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Access: Local only ???

What does "Access: Local only" mean for a connection? Lately, whenever I connect to the internet, my network connection icon in the bottom right hand corner of my laptop says "Access: Local only". It used to say "Access: Local and Internet". Funny thing is, I can connect and surf the internet fine. When I view the network map, the map shows no connection to the internet. I guess i shouldn't be complaining, but just trying to understand why it changed. Any ideas?

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gfamily

Bump.

I'm in the same boat, except I was running my connection through a 2wire router. First my husband's wireless laptop got the same message you did - but it still was connected to the internet. Then, after a reboot, he lost all connectivity. I rebooted the PC that's wired to the 2wire router and the 2wire lost internet connectivity. (I reseated the cables, rebooted, etc - no luck. I even got a new 2wire, thinking my 5 year old 2wire was busted, but I'm still getting the same errors.) I was able to get the PC and laptop to work by connecting the cable directly into the MI424WR router, but now we have no wireless. Plus, I really need the 2wire for work. They want us to connect remotely through the 2wire.

I'm wondering if this is another bad patch from Microsoft or Verizon has changed something recently.

Justin46

Are you running Windows Vista? If so, I think it is a fix that Microsoft delivered recently that caused your network connection to show up that way, at least I have seen some comments on another forum that appear to indicate that.

Here is a link to a Microsoft TechNet forum posting describing this: http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3752907&SiteID=17.

Justin
Verizon FiOS TV, Internet, and phone
IMG 1.5.0
Keller, TX

cmterpsnskins

Justin,

Thanks for the link. I figured it was a Vista issue. Not surprised.

Justin46

...I figured it was a Vista issue...

Yeah, I worked for IBM for 25 years, for a long time they were very good at fixing one problem and creating 5 more. It sometimes looks like Microsoft has adopted that same model Smiley Very Happy

katsmama

I also have t he same problem I thought I was seeing things but you just confirmed I am not going crazy.THANKS!!!!!

katsmama

I NOW HAVE LOCAL AND INTERNET SHOWING

cmterpsnskins

Mine goes back and forth. The other day it showed both, but now just back to local. Wierd, but typical Microsoft. Still waiting for the patch, but it's not affecting my connection.

da_goldstein

I am having the same problem both with a wired computer and wireless.

This problem does not happen with I use my laptop with a Linksys router or in a public place.

How can I fix this, otherwise verizon has to go. Some programs like automatic backups are stopping because they think I am not online.

Actiontec blames windows and verizon, and verizon seems to have no idea after speaking to a few reps. Thanks

-David

G-Pon

Have a look at the Microsoft repair article KB947041 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947041 ), this is apparently a well known issue for which Microsoft says "Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products...". It apparently happens when more than one network adapter is present on a Vista based PC.

dfw

I have the same issue, but the Microsoft KB does not seem to apply as I only have one network adaptor( on board Intel Pro100). I think it may be a problem with the way the Westell router handles UPnP, my router fails the Microsoft Internet Connectivity Tool's UPnP test, the test details report "failed to get port mapping from the IGD" I am running Vista Business, and never had a problem with the Linksys WRTG54 router on DSL, I just had FIOS installed 2 weeks ago and the problem surfaced.

dfw

Regarding my previous post, I found that NetBios was set to enable, rather than default in the adaptors properties/advanced/Wins settings. When I had FIOS installed I was using static IP's, and had to set my computers to obtain IP's automatically, and set the Westell router to asign static IP's. The Linksys works the other way, by setting the router to DHCP and the computers to static IP, and the system automatically sets NetBios to enable when you asign static IP. The router still fails the UPnP test, so it is not fully compatable with Vista.

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