Windows XP wifi weirdness...

Have an older laptop. Asus, which runs fine same one issue. The Wifi will not connect. Lets run down what I have done and what I know:

1) Runs fine save wifi (no errors in logs etc...)
2) Connects fine hardwired
3) This all seemed to start after a windows update months ago
4) Since then I have reinstalled windows, tried linux and still same issue
5) I see the mac address for my wifi card in my wifi router but I do not see an associated ip address
6) I have tried an external USB wifi card same exact thing as above. See the MAC address
in the wifi wire router, but no ip address gets assigned.
7) I have tried static and DHCP configurations, but no change

The laptop shows connected but I can't ping the default gateway
9) I can always ping the local host by ip and by 127.0.0.1
10) Countless other computers work on this router via wifi and hardwired...

I am 100% convinced the laptop is the issue... Just clueless as to what to change check next...

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dynamik

Is the wireless on the router working with other devices? Pretty odd that adding a new wireless adapter and switching OSes doesn't work.

tiersten

Check that you've got the right key and that you don't have MAC address filtering enabled.

liven

dynamik wrote: »

Is the wireless on the router working with other devices? Pretty odd that adding a new wireless adapter and switching OSes doesn't work.

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10) Countless other computers work on this router via wifi and hardwired...

YUP

liven

tiersten wrote: »

Check that you've got the right key and that you don't have MAC address filtering enabled.

The laptop wouldn't show as connected if I had the wrong KEY or wrong mac address enabled in the wifi router... Regardless I have checked it several times....

Very frustrating....

undomiel

Any luck connecting with other wireless routers? Tried reseting to defaults and rebuilding the configuration on the router?

liven

undomiel wrote: »

Any luck connecting with other wireless routers? Tried reseting to defaults and rebuilding the configuration on the router?

Good question... I have not tried this yet, simply because I only have one wifi at home....

If I can easily get to another wifi device I will give this a shot...

crrussell3

If you can't find another wifi to try out, just go to your local coffee shop or someplace that offers free wifi and see if you can connect there.