Please Help! "Limited Connectivity"

"Connected With Limited Access"

This is the message I get on my new Dell laptop (Vista Home Premium, Wireless N mini card).

I have absolutely no issues connecting when I insert the connection cable in to my laptop, but when I try to connect to the wireless network, it doesn't work and gives that message. Does anyone have any knowledge regarding this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm totally new to Vista, too, so I don't know where I'm going >.<

Edit:

Maybe this will help ID my problem, too:
Network Status:

Connection Status: Connected
Encryption Type: WEP
Network Name (SSID): my network's name
Connection type: Infrastructure
Speed: 11.0 Mbps
Channel: 6 (2437 mhz) [20mhz]
Radio Streams: 1x1 (TX x RX)
AP MAC Address: address is listed
Gateway IP address: Not available
Client MAC address: address is listed (doesn't match AP MAC)
Client IP address: address listed
Client IPv6 address: Not available

Meanwhile, still testing stuff out. So far I've desabled Firewalls, and still nothing. Working on zakaluka's methods now.

 

A few causes:

(1) Is DHCP enabled over wireless? A lot of places shut that functionality down due to security.

(2) Connect the laptop using a cable, go to the command prompt and run 'ipconfig /all'. Then, reconnect using wireless, run the same command and compare output. Is there a major difference between Gateways, subnet masks or DNS servers?

(3) Are your wireless card and router using the same type of security (WPA, WEP, WPA-PSK, etc.)? If you are using different security protocols or are not sure, disable security on the router and try connecting then. If you can connect, then there is a mismatch going on.

Regards,

z.

 

Do you have a firewall setup for local access. Most FW mfg now treat the wireless and wired as different connections. You may need to enter a FW rule to allow the wireless to connect.

 

If it helps any (I don't know much about wireless, lawl)... I can also giv eyou this info:

Network Status:

Connection Status: Connected
Encryption Type: WEP
Network Name (SSID): my network's name
Connection type: Infrastructure
Speed: 11.0 Mbps
Channel: 6 (2437 mhz) [20mhz]
Raio Streams: 1x1 (TX x RX)
AP MAC Address: address is listed
Gateway IP address: Not available
Client MAC address: address is listed (doesn't match AP MAC)
Client IP address: address listed
Client IPv6 address: Not available

 

I sound like.. a complete noobie, but I'm not sure how to go about enabling the DHCP in Vista. Could anyone give me a walkthrough... or even for XP, since it may be similar?

 

Alright, so... after running that command, I figured out the following:

DHCP is enabled, and Autoconfiguration is enabled. Default gateway is blank, aaaaaand.... is that my problem?

As far as the subnet masks and DNS servers, at first I thought there was no difference in the subnet masks. I then noticed that the ethernet had 3 identical numbers, then a 0, while the wireless had two identical numbers, two zeroes. With the DNS servers, though, it gives different listings (I'm looking at the Wireless vs ethernet lists)

Any help would be awesome and appreciated

 

Anyone able to help?

 

You must have a gateway to get out. All the numbers (gateway and DNS) should match the wired. For temp you can do a manual setup.