Hello Tony,

I had the same problem my LAN network connection had a status: local.
Some where i read that vista determines this status by checking your gateway
ip adress. So i did an ipconfig /all. And i saw that i had 2 gateways. one
0.0.0.0 and an other 192.168.2.1. So i configured an static ip adress. And
the status local was solved. I back configured my LAN back to DHCP. And the
problem was solved.

Hope this help for u to.
happy testing

"Tony Olson" wrote:

I've installed Vista a number of times on a Dell 8300 running Win XP Pro.
Wanting to simplify the process I removed Vista and did a clean install of
Win XP Pro. I made sure I didn't select to setup a network and only go
through my cable modem to get to the Internet (note: this type of connection
works fine on all my PC's with Win XP as well as using a network). I did a
complete install (formatting etc) of Vista and initially my connection was
fine. I did a restart and my connection was lost (local connection only). My
IPv4 shows "local" and IPv6 shows not connected. I tried unplugging/plugging
in my modem and diagnoses etc. I using a D-Link DFE-530TX NIC card. Any
setting changes you can think of...I didn't setup a network?

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Tony Olson