"Mfox01702" <Mfox01***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a Ferrari 3200 running XP Home and a Netgear DG834PN wireless
>router.
> I have been able to connect wirelessly to the router for some time but
> reasently it just refuses to connect.
>
> The Laptop will pick up an IP using DHCP from the router however will not
> ping the gateway or browse the internet.
>
> The firewall is off on the laptop and the router is open and allows
> another
> Acer Tarvelamte laptop to connect perfectly.
> Afer messing around I disabled the Local Network connection and the
> wireless
> worked perfectly.  The problem I have here is that when I use my laptop at
> work I want to use the LAN and not WLAN and disabling the LAN each time I
> want to use the wireless seems a bit of a pointless task!!!
>
> Can any 1 help me with this problem.  Any thing would be appreciated
>
> Thanks in advanced