WLAN card gets signal but no IP Address

I have an OEM Orinoco Mini-PCI WLAN card in a Windows 2000 notebook. It
finds the wireless router just fine (SSID is detected; signal is strong (5/5
bars); MAC address of router is detected; there is no security on the
router) but it does not acquire an IP address (yes, it is setup for DHCP).
Here's what I have tried and found:

.. swap cards with a known-good one: same problem.
.. Uninstall card driver & client mgmt. software. Download and install
latest driver/SW from vendor's web site: same problem.
.. Install latest driver/SW from Agere's (chipset maker) website: same
problem.
.. Install another (brand and model) WLAN card in PC Card slot: success!
.. Uninstall/reinstall TCP/IP (Microsoft KB Article 837333): same problem
.. For another, unrelated issue, swapped out the computer shell (everything
except HDD, WLAN card, optical drive, & battery) for a known-good one.
.. Give card a static address: same problem.

Does anyone have any suggestions short of doing a clean reinstall of Windows
(which I'm pretty sure will fix the problem since the hardware seems OK, but
will take a solid day to do)?

Thanks in advance,
roshan

Hi

Seems that you did every thing right, might be the card is functional any more.

Since new PCMCIA cards can be found these days for $10 there is no need to “Break you

Heart” because of a piece of plastic.

Jack (MVP-Networking).





"Roshan Qureshi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have an OEM Orinoco Mini-PCI WLAN card in a Windows 2000 notebook. It
> finds the wireless router just fine (SSID is detected; signal is strong (5/5
> bars); MAC address of router is detected; there is no security on the
> router) but it does not acquire an IP address (yes, it is setup for DHCP).
> Here's what I have tried and found:
>
> . swap cards with a known-good one: same problem.
> . Uninstall card driver & client mgmt. software. Download and install
> latest driver/SW from vendor's web site: same problem.
> . Install latest driver/SW from Agere's (chipset maker) website: same
> problem.
> . Install another (brand and model) WLAN card in PC Card slot: success!
> . Uninstall/reinstall TCP/IP (Microsoft KB Article 837333): same problem
> . For another, unrelated issue, swapped out the computer shell (everything
> except HDD, WLAN card, optical drive, & battery) for a known-good one.
> . Give card a static address: same problem.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions short of doing a clean reinstall of Windows
> (which I'm pretty sure will fix the problem since the hardware seems OK, but
> will take a solid day to do)?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> roshan
>
>

The router is a Linksys WRT54G. The card, as I mentioned, is an OEM ORiNOCO
Mini-PCI (chipset by Agere). This machine/card has failed acquire an IP
Address (DHCP or static) on multiple routers of different brands & models,
though it always picks up the SSID, channel, &c. This same card, when
installed in another PC of the same model, works fine with this router.

As for words/phrases being different in various client managers, that is a
pet peeve of mine. Since this card detects the router's channel, SSID, and
MAC correctly, I believe that all the wireless-specific settings are
correct.

I suspect that the issue at hand is not specific to wireless networking, but
some other Ethernet/TCP/I-don't-know-what setting for this connectoid on
this machine. Does anyone know how to delete a connectoid and all its
settings (files, registry entries, &c.)? Any other ideas?

thanks,
roshan

"Clark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> You never give the name or model of the router. Have you checked their
> website for updates and possibly compatibility problems with that type of
> card?
>
> Can you use a different brand router to test? Sometimes words or phrases
> used in setting up the cards and/or routers are a little different and
don't
> always mean the exact same thing.
>
> Clark
>
> "Roshan Qureshi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have an OEM Orinoco Mini-PCI WLAN card in a Windows 2000 notebook. It
> > finds the wireless router just fine (SSID is detected; signal is strong
> > (5/5
> > bars); MAC address of router is detected; there is no security on the
> > router) but it does not acquire an IP address (yes, it is setup for
DHCP).
> > Here's what I have tried and found:
> >
> > . swap cards with a known-good one: same problem.
> > . Uninstall card driver & client mgmt. software. Download and install
> > latest driver/SW from vendor's web site: same problem.
> > . Install latest driver/SW from Agere's (chipset maker) website: same
> > problem.
> > . Install another (brand and model) WLAN card in PC Card slot:
success!
> > . Uninstall/reinstall TCP/IP (Microsoft KB Article 837333): same
problem
> > . For another, unrelated issue, swapped out the computer shell
> > (everything
> > except HDD, WLAN card, optical drive, & battery) for a known-good one.
> > . Give card a static address: same problem.
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions short of doing a clean reinstall of
> > Windows
> > (which I'm pretty sure will fix the problem since the hardware seems OK,
> > but
> > will take a solid day to do)?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > roshan
> >
> >
>
>

Thanks, Jack. The card is good; I put it in another machine of the same
model/OS and it works. It's something with this card in this machine . . .

rq


"Jack (MVP)" <Jack(MVP)@discussions.microsoft.com.> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
>
> Seems that you did every thing right, might be the card is functional any
more.
>
> Since new PCMCIA cards can be found these days for $10 there is no need to
"Break you
>
> Heart" because of a piece of plastic.
>
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
>
>
>
>
> "Roshan Qureshi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have an OEM Orinoco Mini-PCI WLAN card in a Windows 2000 notebook. It
> > finds the wireless router just fine (SSID is detected; signal is strong
(5/5
> > bars); MAC address of router is detected; there is no security on the
> > router) but it does not acquire an IP address (yes, it is setup for
DHCP).
> > Here's what I have tried and found:
> >
> > . swap cards with a known-good one: same problem.
> > . Uninstall card driver & client mgmt. software. Download and install
> > latest driver/SW from vendor's web site: same problem.
> > . Install latest driver/SW from Agere's (chipset maker) website: same
> > problem.
> > . Install another (brand and model) WLAN card in PC Card slot:
success!
> > . Uninstall/reinstall TCP/IP (Microsoft KB Article 837333): same
problem
> > . For another, unrelated issue, swapped out the computer shell
(everything
> > except HDD, WLAN card, optical drive, & battery) for a known-good one.
> > . Give card a static address: same problem.
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions short of doing a clean reinstall of
Windows
> > (which I'm pretty sure will fix the problem since the hardware seems OK,
but
> > will take a solid day to do)?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > roshan
> >
> >
>
>

I have. I experienced this problem when I was running SP3, but I found a
patch (presumably addressing this issue) on the computer vendor's web site
that fixed it. Later, I upgraded to SP4 and the card still worked. [I
don't know if I mentioned this before, but it should now be clear that the
card has worked in the past.]

thanks,
roshan

"Clark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Have you seen this?
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;327947
>
> Clark
>
> "Roshan Qureshi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > The router is a Linksys WRT54G. The card, as I mentioned, is an OEM
> > ORiNOCO
> > Mini-PCI (chipset by Agere). This machine/card has failed acquire an IP
> > Address (DHCP or static) on multiple routers of different brands &
models,
> > though it always picks up the SSID, channel, &c. This same card, when
> > installed in another PC of the same model, works fine with this router.
> >
> > As for words/phrases being different in various client managers, that is
a
> > pet peeve of mine. Since this card detects the router's channel, SSID,
> > and
> > MAC correctly, I believe that all the wireless-specific settings are
> > correct.
> >
> > I suspect that the issue at hand is not specific to wireless networking,
> > but
> > some other Ethernet/TCP/I-don't-know-what setting for this connectoid on
> > this machine. Does anyone know how to delete a connectoid and all its
> > settings (files, registry entries, &c.)? Any other ideas?
> >
> > thanks,
> > roshan
> >
> > "Clark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:jiFpe.2319$%(E-Mail Removed) m...
> >> You never give the name or model of the router. Have you checked their
> >> website for updates and possibly compatibility problems with that type
of
> >> card?
> >>
> >> Can you use a different brand router to test? Sometimes words or
phrases
> >> used in setting up the cards and/or routers are a little different and
> > don't
> >> always mean the exact same thing.
> >>
> >> Clark
> >>
> >> "Roshan Qureshi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >I have an OEM Orinoco Mini-PCI WLAN card in a Windows 2000 notebook.
It
> >> > finds the wireless router just fine (SSID is detected; signal is
strong
> >> > (5/5
> >> > bars); MAC address of router is detected; there is no security on the
> >> > router) but it does not acquire an IP address (yes, it is setup for
> > DHCP).
> >> > Here's what I have tried and found:
> >> >
> >> > . swap cards with a known-good one: same problem.
> >> > . Uninstall card driver & client mgmt. software. Download and
install
> >> > latest driver/SW from vendor's web site: same problem.
> >> > . Install latest driver/SW from Agere's (chipset maker) website:
same
> >> > problem.
> >> > . Install another (brand and model) WLAN card in PC Card slot:
> > success!
> >> > . Uninstall/reinstall TCP/IP (Microsoft KB Article 837333): same
> > problem
> >> > . For another, unrelated issue, swapped out the computer shell
> >> > (everything
> >> > except HDD, WLAN card, optical drive, & battery) for a known-good
one.
> >> > . Give card a static address: same problem.
> >> >
> >> > Does anyone have any suggestions short of doing a clean reinstall of
> >> > Windows
> >> > (which I'm pretty sure will fix the problem since the hardware seems
> >> > OK,
> >> > but
> >> > will take a solid day to do)?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance,
> >> > roshan
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

Interesting! I'll try that when the user returns from his current trip &
let you know. Thanks again for all the help and research!

roshan

"Clark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Just something else to keep you busy
>
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,5354659
>
>
http://www.ralphfowler.com/links/Cle...s_2000%20.html
>
> Someone in one news group mentioned something about a driver that did the
> registry hack for you, that was talked about in the previous post.
>
> Clark
>
> "Roshan Qureshi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > The router is a Linksys WRT54G. The card, as I mentioned, is an OEM
> > ORiNOCO
> > Mini-PCI (chipset by Agere). This machine/card has failed acquire an IP
> > Address (DHCP or static) on multiple routers of different brands &
models,
> > though it always picks up the SSID, channel, &c. This same card, when
> > installed in another PC of the same model, works fine with this router.
> >
> > As for words/phrases being different in various client managers, that is
a
> > pet peeve of mine. Since this card detects the router's channel, SSID,
> > and
> > MAC correctly, I believe that all the wireless-specific settings are
> > correct.
> >
> > I suspect that the issue at hand is not specific to wireless networking,
> > but
> > some other Ethernet/TCP/I-don't-know-what setting for this connectoid on
> > this machine. Does anyone know how to delete a connectoid and all its
> > settings (files, registry entries, &c.)? Any other ideas?
> >
> > thanks,
> > roshan
> >
> > "Clark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:jiFpe.2319$%(E-Mail Removed) m...
> >> You never give the name or model of the router. Have you checked their
> >> website for updates and possibly compatibility problems with that type
of
> >> card?
> >>
> >> Can you use a different brand router to test? Sometimes words or
phrases
> >> used in setting up the cards and/or routers are a little different and
> > don't
> >> always mean the exact same thing.
> >>
> >> Clark
> >>
> >> "Roshan Qureshi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >I have an OEM Orinoco Mini-PCI WLAN card in a Windows 2000 notebook.
It
> >> > finds the wireless router just fine (SSID is detected; signal is
strong
> >> > (5/5
> >> > bars); MAC address of router is detected; there is no security on the
> >> > router) but it does not acquire an IP address (yes, it is setup for
> > DHCP).
> >> > Here's what I have tried and found:
> >> >
> >> > . swap cards with a known-good one: same problem.
> >> > . Uninstall card driver & client mgmt. software. Download and
install
> >> > latest driver/SW from vendor's web site: same problem.
> >> > . Install latest driver/SW from Agere's (chipset maker) website:
same
> >> > problem.
> >> > . Install another (brand and model) WLAN card in PC Card slot:
> > success!
> >> > . Uninstall/reinstall TCP/IP (Microsoft KB Article 837333): same
> > problem
> >> > . For another, unrelated issue, swapped out the computer shell
> >> > (everything
> >> > except HDD, WLAN card, optical drive, & battery) for a known-good
one.
> >> > . Give card a static address: same problem.
> >> >
> >> > Does anyone have any suggestions short of doing a clean reinstall of
> >> > Windows
> >> > (which I'm pretty sure will fix the problem since the hardware seems
> >> > OK,
> >> > but
> >> > will take a solid day to do)?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance,
> >> > roshan
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>