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Hi folks,
I've just registered here cos I feel that someone out there has the answers to most problems.
I have a pc for my own personal use.
I use AOL with a Voyager 105 USB ADSL modem.
I don't connect to any other local or wide networks.
The only thing connected to my computer is a printer.
I have an icon which tells me that the Local Area Connection 2 has Limited or No Connectivity.
First of all -
What is this Local Area Connection 2 ?
Do I need it?
I don't have a problem getting on-line.
Can I disable it?
If I need it, how can I fix it?
I've tried all the tests it suggests, but nothing happens except that I should contact the administrator - who I presume is myself?
Any suggestions folks...?

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Local Area Connection 2 is just Windows’ name for a second network interface instance — it can be a second physical NIC, a USB Ethernet device, a virtual adapter (VPN, VM, Hamachi, etc.), or a leftover “ghost” device from previously installed hardware. The yellow “Limited or no connectivity” flag usually means that particular adapter has no valid IP (often an APIPA address in the 169.254.x.x range) or cannot reach DHCP — and it can appear even when another connection (the AOL Voyager dialer in this thread) is providing Internet access.

As ’s suggestion shows, disabling an unused NIC is a perfectly reasonable fix and it resolved the issue for . Disabling or uninstalling an adapter is safe if there is no need for local file/printer sharing or direct LAN access. For anyone who prefers to diagnose rather than hide the message, a few quick checks help identify the cause: run ipconfig /all to see the adapter’s address, look for 169.254.x.x (APIPA), and try ipconfig /release then ipconfig /renew to re-request DHCP. If the adapter never gets a DHCP lease it’s either not connected to a DHCP server or the driver/firmware is misbehaving.

To tidy things up long-term: remove old/hidden NICs (Device Manager → View → Show hidden devices), uninstall unused virtual adapters, update or reinstall the NIC driver, and turn off NIC power-saving if the adapter is dropping out. Renaming connections so the active Internet link is obvious avoids future confusion. For ’s “automatically connecting and disconnecting” symptom, common causes are bad cable/port, router/modem instability, driver/power-management issues or DHCP problems — try another cable/port, update drivers/firmware, run continuous pings to the gateway while watching Event Viewer, and note timestamps when drops occur to narrow the fault source.

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Hi there


The Local Area Connection 2 is a basic feature on your computer and it is used to connect another computer to your computer. hmmmm lets say 2morrow you went out and purchased a new computer now you have two computers ..... lets say you now want to connect the two computers together you use a network cable to do so. Why would i connect two computers i hear you say ? So you can share files and play games over a network!!!

Now the work around

Click start
click control panel
click system
click hardware
click device manager

Now you will see a list of all active devices

click on the + next to Network Adapters

Right click on PCI FAST Ethernet Adapters

Click Properties

at the bottom of the box that opened you will find Device usage

Click on the down arrow and select
Do not use this device (disable)

Then click OK
ok

and the restart your computer

Hope this helps

Darren

South Africa

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Thanks Darren,
that worked....

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Marking thread as solved.

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netwoking is automatically conecting and disconecting

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