Local Access Only (Vista) when switching wireless network

tomED

Hi Guys,

An annoying issue that I hope someone can get to the bottom of.

At home, I have BT broadband, using a Zyxel router (not sure of the model) - if in the evenings I connect to this with my laptop, and come into the office the next day and try connect, I always get "local access only" and have to repair the connection in order to get online.

The repair is just "automatically get new ip....."

The router in here is a Netgear (again not sure the model). Just wondering if anyone else has come across this.

It happens with two laptops in here, both running XP.

Thoughts appreciated!

Tom

zeris

Check the DHCP lease time handed out on the Zyxel router. It could be too far into the future.

As Sam Couter once said: "Never ever allow a Windows box to grab a DHCP lease with an expiry time that exceeds the limits of your patience."

MunsterCycling

You have to set the Network as Private then you can get it to connect

tomED

Ok guys - no luck. Any other ideas?

Tom