I am currently in the reception in a hotel in Tenerife. I am able to connect without problems from here, but from my room, I am having trouble. I can see the network, even though the signal is very weak(I suspect that my wireless card sucks), and I can somewhat connect, but I get the following message: limited or no connectivity. I am not able to get an IP adress from the router. I have tried to change my settings so that I do not get an IP address automatically, but I had no luck with that. I don't get 'limited or no connectivity', but I cannot connect.

Any solutions or suggestions would be highly appreciated. (Btw, if I bought a wireless USB adapter, would that improve my signal?)

I would speak to reception. Sounds like the device is not giving out IPs. You need to ask them why

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sounds silly... but have you done an ipconfig /release and /renew?

if you have, then i'd talk to the reception like mellowd said

Despite the "Limited or no Connectivity" message, have you tried starting a web browser and attempting to surf the web? Many hotel wireless networks don't hand out IP addresses until you agree to their terms of service (even if it's free wifi).

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"I can see why you’ve been having problems, see, this isn’t actually a computer, it’s a briefcase."

^ "Limited or no connectivity" is a 169.254.0.0/16 without a gateway assigned... No surfing the web.

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I have asked the reception. They said that it would normally reach up there. I have also tried ipconfig /release and /renew, and almost all "standard" solutions. I bought a "BeeWi" BWA311 wireless usb wifi adapter, hoping to connect from my room. This one did not even pick up the signal. I do not have any experience with Wireless USB adapters. Are they fully functioning if a new network icon comes up? My computer finds it at all, but the software that came with it claims that it doesn't.

The usb stick might be over whelmed if the laptops built in wifi adapter is still on ! Interference .