Re: " Limited or No Connectivity" message in Sytem Tray

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kenward_at_ukgateway.net
Date: 10/01/04 

Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 22:59:55 +0100

Even if you are using the on-board LAN you can get this message.

There have been several reports of this behaviour.

It seems that after SP2 the on-board LAN gets given a complete useless
IP address.

MK

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 18:22:08 +0100, "DM" <mulholld@homail.com> wrote:

>Sounds like the new inbuilt network card is being detected but because you
>are not connected to a LAN it shows up as a faulty connection. You can
>disable the network card in the system BIOS or in the Device Manager to
>prevent this. Alternatively you could uncheck the "Notify me when this
>connection has limited or no connectivity" in the properties for the
>connection. I would chose the first method as it prevents the pc from trying
>to establish a LAN connection when it boots this way the machine will boot
>much more quickly.
>
>
><admiral_victory@iol.ie> wrote in message
>news:0eeol0ds42bgju70952heilupuujjpptcb@4ax.com...
>> Today , after installing XP Pro S2 , I now have an icon in the Sys
>> Tray with a yellow triangle supperimposed on it which includes an
>> exclamation mark.
>>
>> If I place the cursor over this it says "Local Area Connection 2-
>> Speed 512.0 Kbps - Status : Limited or no connectivity "
>>
>> If I left click on this , the Local Area Connection 2 Status box
>> appears which has two tabs , General and Support.
>>
>> In the Support Tabe there is a button "Repair" which starts a process
>> of attempting to repair this error but which , eventually , fails to
>> do so . It then states that the problem might be with the Network and
>> invites me to contact the person involved with the network.
>>
>> As my PC is a stand-alone I'm puzzled by this error . I connect to the
>> Web by means of a DSL connection using my phone and this is working
>> normally.
>>
>> Apart from the recent installment of SP2 , the only other change has
>> been a new m/b some week or so agao which I notice has added a
>> Gigabyte Ethernet 10/100/1000 Base-T Adapter under "Network adapters"
>> in Device Manager.
>>
>> Could any of these changes be the cause of this error message ? and ,
>> if so , what should I do to eliminate them ?
>>
>> B.N.
>>
>>
>
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