Cannot aquire IP from DHCP

In my network I used to have a DLink wireless router (DI-624) and a DLINK
(DWL-2100AP). Because I had difficulties in switching between the 2 networks
I sent the AP back for replacement as I thought it was deffective (it might
as well have been indeed).
Anyway, after that I was only using the wireless router which was working
flawlessly until I have installed all latest drivers fro HP as well as the
wireless configuration utility (all latest versions). The effect now is that
I connect to the network but it stays on status: (aquiring IP address) which
never ends. This is what I had with the Access point and even if I roll-back
to the old drivers, it is still the same. Now I'm wondering if it was really
the AP or the DHCP at the router. If I assign a static IP it connects but
nothing works though.

What firewall are you using?

--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

"Andreas Yiangoullis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In my network I used to have a DLink wireless router (DI-624) and a DLINK
> (DWL-2100AP). Because I had difficulties in switching between the 2
> networks I sent the AP back for replacement as I thought it was deffective
> (it might as well have been indeed).
> Anyway, after that I was only using the wireless router which was working
> flawlessly until I have installed all latest drivers fro HP as well as the
> wireless configuration utility (all latest versions). The effect now is
> that I connect to the network but it stays on status: (aquiring IP
> address) which never ends. This is what I had with the Access point and
> even if I roll-back to the old drivers, it is still the same. Now I'm
> wondering if it was really the AP or the DHCP at the router. If I assign a
> static IP it connects but nothing works though.
>

WinXP SP2 + DLINK integrated FW

"Kerry Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)*a*m> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> What firewall are you using?
>
> --
> Kerry
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
> "Andreas Yiangoullis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> In my network I used to have a DLink wireless router (DI-624) and a DLINK
>> (DWL-2100AP). Because I had difficulties in switching between the 2
>> networks I sent the AP back for replacement as I thought it was
>> deffective (it might as well have been indeed).
>> Anyway, after that I was only using the wireless router which was working
>> flawlessly until I have installed all latest drivers fro HP as well as
>> the wireless configuration utility (all latest versions). The effect now
>> is that I connect to the network but it stays on status: (aquiring IP
>> address) which never ends. This is what I had with the Access point and
>> even if I roll-back to the old drivers, it is still the same. Now I'm
>> wondering if it was really the AP or the DHCP at the router. If I assign
>> a static IP it connects but nothing works though.
>>
>
>

You could try disabling the Windows firewall but that's unlikely to be the
cause. Some 3rd party firewalls you need to configure to trust the subnet. I
would suspect some problem with encryption. What type of encryption are you
using? WEP? WPA? Make sure the settings are the same on both the computer
and the AP. You may want to re-enter the keys on both ends to make sure they
are right. If either one is using an ascii phrase to generate the key then
disable that and enter the keys manually.

--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Andreas Yiangoullis wrote:
> WinXP SP2 + DLINK integrated FW
>
> "Kerry Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)*a*m> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> What firewall are you using?
>>
>> --
>> Kerry
>> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>>
>> "Andreas Yiangoullis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> In my network I used to have a DLink wireless router (DI-624) and a
>>> DLINK (DWL-2100AP). Because I had difficulties in switching between
>>> the 2 networks I sent the AP back for replacement as I thought it
>>> was deffective (it might as well have been indeed).
>>> Anyway, after that I was only using the wireless router which was
>>> working flawlessly until I have installed all latest drivers fro HP
>>> as well as the wireless configuration utility (all latest
>>> versions). The effect now is that I connect to the network but it
>>> stays on status: (aquiring IP address) which never ends. This is
>>> what I had with the Access point and even if I roll-back to the old
>>> drivers, it is still the same. Now I'm wondering if it was really
>>> the AP or the DHCP at the router. If I assign a static IP it
>>> connects but nothing works though.