Can't Connect to Wireless Router

To help troubleshoot this problem, go to Start > Run and type cmd then click OK. In the command prompt window that opens, type ipconfig /all then hit the enter key. Write down the output from this command or select it and save it to a txt file, then copy this output into a reply to this message.

 

Steve

From ipconfig/all

 

Host name:..............................jake-jr50mm9bo

Primary DNS suffix..................

Node type................................hybrid

IP Routing Enabled.................No

WINS Proxy enabled...............No

 

Ehternet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

 

Media State.............................Media disconnected

Description..............................Dell Wireless WLAN 1350 WLAN PC Car

 

Physical Address.....................00-14-A5-01-C1-38

 

 

Thanks very much.

 

P.S.  Running Windows XP

 

Other PCs in the house work just fine on the wireless router

 

That doesn't look like the complete output from the ipconfig /all command!!

 

Is the wireless adapter enabled?  Is the radio turned on (the Fn F2 key combination turns the radio on and off)?  You say you have tried "a number of things", can you be a bit more specific???

 

Steve

I tried Fn + F2 but nothing happened.

 

Also, I tried to create a new wireless connection through the wizard, disable and re-enable the connection, etc.

 

I must have done something right last night as it was working fine until we shut the PC off and turned it back on.

 

I'm grateful for your suggestions.

 

 

Peter

 

If you open Network Connections, does your wireless network connection show up there?  If so, if you select it and click on the Connect button, what happens?

 

Do you have WEP or WPA encryption enabled on the router?  Is your firewall possibly blocking the network connection?

 

Steve

I can't open the network connections (grayed out).  As far as I know, no WEP or WPA encryption and I unchecked the box for firewall.

 

I hope that I won't have to reload Windows XP but it may come down to that.