On 4 Nov 2003 09:49:33 -0800,
(E-Mail Removed) (patrick) wrote:
>Hello,
>I am using 2 notebooks and a buffalo Airstation which is connected to
>my internet provider via a cable modem (Cisco CVA 122).
>One machine runs Windows 2000, the other Windows XP .
>My Yakumo PCMCIA wireless card works fine on both systems. I plug it
>into a system and Windows automatically configures the card so that
>I can connect to the internet.
>But when I try the same with my Buffalo WLI-PCM-L11GP, which also uses
>802.11b, I can't connect although the card can talk to the access
>point.
>For further investigation I downloaded the WLAN-scanner 'PCTEL' which
>told me, that there were problems obtaining an IP-address.
>And most probably there is no problem with the card itself because the
>same happend when I used a Netgear 401 card.
>
>Does somebody have an idea what the solution is ?
>
>Systems used: 1 IBM Thinkpad 240 X, 1 Acer Aspire 1310
>
>Many thanks for you help !
>
>Regards,
>Patrick
You may want to read the thread called "can't get DCHP server to give
IP address" started 10/29/2003 to see if anything there might help.