limited or no connectivity

Aaron B · Joined: 11 Nov 2007 Posts: 1

I was trying to set up my wireless network and I'm not sure what I did, but
my laptop now says "limited or no connectivity" when I try to connect to the
internet. I have another laptop that is working fine. When I try and repair
the connection, it says that is is unable to renew my IP. Can someone please
help me out?

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Sven · Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 1711

My guess would be a change in key, WEP or WPA? My guess was that you had it
on and inadvertently turned it off on the Access point, or had it off and
turned it on on one laptop.

Having a key conflict does not disable your ability to connect, from a radio
perspective, to the access point, it just prevents the data packets going
over that connection from being read, meaning they can't be routed, and you
won't be able to talk to the device providing your IP (normally the Access
Point). So you can see good signal, but no data connection. Think of it like
having a telephone call with someone that speaks a different language.
Nothing wrong with the phone connection, but no information gets exchanged.

--
Sven
MS MVP Mobile Devices
"Aaron B" wrote in message @microsoft.com...
>I was trying to set up my wireless network and I'm not sure what I did, but
> my laptop now says "limited or no connectivity" when I try to connect to
> the
> internet. I have another laptop that is working fine. When I try and
> repair
> the connection, it says that is is unable to renew my IP. Can someone
> please
> help me out?

Aaron B · Joined: 11 Nov 2007 Posts: 2

I checked the WEP and key settings and hey did not appear to change. They
match the settings ont he laptop that I have that will connect to the
network. I've tried ipconfig/release and renew and it says that the media is
not conected so changes can't be made. Does that help?

"Sven" wrote:

> My guess would be a change in key, WEP or WPA? My guess was that you had it
> on and inadvertently turned it off on the Access point, or had it off and
> turned it on on one laptop.
>
> Having a key conflict does not disable your ability to connect, from a radio
> perspective, to the access point, it just prevents the data packets going
> over that connection from being read, meaning they can't be routed, and you
> won't be able to talk to the device providing your IP (normally the Access
> Point). So you can see good signal, but no data connection. Think of it like
> having a telephone call with someone that speaks a different language.
> Nothing wrong with the phone connection, but no information gets exchanged.
>
> --
> Sven
> MS MVP Mobile Devices
> "Aaron B" wrote in message
> @microsoft.com...
> >I was trying to set up my wireless network and I'm not sure what I did, but
> > my laptop now says "limited or no connectivity" when I try to connect to
> > the
> > internet. I have another laptop that is working fine. When I try and
> > repair
> > the connection, it says that is is unable to renew my IP. Can someone
> > please
> > help me out?
>

Sven · Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 1711

Try entering the key again on the one that doesn't work. Make sure it hasn't
switched between 64 (40) and 128 bit encryption, etc. Not sure how you can
tell the key hasn't changed. they aren't typically visible.

--
Sven
MS MVP Mobile Devices
"Aaron B" wrote in message @microsoft.com...
>I checked the WEP and key settings and hey did not appear to change. They
> match the settings ont he laptop that I have that will connect to the
> network. I've tried ipconfig/release and renew and it says that the media
> is
> not conected so changes can't be made. Does that help?
>
> "Sven" wrote:
>
>> My guess would be a change in key, WEP or WPA? My guess was that you had
>> it
>> on and inadvertently turned it off on the Access point, or had it off and
>> turned it on on one laptop.
>>
>> Having a key conflict does not disable your ability to connect, from a
>> radio
>> perspective, to the access point, it just prevents the data packets going
>> over that connection from being read, meaning they can't be routed, and
>> you
>> won't be able to talk to the device providing your IP (normally the
>> Access
>> Point). So you can see good signal, but no data connection. Think of it
>> like
>> having a telephone call with someone that speaks a different language.
>> Nothing wrong with the phone connection, but no information gets
>> exchanged.
>>
>> --
>> Sven
>> MS MVP Mobile Devices
>> "Aaron B" wrote in message
>> @microsoft.com...
>> >I was trying to set up my wireless network and I'm not sure what I did,
>> >but
>> > my laptop now says "limited or no connectivity" when I try to connect
>> > to
>> > the
>> > internet. I have another laptop that is working fine. When I try and
>> > repair
>> > the connection, it says that is is unable to renew my IP. Can someone
>> > please
>> > help me out?
>>

Aaron B · Joined: 11 Nov 2007 Posts: 2

I re-entered the key and it worked this time. Thanks for the help. Just
curious, I never changed the key, and it appeared to be there when I was
logging on. Why did I have to re-enter it?

"Sven" wrote:

> Try entering the key again on the one that doesn't work. Make sure it hasn't
> switched between 64 (40) and 128 bit encryption, etc. Not sure how you can
> tell the key hasn't changed. they aren't typically visible.
>
> --
> Sven
> MS MVP Mobile Devices
> "Aaron B" wrote in message
> @microsoft.com...
> >I checked the WEP and key settings and hey did not appear to change. They
> > match the settings ont he laptop that I have that will connect to the
> > network. I've tried ipconfig/release and renew and it says that the media
> > is
> > not conected so changes can't be made. Does that help?
> >
> > "Sven" wrote:
> >
> >> My guess would be a change in key, WEP or WPA? My guess was that you had
> >> it
> >> on and inadvertently turned it off on the Access point, or had it off and
> >> turned it on on one laptop.
> >>
> >> Having a key conflict does not disable your ability to connect, from a
> >> radio
> >> perspective, to the access point, it just prevents the data packets going
> >> over that connection from being read, meaning they can't be routed, and
> >> you
> >> won't be able to talk to the device providing your IP (normally the
> >> Access
> >> Point). So you can see good signal, but no data connection. Think of it
> >> like
> >> having a telephone call with someone that speaks a different language.
> >> Nothing wrong with the phone connection, but no information gets
> >> exchanged.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Sven
> >> MS MVP Mobile Devices
> >> "Aaron B" wrote in message
> >> @microsoft.com...
> >> >I was trying to set up my wireless network and I'm not sure what I did,
> >> >but
> >> > my laptop now says "limited or no connectivity" when I try to connect
> >> > to
> >> > the
> >> > internet. I have another laptop that is working fine. When I try and
> >> > repair
> >> > the connection, it says that is is unable to renew my IP. Can someone
> >> > please
> >> > help me out?
> >>
>

Sven · Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 1711

Inadvertent bump, something overwriting, someone accidentally selecting the
wrong option when asked what to do at an unexpected prompt. PCs aren't any
more perfect than people. No real way to tell. Glad it's fixed though.

--
Sven
MS MVP Mobile Devices
"Aaron B" wrote in message @microsoft.com...
>I re-entered the key and it worked this time. Thanks for the help. Just
> curious, I never changed the key, and it appeared to be there when I was
> logging on. Why did I have to re-enter it?
>
> "Sven" wrote:
>
>> Try entering the key again on the one that doesn't work. Make sure it
>> hasn't
>> switched between 64 (40) and 128 bit encryption, etc. Not sure how you
>> can
>> tell the key hasn't changed. they aren't typically visible.
>>
>> --
>> Sven
>> MS MVP Mobile Devices
>> "Aaron B" wrote in message
>> @microsoft.com...
>> >I checked the WEP and key settings and hey did not appear to change.
>> >They
>> > match the settings ont he laptop that I have that will connect to the
>> > network. I've tried ipconfig/release and renew and it says that the
>> > media
>> > is
>> > not conected so changes can't be made. Does that help?
>> >
>> > "Sven" wrote:
>> >
>> >> My guess would be a change in key, WEP or WPA? My guess was that you
>> >> had
>> >> it
>> >> on and inadvertently turned it off on the Access point, or had it off
>> >> and
>> >> turned it on on one laptop.
>> >>
>> >> Having a key conflict does not disable your ability to connect, from a
>> >> radio
>> >> perspective, to the access point, it just prevents the data packets
>> >> going
>> >> over that connection from being read, meaning they can't be routed,
>> >> and
>> >> you
>> >> won't be able to talk to the device providing your IP (normally the
>> >> Access
>> >> Point). So you can see good signal, but no data connection. Think of
>> >> it
>> >> like
>> >> having a telephone call with someone that speaks a different language.
>> >> Nothing wrong with the phone connection, but no information gets
>> >> exchanged.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Sven
>> >> MS MVP Mobile Devices
>> >> "Aaron B" wrote in message
>> >> @microsoft.com...
>> >> >I was trying to set up my wireless network and I'm not sure what I
>> >> >did,
>> >> >but
>> >> > my laptop now says "limited or no connectivity" when I try to
>> >> > connect
>> >> > to
>> >> > the
>> >> > internet. I have another laptop that is working fine. When I try
>> >> > and
>> >> > repair
>> >> > the connection, it says that is is unable to renew my IP. Can
>> >> > someone
>> >> > please
>> >> > help me out?
>> >>
>>

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