Wireless adapter/interface or access point poblem

I have an ACER Laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium and I have no trouble connecting to internet until today, when I tried to connect to my wireless network I got an "Wireless connection failed, this device has a limited connectivity with this network". I have never experience this error before and I do not have any windows update prior to this problem.

I tried:

- Unplugging and replugging my router after 20 minutes
- Disconnect all the devices that are connected to the network and reboot the router
- Resetting my network SSID and password
- Remove and reinstall the Network adapter card drivers through Windows Hardware management in Control panel on my laptop which has the connection problem
- Connecting from a different location with a different wireless network

All of the above failed to solved my problem. I even tried to disconnect my laptop from the wireless and plug in the internet cable instead but still no help. The weird part is that I can still see a list of wireless network near my location, and my iPhone and my Mac Mini can connect to the internet just fine. I checked my network hardware and it listed as properly configured and working.

I am not sure what is wrong as I just used the laptop to surf the internet yesterday. The only thing I can think of right now is that my network adapter card has somehow gone haywire and just stopped working.

jch02140 said:

I have an ACER Laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium and I have no trouble connecting to internet until today, when I tried to connect to my wireless network I got an "Wireless connection failed, this device has a limited connectivity with this network". I have never experience this error before and I do not have any windows update prior to this problem.

I tried:

- Unplugging and replugging my router after 20 minutes
- Disconnect all the devices that are connected to the network and reboot the router
- Resetting my network SSID and password
- Remove and reinstall the Network adapter card drivers through Windows Hardware management in Control panel on my laptop which has the connection problem
- Connecting from a different location with a different wireless network

All of the above failed to solved my problem. I even tried to disconnect my laptop from the wireless and plug in the internet cable instead but still no help. The weird part is that I can still see a list of wireless network near my location, and my iPhone and my Mac Mini can connect to the internet just fine. I checked my network hardware and it listed as properly configured and working.

I am not sure what is wrong as I just used the laptop to surf the internet yesterday. The only thing I can think of right now is that my network adapter card has somehow gone haywire and just stopped working.

If you can post a screen shot of the ipconfig/all from this machine it would be most helpful. :)

Well.. After checking all the windows and router settings, I finally found out the culprit that cause the connection problem... Turns out it was my Anti-Virus blocking all traffics in and out from the laptop. Hence the limited connectivity issue for both wireless and cable... >_<

I changed the settings and everything works fine now...

Thanks again.

jch02140 said:

Well.. After checking all the windows and router settings, I finally found out the culprit that cause the connection problem... Turns out it was my Anti-Virus blocking all traffics in and out from the laptop. Hence the limited connectivity issue for both wireless and cable... >_<

I changed the settings and everything works fine now...

Thanks again.

Which is very very very typical, thanks for reporting back. :)