I have a new Toshiba A205 Satellite laptop with Vista Ultimate Installed. I
am having fits getting a consistent internet connection. I have two access
points in my network; one is a Netgear WPN824 and the other a Belkin
5D7230-4. Both work perfectly in the XP environment hard wired and via
wireless. With the Toshiba/Ultimate combination, I am always able to connect
into my LAN, accessing other computers and printers, but most of the time I
get a "Local Access" restriction notice and an X in the map showing
connectivity from the router to the Internet. In other words, most of the
time I cannot get through. Other times I have been able to get connected via
wireless or hard connection. I have successfully been able to connect via
Third Party Hotspots. Am I doomed to never being able to reliably connect to
a legacy router? That's not a good situation for the vast majority of users
out there.

We have seen many cases like this. This link talks about wireless, but it is the same idea.

Vista Wireless IssuesVista: Wireless local only ... Post Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:24 pm Post subject: Fixed: Vista wireless receive only ... machine on Vista Home Premium. ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistawireless.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Frustrated Ultimate User" Frustrated Ultimate wrote in message ...
I have a new Toshiba A205 Satellite laptop with Vista Ultimate Installed. I
am having fits getting a consistent internet connection. I have two access
points in my network; one is a Netgear WPN824 and the other a Belkin
5D7230-4. Both work perfectly in the XP environment hard wired and via
wireless. With the Toshiba/Ultimate combination, I am always able to connect
into my LAN, accessing other computers and printers, but most of the time I
get a "Local Access" restriction notice and an X in the map showing
connectivity from the router to the Internet. In other words, most of the
time I cannot get through. Other times I have been able to get connected via
wireless or hard connection. I have successfully been able to connect via
Third Party Hotspots. Am I doomed to never being able to reliably connect to
a legacy router? That's not a good situation for the vast majority of users
out there.