Let me start by saying that Vista sucks. I am having a problem connecting to the internet. About 90% of the time the network says Local Access only. If I fiddle around with ipconfig /release and /renew, I can eventually get an internet connection. From researching on line, this seems to be a pretty common problem. For some reason, it picks up a non-existent IP address in the 169.254 range.
I've tried a lot of the suggested fixes without any real success. I disable IPv6 but it always comes back on.
I am about ready to spring for a Windows 7 disk, but willing to try anything that might help. Does anyone have a magic fix for this problem?
