connect to wifi not only getting autoconfig ip

i have a d-link pci card and a linksys wireless router; my labtop win2000
with linksys card connects and works fine; so i bought a pci card for my xp
desktop pc; it seems to be connected but nothing but the autoconfig ip is
generated; when pointing at the network icon on the task bar is says
connected and signial strength of (sometimes good sometime poor); i forced
in a 192.168.1.103 but still wasnt able to ping (router); any ideas

firewall settings?
just a suggestion
"stan" wrote:

> i have a d-link pci card and a linksys wireless router; my labtop win2000
> with linksys card connects and works fine; so i bought a pci card for my xp
> desktop pc; it seems to be connected but nothing but the autoconfig ip is
> generated; when pointing at the network icon on the task bar is says
> connected and signial strength of (sometimes good sometime poor); i forced
> in a 192.168.1.103 but still wasnt able to ping (router); any ideas
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