What does this Stupid "limited access" means on wifi?

Question

when ever i connect my laptop it says limited access after i disconnect it nd reconnect it. it becomes connected but only for 10 to 15 mints after what i must disconnect nd reconnect it again. i must follow this process to get connected to internet. ahhhhaaahh this has given me an headache. what is the problem devil problem. a friend suggested me to write ipconfig /all in command prompt. when i did it it says medi disconnect.

what the hell media has to do with it. ple plez plez plez help how can i fix this junck

Answer 1

Media in this case is the network connection. It will ALWAYS say media disconnected when you use wireless, as the wired network card will not have a cable connected. You then need to look at the wores adapter section of ipconfig. But limited connectivity means it has been unable to get an IP address from the router DHCP server. That can mean it is too far from the router for a good connection, the router is poorly sited and not able to deliver enough power, or if your router is unsecured and other peple are stealing your bandwidth and using up all your IP addresses. In that case you need to set up proper encryption on your router to block them.

Answer 2

In my experience the limited access means your wifi connects to your router but the router cannot find its way to your Internet Service Provider.

Sometimes the router gets confused. Reboot it.

Sometimes it is both the ISP AND your router that are confused. Turn off the modem, router, and all computers. restart each in line, modem router and each computer.

Sometimes your router may be on a very busy channel due to your neighbors' activity. Get out the router manual and find the place where you choose another channel.

Answer 3

Limited access means that your computer has managed to connect to the wifi-router, but that traffic doesn t seem to get through to and from the internet.

This may be because the DNS resolution doesn t work, i.e. when your computer tries to find out the ip-address of, say, google.com, it doesn t get this address. In that case you might be able to do something directly on your own computer to solve this (for instance by indicating the addresses as 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 to use google public dns service, instead of whatever address you may get from the router during automatic configuration).



But I might also be problems with the router (then you need to login to the router admin interface to check more, or restart the router), or the problems might be with your internet provider (then you have to call the internet provider).



In your case, since it s working at first and then starts failing after a while, I d guess the problem is in the router.