WiFi - Limited connectivity - Tried ALL advice

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I previously had WiFi Internet access working with Vista, but having
restarted my cable modem, I can't get it back up. I have the same problem as
others have mentioned: the WiFi network is found, but connects with "limited
connectivity" (i.e. local, no Internet).

1) I have deleted IPV6 and QoS and disabled the Link Layer bits. I have
disabled power management features on the wireless adapter. None of this
solves the problem.

2) My router does not have SPI firewall (but does have NAT). Also, since I
have previously had this working, I don't believe its a router, network card
or driver problem.

3) I have tried to input the IP & DNS details manually. To do this, I have
typed Ipconfig /all on another machine connected to my network over wifi and
copied the IP, DNS, Gateway details straight across (am I supposed to give
the Vista machine a different IP address)? When I do this, Vista claims to
have Internet connection, but when I try to visit a web page I get a DNS
error.

4) Finally, I can't get ipconfig renew and refresh to work on Vista.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.


Equipment
 
I moved my computer so that it is in range of the cable modem and connected
it directly to the modem, bypassing the router.

....and I still get no Internet access. One more evening of trying and I'm
giving up.

Any last things to try?
 
Tim said:
I previously had WiFi Internet access working with Vista, but having
restarted my cable modem, I can't get it back up. I have the same problem as
others have mentioned: the WiFi network is found, but connects with "limited
connectivity" (i.e. local, no Internet).

1) I have deleted IPV6 and QoS and disabled the Link Layer bits. I have
disabled power management features on the wireless adapter. None of this
solves the problem.

2) My router does not have SPI firewall (but does have NAT). Also, since I
have previously had this working, I don't believe its a router, network card
or driver problem.

3) I have tried to input the IP & DNS details manually. To do this, I have
typed Ipconfig /all on another machine connected to my network over wifi and
copied the IP, DNS, Gateway details straight across (am I supposed to give
the Vista machine a different IP address)? When I do this, Vista claims to
have Internet connection, but when I try to visit a web page I get a DNS
error.

4) Finally, I can't get ipconfig renew and refresh to work on Vista.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.


Equipment
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WiFi Router: Linksys BEFW11S4
WiFi Card: WavePlus
ISP: NTL, England
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I noticed where DHCP was disabled on my wireless connection, and replaced
with with DNS entries.. I re-enabled DHCP and did away with any suffixes and
have no issues with connectivity before or after sleep or hibernation. I
hope this works for you, so far it has for me. DCSC.
 
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