Win2000 and setup of D-link wireless LAN connection

[MaryK]

I have a Dell 400mhz PC which had WIn95- I installed
Win2000 Pro on it and upgraded the BIOS to get this darn D-
link Wireless PCI adapter card to work.
Still not working-their Tech support is horrible...I am
confused as to why Windows won't see the LAN as "plugged"
in . It did install the driver and in MY
computer/System/Device Mgr- it shows up as"working
properly" yet I have this big red X through the icon in
the tray and I can't ping the router...
Any suggestions??

 

[jaosn]

go into device mngr and unistall the driver for the pci
wirless NIC then scan for hardware chages and let it pick
up again and see if this works

 

[romie]

Well I can honestly say I've had my share of
trouble/learning experiences with D-Link wireless/2g/d-
link routers. Hopefully this will help you:

Your wireless card communicates to the router using what
is called an SSID. On D-link routers, the default for this
is 'default' (ingenious ain't it?) ... ensure that your
cards configuration is set to use this (change it later
when everything works for security purposes). The Mode in
which you typically communicate with the router is
Infrastructure. This again is a def val. Set your Tx rate
to fully automatic if this is an option. Not sure what
model card your using. Also communicate on channel 6. This
again is a default value.

If your trying to make your d-link wireless card work on a
wireless router other than a d-link one... pay particular
attention to the above mentioned details because they are
certain to be different !!!

If all this checks out... and your still stuck, completely
uninstall the card. Reboot. Install the software for the d-
link card with the wireless out of the box. If your using
a PCMCIA card (like on a laptop or something) then this is
pretty simple. If it's a PCI card... pop the top and get
it outta there. .... ok ... now the software is installed.
Now plug the card in. If it's PCMCIA... just plug it in
with the system booted. If it's PCI... shut back down...
put the card in the first avail PCI slot and bring it back
up.

TCP/IP ... to DHCP or not to DHCP... that's the question.
If your using a static IP... I highly recommend you set
your box to DHCP and gain access to the router the first
time around... especially if this is a new wireless router
using it's default factory settings. DHCP is the default
IP assignment for D-Link routers. If static is your
preference for whatever reason... you can disable DHCP
settings in the router and assign your own IP's... I
suggest sticking with class C addressing.
Additional info:
In some circumstances it's necessary to get a 'direct'
wire (cat5, rj45) connection to the router. Do this to
ensure it can A) get on the net, B) ping, C) assign DHCP
address correctly.... this is mandatory for tasks such as
flashing the router with firmware etc. Default login to a
D-Link router is admin / no pass. Best of Luck !!!