Vista: Unidentified network when using ISP IP and DNS

[chicagotech]

You may see "Unidentified network" if you use ISP public IP, DNS without firewall. Or check this post for more troubleshooting.

Vista: unidentified networkI've just recently installed Vista Business onto my desktop. However, I ... Sharing center will identify the network as "unidentified network", with ...
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Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
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"Vasik" <Vasik> wrote in message news:1C88FB75-B4B2-42C4-B794-B35E9C47FEF5@microsoft.com...
I got a new LENVO Laptop and bought Vista Ultimate. I have problem while
accessing the internet from home. Configured the IP, DNS .... which my ISP
has provided.

Tried following options :
1. unchecked the IPV6
2. disabled the firewall
even then im getting the same error saying "Unidentified network".

With windows XP desktop i'm able to access.
With the same setting in laptop i'm able to access the internet at my
friends place with my laptop, but not from my home!!!

Please can anyone help me out !!!!

[chicagotech]

Also check this link.

Resolution of Vista Unidentified Network
The Vista Unidentified Network or Limited Connectivity could be hardware, TCP/IP configuration or security issues. The following are some resolutions. ...
www.chicagotech.net/vista/unidentifirdnetwork.htm

[johfc]

I have been continually frustrated by an annoying "Unidentified network" that keeps appearing. After exhaustive searching for this issue. I have discovered that disabling IPv6 has resolved the problem. It seems that either my NIC or routers don't support the protocol. Unfortunately, there is very little information on IPv6 in the user domain and it is enabled by default in Vista!

[guest]

Thank you for the post and sharing your experience.

[guest]

Thank you for sharing your experience with us.

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Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
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>I read through and tried everything in this post thread to fix the same issue
> on a friend's laptop. Unfortunately none of these suggestions worked. What
> finally worked for me was to remove Norton 360 using the Norton Removal Tool
> (http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/N ... 26173.html).
> Once that product was removed from the laptop, all networking issues were
> resolved. If you're still having an issue with this error in Vista, look at
> your Internet Security Software first and if removing that doesn't work then
> try the suggestions in this post.