Pertinent information:
WinXP home SP1
Netgear PCMCIA 802.11b card
D-Link DI-614+ 802.11b router
Until yesterday, the card worked perfectly under both XP and Knoppix. Now, when I boot, Windows gives me a reading of excellent signal strength, but I can't connect to anything.
ipconfig /all gives this:
Code:
C:\Documents and Settings\Ryan>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mycomp's Name
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Peer-Peer
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR MA401 Wireless PC Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-30-AB-22-74-A2
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.200.64
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com 3C920 Integrated Fast Ethernet
Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-06-5B-D4-43-D9
I can also ping 127.0.0.1 just fine. Obviously, since it's not connecting, I can't ping anything else. (I did try, just in case)
EDIT: Now it gets really bizzare:
After plugging in the cable to post this, the wireless connection is working fine... I unpluged the cat5 to try some more stuff, and I'm still connected wirelessly just like I should have been from the start...
