disable any Firewalls and Security Software from your computer.

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See if ipconfig release and renew helps.
Click Start, and then click Run. Type cmd, then press enter.

From the command prompt type ipconfig /release, then press ENTER.
Then type ipconfig /renew, then press ENTER.

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Click on Start=> All Programs=> Accessories and right click on Command Prompt, select "Run as Administrator" to open a command prompt.

In the command prompt or black screen type the following:
To Reset WINSOCK type: netsh winsock reset catalog then press enter

To Reset IPv4 TCP/IP type: netsh int ipv4 reset reset.log then press enter

To Reset IPv6 TCP/IP type: netsh int ipv6 reset reset.logthen press enter

Restart your computer after and test your internet connection.

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Then do an ipconfig /all by following this directions and post it here.
Click on Start => in Quick search type the word cmd on the blank field. From the black screen, type the word ipconfig /all and press enter. Right click on the black screen or Command prompt then choose Select All and Paste the results here.

junipurrwind · Aug 30, 2010

The ip config release/renew did not work because it said it wasn't connected to a network. I tried this while connected to my "local only" wi-fi.

This is what the ip config/all said when connected to wi-fi:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Kim-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 . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5007 802.11b/g WiFi Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-4E-13-90-50
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.139.92(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 . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Networking
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1F-16-4B-75-C3
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{C49CEA11-1499-45AD-BB86-735AEE454
413}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 14:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 21:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 23:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{F4143334-5DFA-43FD-AD11-D81D8B8A5
E1B}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 41:

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* 42:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{F4C81DB3-CA4D-4335-B07E-68FACEB5F
44A}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 58:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Windows\system32>

This is what it said when connected to my aircard:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : GlobeTrotter Icon322 - Network Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-F1-D0-00-F1-D0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::4ce0:8f58:f7bc:123b%56(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 32.176.213.14(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, August 30, 2010 3:33:32 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, September 07, 2010 12:53:06 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 32.176.213.16
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 32.176.213.15
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 1040249296
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-11-37-55-77-00-23-4E-13-90-50

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 209.183.50.151
209.183.50.151
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5007 802.11b/g WiFi Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-4E-13-90-50
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Networking
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1F-16-4B-75-C3
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{C49CEA11-1499-45AD-BB86-735AEE454
413}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 14:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 21:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 23:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{F4143334-5DFA-43FD-AD11-D81D8B8A5
E1B}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 41:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:2cf1:3251:df4f:2af1(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2cf1:3251:df4f:2af1%40(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 42:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{F4C81DB3-CA4D-4335-B07E-68FACEB5F
44A}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 45:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #6
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 58:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 47:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter #4
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:20b0:d50e::20b0:d50e(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:c058:6301::c058:6301
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 209.183.50.151
209.183.50.151
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Windows\system32>

2xg · Aug 30, 2010

Did you also try netsh commands for both TCP/IP and WINSOCK?

junipurrwind · Aug 30, 2010

Yes, I tried all of those.

2xg · Aug 30, 2010

Have you contacted AT&T Support? I'd try this, they might be able to help you.
You might want to try installing the AT&T card in another laptop and see if there's something wrong with it.

junipurrwind · Aug 31, 2010

I was able to connect to wi-fi without even having my aircard plugged in. I was using my wi-fi adapter on my laptop. I called AT&T before I asked for your help. they said they thought it was a microsoft issue. So I guess I'm screwed. :sigh:

2xg · Aug 31, 2010

When you connect using your AT&T Aircard do you use a wireless manager software? If you do try disabling WZC (Wireless Zero Config) Service, here's how. Now try connecting using the wireless manager software for your AT&T card.

junipurrwind · Aug 31, 2010

I don't use a wireless manager software to my knowledge.

2xg · Aug 31, 2010

In Post#23, pls. try my suggestion disable the Wireless Zero Configuration then try connecting again using your AT&T card.

junipurrwind · Sep 1, 2010

There was no Wireless Zero Configuration listed.

2xg · Sep 1, 2010

Can you pls. provide a Print Screen of the Services listed?

junipurrwind · Sep 9, 2010

Sorry for the delay, was out of town for the holiday.

"Local Only" when using Wi-Fi connection

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