Win98SE new clean install on a Dell laptop. Installed wireless card, it finds the SSID, enter the 64 bit WEP, gets full signal strength, but no IP Address. When I go into winipcfg and renew, it picks up the IP address fine and works fine, until I reboot, then the same thing happens. Tried 2 different wireless cards - Netgear PCMCIA, and a Belkin usb. I'm going nuts - any ideas?
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Weird wireless connection
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Is your network properties setup to auto find connection?
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What about on the wireless router? What kind of lease time are you assigning for the IP, and are you using DHCP?
You might want to try to assign a static IP hard-coding the MAC address of the wireless card in the router settings.
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You might want to try to assign a static IP hard-coding the MAC address of the wireless card in the router settings.
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