punktilend,

Places to look to see if the Connection is enabled

If you can run the Finding System Information Tool and post the information back here, maybe it will give a clue to the problem.

Rick

here is the SystemInfo report:

OS Name:                   Microsoft Windows XP Professional

OS Version:                5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600

OS Manufacturer:           Microsoft Corporation

Original Install Date:     10/26/2011, 1:41:20 PM

System Manufacturer:       Dell Inc.

System Model:              Inspiron 1545                  

Processor(s):              1 Processor(s) Installed.

BIOS Version:              DELL   - 27d90c07

System Locale:             en-us;English (United States)

Input Locale:              en-us;English (United States)

Time Zone:                 (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

NetWork Card(s):           2 NIC(s) Installed.

Windows IP Configuration

       Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : inspiron-apex-5

       Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :

       Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

       IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

       WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

       DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : no-dns-available.example.com

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

       Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card

       Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 70-1A-04-B5-B2-AE

       Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

       IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

       Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

       Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : no-dns-available.example.com

       Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller

       Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : A4-BA-DB-99-E0-37

       Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

       Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

       IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.46.16.28

       Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

       Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.46.0.1

       DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.46.0.1

       DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.46.21.28

       Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 07, 2009 9:42:46 PM

       Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, December 08, 2009 5:42:46 AM

punktilend,

Let's first try...

Go to device manager(right click my computer, left click properties, left click hardware, left click device manager)

Click on network, Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card, Advanced. Look for antenna diversity. Change it from Auto to aux.

Start, control panel, network connections.

right click on your wireless connection, left click properties. Look for Internet Protocol(TCP/IP), then click on it, click on properties

Have your settings match mine.

Also try running WinSock XP Fix

Rick

I have function with it when I have an OS on the system. The hardware is not showing up on bootup for me to be able to use pxe mode to clone the machine