Wireless connection only works while wired!

I just reinstalled Windows on an older laptop. It has an external Wireless
card I purchased last fall. This problem only happened since I reinstalled
Windows.

When I boot the computer, the wireless card connects to my wireless network,
but says I have Limited or No Connectivity. I tried Repairing the
connection, but it says it fails to acquire an IP address.

However, if I plug in my wired connection, and then try repairing the
connection, then my wireless connection starts working. I can unplug my
wired connection and continue using wireless.

This does not happen with another laptop I have, and it did not happen with
this laptop before I reinstalled Windows. Any help you can give is
appreciated. Thanks!

Here is the output of ipconfig /all (after the connection is established):

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ruth
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ADMtek AN983 10/100Mbps PCI
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-D0-59-5C-C5-F9

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8185 Wireless LAN
(Mini-)
PCI NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-2E-71-09-07
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.106
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 22, 2006 11:01:15
AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, July 14, 2036 11:01:15
AM

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> So all we need is ipconfig /all (before the connection is hardwired and
> repaired).
> Then we can see what changed to make it work.

Here is the output before the connection works:
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ruth
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ADMtek AN983 10/100Mbps PCI
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-D0-59-5C-C5-F9

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8185 Wireless LAN
(Mini-)
PCI NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-2E-71-09-07
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.150.0
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :


++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Here is the output after the connection works:
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ruth
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ADMtek AN983 10/100Mbps PCI
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-D0-59-5C-C5-F9

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8185 Wireless LAN
(Mini-)
PCI NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-2E-71-09-07
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.106
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 22, 2006 11:01:15
AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, July 14, 2036 11:01:15
AM

I have had the some problem. The computer sees the wireless network with
good signal strength but cannot connect. Until, that is, I plug in the wired
connection. Is use of static addresses the only solution? This seems to be a
Windows bug

"(E-Mail Removed)" wrote:

>
> On 22-Jul-2006, "Nick R" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > Here is the output before the connection works:
> > Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.150.0
>
> > Here is the output after the connection works:
> > IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.106
>
> So the IP address comes right when it works and
>
> > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
> > DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
> > DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
>
> Comes right so you can see the outside world, and
> it all looks good and works.
>
> Use static address configuration, and put in the
> working figures.
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.106
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
>

Thanks for the help. This solved my issue.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> On 22-Jul-2006, "Nick R" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Here is the output before the connection works:
>> Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.150.0
>
>> Here is the output after the connection works:
>> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.106
>
> So the IP address comes right when it works and
>
>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
>> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
>
> Comes right so you can see the outside world, and
> it all looks good and works.
>
> Use static address configuration, and put in the
> working figures.
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.106
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1

This sounds exactly like the problem I am having. My PC logs the error as
event ID 1001 "your computer will try and obtain an address on its own from
the dhcp server"

How do I come up with a static IP address? I'm a neophyte obviously
--
lrytim


"Nick R" wrote:

> Thanks for the help. This solved my issue.
>
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > On 22-Jul-2006, "Nick R" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> >> Here is the output before the connection works:
> >> Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.150.0
> >
> >> Here is the output after the connection works:
> >> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.106
> >
> > So the IP address comes right when it works and
> >
> >> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
> >> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
> >> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
> >
> > Comes right so you can see the outside world, and
> > it all looks good and works.
> >
> > Use static address configuration, and put in the
> > working figures.
> > IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.106
> > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
> > DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
> > DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
>
>
>