"Adman" <ad_man***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I am experiencing a strange issue I hope someone can help with.  This
> morning I replaced my Linksys 802.11b router that died with a new
> Linksys 802.11g (WRT54GS).  Everything appears to be working fine and
> all of my devices can access the Internet.  I have two wireless
> devices, one with a hard coded IP Address and one set to use DHCP.  The
> issue is with the wireless laptop running Windows XP SP2 and DHCP using
> the internal wireless card.  When it boots it connects to the router,
> obtains the IP Address, and I can connect to the Net.  Life is good
> except in the "Choose a wireless network" window of XP it lists my SSID
> and states "Disconnected".  However the description underneath says I
> am connected.  When I select the my network from the list the "connect"
> button at the bottom of the screen changes to "disconnect".
>
> Everything works except when I execute "ipconfig /release" and
> "ipconfig /renew" from the DOS prompt I get an error message stating an
> address cannot be obtained from media that is disconnected.  If I
> reboot the computer it obtains the address and all is well but still
> says disconnected.  Just curious if anyone has seen this before or if I
> did something stupid.  I kept the same SSID on the router and generated
> a new WEP key.  I entered the WEP key on both devices.
>
> Does anyone know why XP displays the Disconnected message?
>

> Hi
> When you are Connected The button changes to Disconnect, giving you the
> option to Disconnect when you need it.
> When you are Disconnected it would say Connect to give you the option to
> Connect.
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "Adman" <ad_man***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1167341269.718269.155600@48g2000cwx.googlegroups.com...
> >I am experiencing a strange issue I hope someone can help with.  This
> > morning I replaced my Linksys 802.11b router that died with a new
> > Linksys 802.11g (WRT54GS).  Everything appears to be working fine and
> > all of my devices can access the Internet.  I have two wireless
> > devices, one with a hard coded IP Address and one set to use DHCP.  The
> > issue is with the wireless laptop running Windows XP SP2 and DHCP using
> > the internal wireless card.  When it boots it connects to the router,
> > obtains the IP Address, and I can connect to the Net.  Life is good
> > except in the "Choose a wireless network" window of XP it lists my SSID
> > and states "Disconnected".  However the description underneath says I
> > am connected.  When I select the my network from the list the "connect"
> > button at the bottom of the screen changes to "disconnect".
> >
> > Everything works except when I execute "ipconfig /release" and
> > "ipconfig /renew" from the DOS prompt I get an error message stating an
> > address cannot be obtained from media that is disconnected.  If I
> > reboot the computer it obtains the address and all is well but still
> > says disconnected.  Just curious if anyone has seen this before or if I
> > did something stupid.  I kept the same SSID on the router and generated
> > a new WEP key.  I entered the WEP key on both devices.
> >
> > Does anyone know why XP displays the Disconnected message?
> >

> I am experiencing a strange issue I hope someone can help with.  This
> morning I replaced my Linksys 802.11b router that died with a new
> Linksys 802.11g (WRT54GS).  Everything appears to be working fine and
> all of my devices can access the Internet.  I have two wireless
> devices, one with a hard coded IP Address and one set to use DHCP.  The
> issue is with the wireless laptop running Windows XP SP2 and DHCP using
> the internal wireless card.  When it boots it connects to the router,
> obtains the IP Address, and I can connect to the Net.  Life is good
> except in the "Choose a wireless network" window of XP it lists my SSID
> and states "Disconnected".  However the description underneath says I
> am connected.  When I select the my network from the list the "connect"
> button at the bottom of the screen changes to "disconnect".
>
> Everything works except when I execute "ipconfig /release" and
> "ipconfig /renew" from the DOS prompt I get an error message stating an
> address cannot be obtained from media that is disconnected.  If I
> reboot the computer it obtains the address and all is well but still
> says disconnected.  Just curious if anyone has seen this before or if I
> did something stupid.  I kept the same SSID on the router and generated
> a new WEP key.  I entered the WEP key on both devices.
>
> Does anyone know why XP displays the Disconnected message?
>

> Adman wrote:
> > I am experiencing a strange issue I hope someone can help with.  This
> > morning I replaced my Linksys 802.11b router that died with a new
> > Linksys 802.11g (WRT54GS).  Everything appears to be working fine and
> > all of my devices can access the Internet.  I have two wireless
> > devices, one with a hard coded IP Address and one set to use DHCP.  The
> > issue is with the wireless laptop running Windows XP SP2 and DHCP using
> > the internal wireless card.  When it boots it connects to the router,
> > obtains the IP Address, and I can connect to the Net.  Life is good
> > except in the "Choose a wireless network" window of XP it lists my SSID
> > and states "Disconnected".  However the description underneath says I
> > am connected.  When I select the my network from the list the "connect"
> > button at the bottom of the screen changes to "disconnect".
> >
> > Everything works except when I execute "ipconfig /release" and
> > "ipconfig /renew" from the DOS prompt I get an error message stating an
> > address cannot be obtained from media that is disconnected.  If I
> > reboot the computer it obtains the address and all is well but still
> > says disconnected.  Just curious if anyone has seen this before or if I
> > did something stupid.  I kept the same SSID on the router and generated
> > a new WEP key.  I entered the WEP key on both devices.
> >
> > Does anyone know why XP displays the Disconnected message?
> >
>
> And this behavior was not present when you were using your old 802.11b
> router?
>
> Are you perhaps running both Windows WZC and a utility provided by the
> laptop mfr to manage the wireless NIC?  See http://www.ezlan.net/wzc.html
>
> --
> Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking
>
> To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

> Lem, Thank you for responding.  This behavior started with the new
> router and I am only using Windows to administer the wireless adapter
> that is internal to the Dell Latitude D600.
>
> While responding to your message I rechecked the Wireless Network
> listings and oddly enough the status of my wireless network is now
> shown as "Connected".  The laptop has sat for a couple of hours so
> maybe something got updated.  Before posting this issue I rebooted the
> laptop several times and "refreshed" the Wireless Network list several
> times so I'm not sure what was happening.
>
> I have not rebooted the laptop to see if the behavior is reproducable
> but will do so and post another message if it does it again but for now
> everything seems to be working as expected.
>
> Thank you again for taking the time to respond.
>
>
> Lem wrote:
> > Adman wrote:
> > > I am experiencing a strange issue I hope someone can help with.  This
> > > morning I replaced my Linksys 802.11b router that died with a new
> > > Linksys 802.11g (WRT54GS).  Everything appears to be working fine and
> > > all of my devices can access the Internet.  I have two wireless
> > > devices, one with a hard coded IP Address and one set to use DHCP.  The
> > > issue is with the wireless laptop running Windows XP SP2 and DHCP using
> > > the internal wireless card.  When it boots it connects to the router,
> > > obtains the IP Address, and I can connect to the Net.  Life is good
> > > except in the "Choose a wireless network" window of XP it lists my SSID
> > > and states "Disconnected".  However the description underneath says I
> > > am connected.  When I select the my network from the list the "connect"
> > > button at the bottom of the screen changes to "disconnect".
> > >
> > > Everything works except when I execute "ipconfig /release" and
> > > "ipconfig /renew" from the DOS prompt I get an error message stating an
> > > address cannot be obtained from media that is disconnected.  If I
> > > reboot the computer it obtains the address and all is well but still
> > > says disconnected.  Just curious if anyone has seen this before or if I
> > > did something stupid.  I kept the same SSID on the router and generated
> > > a new WEP key.  I entered the WEP key on both devices.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know why XP displays the Disconnected message?
> > >
> >
> > And this behavior was not present when you were using your old 802.11b
> > router?
> >
> > Are you perhaps running both Windows WZC and a utility provided by the
> > laptop mfr to manage the wireless NIC?  See http://www.ezlan.net/wzc.html
> >
> > --
> > Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking
> >
> > To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM.
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer