I am having problem connecting my TOSHIBA SATELLITE4030 Laptop (running Windows 2000) to my network when I use a wireless card (D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G DWL-G650). I have successfully gotten it connected to the Internet using this card but if I reboot the laptop I have a heck of a time getting it reconnected. After a reboot the IPCONFIG looks like this: Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MyName Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No adapter Local Area Connection 2: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G DWL-G650 Adaptor Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-05-5F-7B-1B DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.247.183 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : I have tried releasing/renewing the IPCONFIG, uninstalling/reinstalling the network components: Client for Microsoft Networks QoS Packet Scheduler Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) I have even reinstalled Windows 2000. The router is a DLink DI-624. This is really frustrating… any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Generally speaking you have good components. Win2000, Satelite, DI-624, DWLG-650, all good stuff. The question is is the card reconnecting to the network but not getting an IP address or is it not connecting to the network at all once you reboot? BTW 169.254.x.x is a generic Windows IP. If it's connecting but not giving a good IP address, ie 192.168.0.100 you should try setting a static IP address. Try 192.168.0.50/Sub 255.255.255.0/default 192.168.0.1/DNS pri 192.168.0.1 DNS sec 4.2.2.2. If it's not connecting again it could be a router issue or a wireless card hardware issue. Also consider distances, obstructions, interference(2.4GHz cordless phones), other wireless networks on same channel in neighborhood. You could try upgrade the firmware of the router. You could turn off super-g turbo mode in the router. You could set the preamble to long. All these may help the connection establish. -DF ABIT NF7-S v2.0 2500+@2200Mhz(11x200) 512MB HyperX(2-2-2-11)

I tried to hard code a static IP address but that didn't work either. I have another Laptop that if I unhook the TOSHIBA and hook up the IBM laptop (physical right beside the TOSHIBA, in the same room as the router) works ok, every time. On the TOSHIBA I can see the signal quality is Excellent so it can see the Wireless router and in the wireless router logs I see Wireless PC connected with the correct MAC ID. But I always get that 169.254.x address in IPCONFIG. The router firmware is up to date too. I have found that if I uninstall and reinstall the drivers I can get the wireless card to work??? Any idea why that would be??? Is there an easier to get the same result rather than a reinstall???

I have all the latest Window updates, firmware updates and driver updates. Toshiba website wasn't much help, neither is Dlink. The last thing I just tried was flashing the BIOS, as one of the latest flashes talks up Windows 2000 fixes, but that didn't work either.

try unchecking the QoS Packet Scheduler in wireless connection settings