Problems with one laptop and wireless network.

[InlineFive]

Network topology:
1 - Linksys WRT54g running Sveasoft Alchemy 6.0-rc4
.........Uses WPA-PSK, MAC Filtering, AES
2 - Desktops connected using 10/100 interfaces
2 - Dell Latitude C600 laptops using Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG cards
.........Both use Intel PRO/Wireless 9.x.x utility, WZC Service is disabled
.........Both use Windows XP with SP2

I am having problems with DHCP on one of my laptops. It's counterpart will connect to the network and in a matter of 30 seconds get an IP address off of the network. This one will sit with it's hard drive activity light ablaze for minutes and get nowhere. Windows doesn't even have the computer with the moving light to indicate "getting an address".

I have used many different firmwares on the router, reinstalled Windows twice, replaced the PRO/Wireless 2200BG card to no avail. In addition, the Event Viewer logs show that the router failed to give the laptop an IP address. Although, the laptop associates with the network just fine.

After about 30 min, the computer will finally get an IP address.

Any ideas?

Thank you!

-Por

 

[0roo0roo]

does it work with other routers? sp2? wireless pcmia card?

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
does it work with other routers? sp2? wireless pcmia card?

1. I haven't tested. But I do have a spare upstairs that I'll plug in right now.
2. WinXP SP2
3. Internal MiniPCI card

 

[jaykleg]

Don't know if you've tried this route, but my experience with that Intel Pro wireless card on a Sony and a Toshiba, both of which used what I imagine was the same Intel utility, though re-branded, was that everything worked fine when I scuttled the wireless client and just used plain old Windows XP SP2 wireless networking client with WZC. I'm always seeing people state just the opposite. It must just be me. I always seem to do better with the Windows client. That was true even with SP1, but it's especially true now with SP2. My problem with the Intel utility was not in getting an IP address, but in keeping one. I kept getting disconnected. (We have a LOT of 2.4 GHz traffic around here, including a couple of twits who seem to take delight in turning their APs / routers on and off all the time.) Since switching to the Windows client Sony keeps an absolutely unbreakable hold on its connection. The Toshiba gets bumped for a few seconds about once or twice a day but regains the connection immediately.