<spyguy0045@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Feb 18, 7:39 am, d...@02.usenet.us.com wrote:
>> spyguy0...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> > I'm using XP SP2 (an "upgrade" from my former SP1.
>> ...
>> > card . . . no IP address, and no data from ipconfig. No amounts of
>> > refresh and renew would change the status.
>>
>> Did you try "repair"? That will unconfigure and reconfigure the IP.
>>
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>> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5
>
> Yes, I tried . . . yields no results. It'll say "Failed to connect:
> could not connect to wireless network." (real helpful explanation
> there, M$)
> WinXP will find my router, and when I click connect, it'll go through
> the process then show "connected" . . . but then, click on status and
> it'll show blank entries for IP addy, Default Gateway, etc. also, it
> shows packets sent, but none received.
> The router (which doubles as my DHCP server) shows no client for the
> wireless card.
> I tried settin' all the settings for the card manually from the
> network connection properties box. (i.e. use Gateway: 192.168.xxx.xxx,
> IP: 192.168.xxx.xxx, DNS servers, etc), but still nothing. With
> wireless only there is no response "Destination Host unreachable"
>
> Anyway, I've tried most 'ordinary' solutions I could think of (old/new
> drivers, repair [which is a glorified refresh/renew/flushdns all in
> one], refresh/renew, auto/manual settings, encryption/no encryption,
> I'm not running a software firewall and windows firewall is off, no
> running anti-virus programs (I've hear that can cause problems), using
> windows wireless or using the client that came with the card, TCP/IP
> filtering off/on (permit all) . . . I think that's everything I've
> tried so far.
>
> Any other suggestions are welcome.
>

Check to see if you have MAC Address filtering enabled on the wireless
router. It can cause Windows to say it is connected and not do anything.

Ian

Ian