Windows ME doesn't seem to send out DHCP request

Hello!

I've got a GigaByte GN-WMAG WiFi card, which uses
an Atheros AR5212 802.11abg chipset. On Windows
ME, I installed the latest driver made by GigaByte.
The AP is a Linksys WRT-54G running OpenWrt firmware.

The driver comes with a tool called "G-EsLink
Utility", which allows to easily enter the
WEP key and set authentication mode. I entered
my WEP key. After a reboot, the tool shows the
Link-Status as "Associated", which means two
things:

1) Connection is (on a low level) possible and made
2) Correct WEP key

To make things a bit easier, I decided (for now)
to use static IP address assignment: 192.168.1.4/255.255.255.224,
Default GW: 192.168.1.1. 192.168.1.1 is the IP of
the AP/Router.

But even with this static assignment, I cannot connect
to the network - even a simple "ping 192.168.1.1"
fails - 4 misses out of 4.

Why is the networking not working and how can I debug
it further, so that it'll work eventually?

Thanks a lot,

Alexander Skwar

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