Hi
It is hard to clearly understand what and why you do what you do.
Wireless has to match the exact settings of the Wireless source.
May be this can Help.
Wireless - Basic Configuration:
http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html
Wireless Security -
http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
Configuring a Laptop (or any computer) to connect to more than one Network,
http://www.ezlan.net/faq#fewtcp-ip
Jack (MVP-Networking)
"Fra Ja Riis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I recently got a new laptop at work. I joined the domain and Office 2003
>and
> went home that day. When I got home I put a static IP address in for the
> wireless card. The status says I'm connected and I can ping machines on
> the
> inside of the router but if I try to hit the net or an outside IP it
> fails.
> Unjoining the domain seems to fix the problem. Any ideas?
>
> Frank