PCI wifi problems

Scrawflid · 17 Feb 2006 at 21:04

I've just added a wifi pci card to my son's computer. I already have a desktop with wired LAN to a belkin .11g router on an NTL cable modem. There's already a laptop using a wifi card with no problems.
Added a belkin .11g pci card and went thru all the setup. It's recognising my home network OK but when I try to open firefox or IE it just says homepage can't be found, packets are being sent but not received. It's the same with firewalls off/on, WEP/No WEP blah blah. Any ideas folks, I've got a pestering ten year old here and I'm at risk of losing 'Dad knows everything' pride. Thanks for any help.

benjo plz. · 17 Feb 2006 at 21:07

It's not getting DHCP info off of the main router, check the status and make sure that the address type is not manually configured.

Scrawflid · 17 Feb 2006 at 21:28

It's set to auto detect. ipconfig shows very different address to the other pcs and the default gateway/dns stuff is missing altogether. I can't let xp manage it as the connection keeps failing every few minutes for some reason.

benjo plz. · 17 Feb 2006 at 21:30

Sounds like its not connection properly, maybe the encryption key's wrong.

antc · 17 Feb 2006 at 21:48

what security software are you running on the pc???

Scrawflid · 17 Feb 2006 at 21:51

Firewall - Zone alarm, but makes no difference if it's on or off.

benjo plz. · 17 Feb 2006 at 22:00

While zone alarm is known to cause problems, it won't stop the hardware physically connecting.

antc · 17 Feb 2006 at 22:01

have you tried completely removing them as some security software will still run scripts int he background that can casue issues like this.

If it was me i would remove them and test. if ok from there try reinstalling them and see what happens