I installed OS 2006, set up my connection, but it's not connecting to the internet. I get this message with the connection:

Connected to xxxx with link - local IP address

and there's a red question mark over the little globe. Can anyone shed any light on this and help me solve this problem?

Thank you.

Looks to me like an IP address problem.
You should go to: Control panel > Connectivity > Connections
and edit the one you need to use, including the Advanced features, where you can choose an IP address. Good luck!

I tried assigning ip addresses, etc. That eliminated the question mark and the "link-to" message, however I still get "network problem" when attempting to go online.

Prior to OS 2006 I did not need to assign IP etc. Why should I have to do that now?

This is very frustrating. I'm not a complete dummy, however I need detailed, step by step "treat me like a kindergartener" troubleshooting instructions. The maemo site is no help. The Nokia site is no help. If there's someone out there that can talk me through this, I will even go so far as giving you my phone # if you can help.

Thanks for letting me vent.

Sometimes it's the simplest thing. And it can make you look foolish, too.

I'd entered the wrong WEP key. Once I got the right ones in - connection was made.

I got this message with my newly installed router.

I got this message with a public unlocked Wifi access point. No WEP security.

Since switching to OS 2006 I have been having real problems with "Local link-IP address" on my home Network which is set to provide a DHCP IP for the Nokia 770 etc. I logged my problem as a comment to an existing bug on Bugzilla, https://maemo.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=596

Initial connection would be fine but almost whenever I re-connected after a dropped connection I would receive the Local link-IP address confirmation and the ? on the world symbol which is very helpful I did NOT have this problem under OS 2005.

Last Night I noticed that checking and changing the following in connection parameters of a given Wi-Fi connection point seems to stop the "link-local IP address" issue occurring. (More testing required to be sure however)

On The Nokia 770.

Go-to, tools, connection manager and open connection manager.
Go-to, connection manager window, tools, connectivity settings.

In the connectivity window, select connections (at bottom of window) which will then list your saved connections. From here we can select and review a stored connections settings (Via a wizard) and edit specific connection parameters.

I have realised that for some reason under OS 2006 the "Network is Hidden" option is being selected for some saved connections? I know my network is NOT hidden and I never expressly asked the Nokia 770 to set this connection to "Network is hidden" ?

Since ensuring this option is switched off, the problem appears to have disappeared.

Note: I copied all my settings from OS 2005 to OS 2006, could this have introduce an anomaly perhaps?

I noticed this also on my home wireless lan, and I can say that this is not related to settings copied from 2005 to 2006, since I started with a fresh 2006 image.

Can anyone please please please help me here ... my 770 works fine at home, at work we have a free wireless network but the signals are weak - most of the time signals are just one or two bars. my nokia connects to the signal without any problems but always says using link-local IP address. I can see status as connected. Can anyone please tell me what can i do to fix it.

i have check all the settings and eveything looks normal. it works fine at home though.

thanks in adavce

I had the same issue and found that by setting the wifi signal power mode from high to low (I know this seems counter intuative) I have been getting stable connections over the last week...