IPConfig... ???

[kittyfire]

I'm trying to set up a wireless network with Beevis and Butthead. Everything looks clear but no surf. Went to check the IP and it was giving no information? I was like... define no information... he was like, there's no information. Had him ping 127.0.0.1 and it was returning with no problem. I've put that issue on the backburner and I'm probably missing something really basic here, but have any of you heard of that before? It's XP which is why I'm putting it here.

[reboot]

Are you using DHCP?
Are you assigning static IP's to the machines?
Are they all in the same workgroup?

[kittyfire]

Hey Reboot! Yes to dhcp, yes to same workgroup. No static IPs, they're getting a dynamic assigned from the router which is getting a dynamic assigned from us... and the machine we're looking at is the one with a pcmcia wireless card on an xp laptop.

[reboot]

OK, so the network is in place, and working.
Are you sure that XP has recognized the PCMCIA card, and installed the correct drivers?
Have you turned off any firewall software, including the built in one?
Have you run the network wizard on another machine, created the diskette, and run it on the laptop? (by far the easiest way).
Have you checked the setup for the router to see if there's anything blocked that shouldn't be?
Have you tried "ipconfig /all", "ipconfig /release" and then "ipconfig /renew"?

[kittyfire]

::huggles Reboot:: You're so sweet to help me. Yeah, we tried the ipconfig /all and release and renew but we may as well have been speaking greek because it didn't respond at all. It looks like something's messed up with the tcp/ip stack but it's answering pings. I dun get it. : / All I know is 98 wouldn't behave this way. ::laughs:: We did just get a note that there's an issue with the install for the drivers but would that make tcp/ip not respond properly? Normally when it's abnormal ::does a doubletake at that:: Normally when there's a problem, it'll still show MAC addres and IP... even if it's all 0s. This didn't show anything. It shows the PC card under network adapters and did find new hardware when we put the card in so the socket's hot. Is it possible even with all that if the driver is just incorrect that tcp/ip wouldn't see an adapter to list so wouldn't even try to pull up information, even to fill in the blanks with 0s? Does it think independant of device manager that does show it listed as operational?

[reboot]

OK, I would remove all networking components, the PCMCIA card, and restart in safe mode to remove any remnants from device manager.
Then I would reinstall the PCMCIA card, then run "inetwiz" to create a new connection.
If the card is in and working correctly at the hardware level, then inetwiz should install all the components you need for networking, including a reinstall of TCP/IP, filesharing, etc.
Just because device mangler shows it installed and working, if the full TCP/IP stack isn't present, or is corrupt, this sort of problem arises.
Again, I suggest making the network setup diskette on one of the working machines, and running it on the laptop.

[kittyfire]

::huggles Reboot:: thank you!

[reboot]

I assume that means you got it?