New Laptop: took it out for a spin, now does not connect w..

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Turns out one thing I didnt do was power down the router. I did that,
powered it up, and reestablished the wireless connect. Thanks for the
support!


"Dale Ciurczak" <Dale_Ciurczak@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Recently purchased laptop and D-link 650/624 system. Using Windows XP,
> Dell.After several problems, got it working (manually entered IP
> address).Desktop connects fine through gateway consistently. I took
laptop
> to coffee shop, so being paranoid I took wireless card out so it didn't
> bend. Reinstalled at home, now cant connect with it. Can ping at
127.0.0.1,
> nothing else. Signal says it comes on and off (mostly off-none). Manually
> wrote old IP in, no luck, had automatically get DNS, no idea what that is
> (not sure how to find...the other pc is windows 98 se). The Laptop does
> connect via cable, but that defeats the whole purpose. I am positive it is
> getting as a signal. I get a work offline/ try again grey box followed by
> "the page cannot be displayed". If I choose "work offline, my homepage
> (newspaper) is always updated.
> I know I haven't, but it feels like I have lived in the Network Connection
> section for the last few days. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>