Saturday, May 12, 2012

Limited or no connectivity

Error: Limited or No connectivity.

You get this error generally on Windows XP computer while connecting to the wireless network.
There are possible 2 reasons for this error message.

First, the wireless network key that you have entered is not correct. You may need to check the wireless settings of the router.
Open the setup page of the router and check the wireless settings. Make sure that you have the correct wireless network password. If your router is using WEP security mode then network key will be 10 or 26 digit hexa-decimal number and not the passphrase. The password is case sensitive.
How to check wireless network key:

Second reason, your computer is not getting IP address from the router. Make sure that DHCP server on your router is enabled and it is assigning IP addresses to all the computer. If other wireless computers are working and only one computer is getting error "Limited or no connectivity " then you can try assigning a static IP address to the computer.

You can also try to remove the wireless network profile from the computer and manually create a new profile.
If you have only one wireless computer in the network and if it is getting the error "Limited or no connectivity" then I will suggest you to create a new wireless network. Lower down the security level and see if that works. Open the setup page of the router. Change the wireless network name. Change the wireless channel and change the security key.
Also make sure that Wireless MAC filter is disabled.

Easy steps to connect to the wireless network.



1 comment:

  1. I was not able to connect to the wireless network on my computer. I have windows XP and I was also getting the same error because I was not typing the correct network key. The key is case sensitive. Use the correct network key

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