New Router will not conect to wireless card

[Allen S]

So I used to own an old Netgear router. It's white and has the blue lights in the middle. It stopped working so we bought another Netgear. It is the Netgear N300 wireless router. Now for some reason, my bedroom computer network card will not connect to the new router in my game room. My network card is a Zonet ZEW1642. I know that it will work because the range is a lot better on the new one. I use the windows network manager and the Ralink manager (the one that came with it) and ity still wont work. There's two things that happen:

1. Both network managers don't find it at all

2. It does find it, connects but instantly drops.


When it does connect, I right click the small computer at the bottom (Im on XP) and click status. Then I click status again on the screen that pops up. It says:

Invalid IP address

(something) 0.0.0.0

(something) 0.0.0.0


Ive spent 3 hours trying to connect. Ive disabled windows firewall, Avira, and removed spybot s&d. NOTHING IT WORKING!

please, someone help me. Ive tried everything

 

[Allen S]

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::24bb:29e7:5279:408%11
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.6
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1

Tunnel adapter isatap.{3E22F8A3-2310-4D1F-8F2E-546A13C21EBF}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:c2a:2250:f5ff:fff9
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c2a:2250:f5ff:fff9%13
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::

^Windows 7

Windows XP This is all i get:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Allen Scozzari>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

C:\Documents and Settings\(name)

 

[Allen S]

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::24bb:29e7:5279:408%11
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.6
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1

Tunnel adapter isatap.{3E22F8A3-2310-4D1F-8F2E-546A13C21EBF}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:c2a:2250:f5ff:fff9
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c2a:2250:f5ff:fff9%13
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::

^Windows 7

Windows XP This is all i get:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Allen Scozzari>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

C:\Documents and Settings\(name)

 

[Allen S]

But it isnt colored in yellow. I installed the drivers off the disk that it came with

 

[Allen S]

Well it says i have a network card functioning but the ethernet controller is yellow

 

[Allen S]

Here, i did some extra research too


Device Description Type
Intel 82801DB ICH4 - LAN Controller with 82562ET/EZ PHY PCI
Network Controller [NoDB] PCI


Device Description (devices > pci devices)
Intel 82801DB I/O Controller Hub 4 (ICH4) [A-1]
Intel 82801DB ICH4 - AC'97 Audio Controller [A-1]
Intel 82801DB ICH4 - Enhanced USB2 Controller [A-1]
Intel 82801DB ICH4 - IDE Controller [A-1]
Intel 82801DB ICH4 - LAN Controller with 82562ET/EZ PHY
Intel 82801DB ICH4 - LPC Bridge [A-1]
Intel 82801DB ICH4 - SMBus Controller [A-1]
Intel 82801DB ICH4 - USB Controller [A-1]
Intel 82801DB ICH4 - USB Controller [A-1]
Intel 82801DB ICH4 - USB Controller [A-1]
Intel 82845G/GL/GV AGP Controller [A-1]
Intel 82845G/GL/GV Memory Controller Hub [A-1]
Network Controller [NoDB]
nVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP Video Adapter


Field Value
Device Properties
Device Description Intel 82801DB I/O Controller Hub 4 (ICH4) [A-1]
Bus Type PCI
Bus / Device / Function 0 / 30 / 0
Device ID 8086-244E
Subsystem ID 0000-0000
Device Class 0604 (PCI/PCI Bridge)
Revision 81
Fast Back-to-Back Transactions Supported, Disabled

Device Features
66 MHz Operation Not Supported
Bus Mastering Enabled

 

[Allen S]

The one in my bedroom is my problem one. It's an old dell dimension 4550 desktop which has the zonet in it

 

[Allen S]

Okay, i installed the driver and both cards have drivers....What's next?

 

[Allen S]

oops sorry. We returned the router and got another one. I can connect to it, but it drops every so often. And when it does connect, it is extremely slow. I ran IPCONFIG/all anyway
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Allen Scozzari>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : allen
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 . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-07-E9-BB-8B-DA

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 802.11n Wireless LAN Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-B0-8C-0A-CB-6E
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, December 19, 2010 11:25:09 A
M
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 20, 2010 11:25:09 A
M

 

[Allen S]

Okay, i ran the command prompt above. It is still unresponsive. I ordered another networking adapter to test to see if the old one is going out. My old one was a cheapie and I've had it for about 2 years

 

[Allen S]

Okay so still nothing with the new card either BUT windows diagnostic did say the DNS is messed up

 

[dEAne]

Hello Allen S - Please do what dadiggle suggest, since you bought a new router you need to set it up first before using it. You have a disc that came with the new router, insert it on the optical drive then follow the instructions.

 

[Psychoteddy]

On a side note, I'm always amused that the cheap netgear routers always setup a Class A network, even though they couldn't handle half of a Class B pool. XD