How to get wireless connection with XP?

guidochiesa1951

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Hello.
I have this old laptop and as an excercise I am trying to get myself a wireless connection.
Device management detects the wireless card. I have the little tv set down on the bottom right of the XP screen that shows that connection is there but I cannot open any Web page.
I am giving you the result of ipconfig-all:
Can anyone help?
Thanks and regards

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\rosi>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : eridania-8ce9ec
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 802.11N Wireless USB Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-A0-A2-43-9C-2C
C:\Documents and Settings\rosi>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : eridania-8ce9ec
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 802.11N Wireless USB Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-A0-A2-43-9C-2C
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address
ADVERTISEMENT
. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.8
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
C:\Documents and Settings\rosi>
 

felipetga

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"Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected"
Thats seems weird...

Try removing all the drivers and software related to the adapter, restart and reinstall... it seems it´s getting the IP alright, but DHCP seems to be turned off..., tell us more about your system and WiFi card, is it USB? PCI?
 

guidochiesa1951

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I tried your solution but it didnt fix the problem.
The wireless HW is a Digicom Wave 300 C WiFi USB Internet key. It is meant also for XP and I downloaded the right driver.
I will later look into the DNS configuration and also the solution suggested by The Paladin, as soon as I get the time.
Thank you all, I'll come back as soon as possible