Help - Wireless LAN stopped working

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Help - Wireless LAN stopped working

#1 Post by ptantra » Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:47 pm

Hi All,

For some reason, my wireless lan (802.11b/g) stopped working on my X61 Tablet running XP. It worked a week ago, and I don't recall installing any new software or doing any new software/OS updates or changing my encryption keys (on the X61T or in the router).

I'm getting an error message from Access Connections saying that my router isn't providing the necessary DNS information to the laptop. I tried accessing my router via another laptop and wireless networking works. Therefore i don't think it's my router. I've also tried accessing a different "open" (not secured by WEP or WPA) router from the X61T and I still couldn't connect wirelessly.

Access Connections seems to be able to find signal strength and wireless routers in the vicinity, so my wireless card seems to be working. So while I can see wireless routers, I just can't seem to connect to anything anymore.

When I run ipconfig, all I see is the text "Windows IP Configuration" but no ethernet/wireless adapters appear.

Any ideas on how to proceed?

Thanks.

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#2 Post by RealBlackStuff » Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:24 pm

Turn AC off for the moment and let Windows XP manage your connections.
For that you need to start the Wireless Zero Configuration Service.
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