Okay, a little update, no resolution though. I found
this fix on another forum while looking around for answers:
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1.Start Registry Editor.
2.Locate the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Tcpip\Parameters
3.Add the following registry entry to the Parameters subkey:
Name: DisableDHCPMediaSense
Data type: REG_DWORD (Boolean)
Value: 1
Note This entry controls the behavior of Media Sensing. By default, Media Sensing events trigger a DHCP client to take an action. For example, when a connect event occurs, the client tries to obtain a lease. When a disconnect event occurs, the client may invalidate the interface and routes. If you set this value data to 1, DHCP clients and non-DHCP clients ignore Media Sensing events.
4.Restart the computer.
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I ran ipconfig again and got this:
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Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\edward>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ed
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 5:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR WG111 802.11g Wireless USB2.
0 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-B5-90-A6-91
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
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..which looked really promising until...
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C:\Documents and Settings\edward>ipconfig /renew
Windows IP Configuration
An error occurred while renewing interface Wireless Network Connection 5 : unabl
e to contact your DHCP server. Request has timed out.
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Then for some reason while I was fiddling around it returned this:
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Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\edward>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ed
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 5:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR WG111 802.11g Wireless USB2.
0 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-B5-90-A6-91
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.193.58
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
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None of this made much difference though, and after optimistically plugging and unplugging USB devices like
this guy suggested, I still cannot connect. Any advice is appreciated!