WinXP wireless worked , added a LAN connection and wireless doesntwork

[paul]

I have a wireless connection (3Com PCMCIA card) from HomeXP on a Dell
laptop to my gentoo linux router - which worked fine using DHCP to
assign IP addresses.(FWIW 192.168.1.2)
I was away and plugged the laptop into a LAN using the builtin NIC and
assigning a static IP address.(FWIW 192.168.0.200)
Getting back, I cant now connect to the Wireless NW.
Ive disabled the LAN connection in 'network connections'
I can ping the NW card on the router and localhost on the laptop (
assume its the PCMCIA card as the NC is diabled)
'repair' the connection tells me that it cant renew the IP address
Anyone any idea what to do next?

 

[Ashley]

I would try assigning a different (static) n/w address to
your built in n/w adapter; say 10.0.0.1. Although
it's "disabled", it may still be being used in the IP
routing table.