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We're having trouble getting a laptop connected to the internet using a
wireless card. This is the 4th wireless device connecting to the wireless
router modem and there were no problems with the previous ones.
By looking at the IP details displayed with the wireless utility software
it's obvious that it is not getting the correct address from the router. At
the moment it is 0.0.0.0 but was something else earlier. Every thing is
definately setup to optain IP address automatically we even managed to the
internet to work when we connected the laptop to the router with an ethernet
cable. This also had the effect of forcing the ip address for the wireless
network to the correct address and therefore worked without the cable but
after a while it changed back.
By going into the router using another computer we can see this laptop
listed in the DHCP client list with an IP address asigned to it.
The laptop is a dell and is running XP home (SP1a)
Any ideas?
We're having trouble getting a laptop connected to the internet using a
wireless card. This is the 4th wireless device connecting to the wireless
router modem and there were no problems with the previous ones.
By looking at the IP details displayed with the wireless utility software
it's obvious that it is not getting the correct address from the router. At
the moment it is 0.0.0.0 but was something else earlier. Every thing is
definately setup to optain IP address automatically we even managed to the
internet to work when we connected the laptop to the router with an ethernet
cable. This also had the effect of forcing the ip address for the wireless
network to the correct address and therefore worked without the cable but
after a while it changed back.
By going into the router using another computer we can see this laptop
listed in the DHCP client list with an IP address asigned to it.
The laptop is a dell and is running XP home (SP1a)
Any ideas?