D-Link DWL-G520 cannot get to Internet under Win XP?

[forthill]

I have Win XP Pro and put in a D-Link DWL-G520 wireless PCI card. It connects ok and can 'see' my network that is established by my D-Link DI-624 (which is where my cable modem is attached to) but I cannot get any Internet access from the wireless desktop.
The link status and signal strength is at 100%.
I have unchecked the option of 'Let Windows manage my wireless connection' because I am using the D-Link wireless configuration utility.

Note that I originally had a working Linksys PCI wireless adapter on this wireless desktop and it worked fine.

Any ideas as to what I need to do in order to get Internet access using the G520 card? It is really starting to bug me.

Thanks,
forthill

[BipolarBill]

Have you re-run the Home Networking wizard?

[Midknyte]

did you release and renew your IP? are you getting DNS server information when you run ipconfig /all?

[forthill]

Midknyte - I did an ipconfig /all which tells me the following:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . : mycomputer-c4gqi8
Primary Dns Suffix. . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . : No

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G DWL-G520 Adapter
Physical Address . . . . . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-88-A6-5A-7C
Dhcp Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address . . . : 169.245.18.114
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Compatable Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address . . . . . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-6E-82-5B-0F

* I should note that it looks like I have 2 network adapters - according to the above and according to Device Manager (also I haver two double computer icons in my Win XP tray, one with a red X through it (the VIA Compatable one). The VIA Compatable tray icon states that 'Local Area Connection - A network cable is unplugged'. This adapter still shows as enabled in Device Manager. I have an Asus A7V8X-X mobo and I believe the VIA adapter is a resident PCI adapter that comes on the install disk for the mobo.

I also tried a 'tracert www.yahoo.com'. It comes back with :

"Unable to resolve target system name www.yahoo.com"

BipolarBill - are you referring to the Network Setup Wizard? If so then this assumes I want to setup a home/office network and/or share internet connection via enabling internet connection sharing (which I don't want to do).

Thanks,
forthill

[BipolarBill]

The adapter is using an APIPA address:

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/A/APIPA.html

That means that it's set to obtain an address from a router, but is unable to. It then self-configures to an unusable address.

This means that either the card and router are not communicating or the router is not configured to assign an address to the adapter. This is called DHCP and it ain't working right on your setup.

[Midknyte]

did you try using the wireless zero configuration service in xp?

did you enable any security on the router, like MAC address filtering? if you enabled that, then when you changed your nic, you blocked yourself out.

did you set the SSID of the NIC with the same one as the router?

[kwebb]

Sounds like an encryption issue. Associated to the AP but traffic passing except beacons. Troubleshoot it from that angle is what I'd suggest. Could be your DHCP server is down but that'd be a stretch. You could always manually assign IP's in your LAN's range and ping from there to see if you have any IP connectivity.

[forthill]

Interesting that it may point to a DHCP problem.
I d/l the latest firmware update for the router (V2.42) and one of the items it supposedly addressed was (¤ Fixed DHCP disconnect bug).

The firmware upgrade effectively resets all previous options I had selected. I had not changed much from the default settings except for adding a few port addresses for virtual servers. I had no MAC filtering enabled either.

The SSID on the router (as it is set to broadcast) is the one that the wireless card finds.

I do remember clicking on the DHCP Release and then DHCP Renew buttons.

I'll have to re-check this tonight when I get home.
Also, I do not have WEP enabled.

Thanks,
forthill