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Hello all,
I have just recently bought a new desktop PC running Windows XP Home SP2
with an ASUS wireless network card. I have a US Robotics Wireless Router,
which is configured with WEP Authentication.
I have set up the WEP key on the desktop and Windows reports that it has
connected correctly to the router. However, Windows then reports that it is
"acquiring network address". This finally times out and Windows assigns a
dreaded 169.x.x.x address.
I have a second computer on the wireless network and it works just fine, so
I'm pretty certain the problem is not in the router (I am not using MAC
address access contol).
I have deployed a network sniffer - windump - on both the desktop and the
second computer. In neither case do I see any traffic coming from the
wireless network interface.
I have tried disabling the Windows Firewall, but it made no difference.
Can anyone offer any advice? One idea I had - does Windows XP in some way
disable WiFi until it has been Activated? Without a network connection, I
have not been able to do that yet!
Thanks in advance,
PG
Hello all,
I have just recently bought a new desktop PC running Windows XP Home SP2
with an ASUS wireless network card. I have a US Robotics Wireless Router,
which is configured with WEP Authentication.
I have set up the WEP key on the desktop and Windows reports that it has
connected correctly to the router. However, Windows then reports that it is
"acquiring network address". This finally times out and Windows assigns a
dreaded 169.x.x.x address.
I have a second computer on the wireless network and it works just fine, so
I'm pretty certain the problem is not in the router (I am not using MAC
address access contol).
I have deployed a network sniffer - windump - on both the desktop and the
second computer. In neither case do I see any traffic coming from the
wireless network interface.
I have tried disabling the Windows Firewall, but it made no difference.
Can anyone offer any advice? One idea I had - does Windows XP in some way
disable WiFi until it has been Activated? Without a network connection, I
have not been able to do that yet!
Thanks in advance,
PG