Wireless Card - No more Internet -

[Alan]

I have a problem after installing a Wireless Network card
in my Laptop. When docked I HAD a network connection using
a 3Com card, but now I can not access anything on my home
network or the Internet. I uninstalling a wireless card
and still the same problem...

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Alan2
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3COM 3C390
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-B0-D0-59-8C-
D7
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP
Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.144.135
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :

I know I can set the TCP/IP General tab to use the
following IP Address:

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.13
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

and get to my home network (intranet), but can not get to
the Internet.

If I set it back to obtain an IP address & DNS server to
automatic it go back to the above wrong setting...and I
get nothing.

HELP - I want my internet back...

Alan

 

[ron]

the IP you are indicating is a "Private" ip address
169.254.x.x. this would indicate to me that the wireless
adapter is not functioning properly. I would want to
verify that it was linked to the access point, etc. Try
running the setup routine for the wireless adapter so it
will talk properly to the access point. Then if you are
linked up and can successfully run an ipconfig /release
and ipconfig /renew and get a "real" ip address from your
dhcp instead of the 169 stuff, you should be alright.

 

[Alan]

Ron,

I am running a small home network. It has a mix of OS's
on it. SO I do not want to mest them up. All of the other
computers on the network are working except for the one I
tried and added the wireless card too.

I removed the Wireless and went back to Hardwire. I still
can not get to the internet on that one computer and the
only way I can get to the home network is to set all the
IP/Subnet/Gateway/DNS addresses myself. There must be a
file that is not letting the "Auto Select" selete the
IP's...

I have gone as far as re-installing W2K (not formating) on
the laptop...No luck

Alan

 

[Alan]

PS - I did try and "Renew" and got an error message...

:An operation was attempted on something that is not not a
scoket.

I have not idea what that means...

Alan