USB Wireless Adapter - Cannot Contact DHCP Server

Hi There,

Would be very grateful if someone could provide more ideas on troubleshooting:

I have recently purchased a PC for which I am having problems establishing a wireless connection.
I am using a USB wireless

adapter - NETGEAR WG111v2
and the PC is a Dell Optiplex 745.

OS is winXP SP2, with Windows firewall currently disabled.


I know that the wireless adapter is ok, as it has successfully connected other machines to my wireless router.

I have checked / tried the following:

1. Ensured that DHCP and DNS client Services are Started and running.
2. netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt
3. ipconfig /release followed by ipconfig /renew
- the error message from the /renew command is:
"Windows IP Configuration
An error occurred while renewing interface Wireless Network Connection : unable
to contact your DHCP server. Request has timed out. "

4. I can't ping the wireless router
5. The router management portal shows the MAC address of the USB Adapter, so there is at least connection at the lowest 2

levels?

This is the current output of ipconfig /all (NB: PC has on-board ethernet interface, currently disabled, although i have

tried all the above with the interface enabled; results were the same).

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : dulcinea
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR WG111v2 54Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-4D-00-AB-64
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.120.148
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :


Is there anything else that I am missing here? I am also aware that there is an XP SP2 Hotfix, but from reading it doesnt

seem applicable? (i have disabled WinXP Firewall)

Thanks in advance for any and all help

Cheers,

 

How is the signal strength for your wireless card?

I know in if the signal is too weak due to whatever reason, it could not get the right IP.

 

Thanks for checking in, Jason.

The signal strength is fine. Its at about 70-80%.

any other ideas?

 

Tony,

Thanks a million, I tried your suggestion and it works!

Didn't have to uninstall the Netgear Software, however selected the Windows Zero Config option when windows was starting up. It renews the IP address automatically, now.

Thanks again, dont exactly know whats wrong with the Netgear wireless software, but i'm not going to explore any further for now.

 

I agree.
Tony,
Do you remember the XP wireless utility before the service pacs?
Oh it was HORRIBLE!