Hi
I've got an old XP laptop which I have just reformatted and reinstalled from scratch (which went well). I connected it to my ADSL router using a TP-LINK TL-WN422G Wireless USB Adapter as it did not have a built in w/less adapter. It connected first time and worked well.
The problem is when I took it to a friends house where they have a Huawei router. The TP LINK adapter spotted the w/less signal immediately and accepted the WAP-PSK key but stuck on 'acquiring network address'.
If I connect using an ethernet cable the laptop can get on the web but not using the w/less adapter. I even tried using a different w/less adapter (a NETGEAR WPN511 Wireless PC Network PCMCIA Card Adapter) but this also stuck on 'acquiring network address'.
Neither w/less connector had any success when I sat the laptop right next to the router, and in fact both indicated a strong signal, they just couldn't resolve an ip address.
Any suggestions what might be the problem, or what I can try? In both cases I checked for the latest drivers, and uninstalled/reinstalled the w/less adapter.
Thanks
Gavin
I've got an old XP laptop which I have just reformatted and reinstalled from scratch (which went well). I connected it to my ADSL router using a TP-LINK TL-WN422G Wireless USB Adapter as it did not have a built in w/less adapter. It connected first time and worked well.
The problem is when I took it to a friends house where they have a Huawei router. The TP LINK adapter spotted the w/less signal immediately and accepted the WAP-PSK key but stuck on 'acquiring network address'.
If I connect using an ethernet cable the laptop can get on the web but not using the w/less adapter. I even tried using a different w/less adapter (a NETGEAR WPN511 Wireless PC Network PCMCIA Card Adapter) but this also stuck on 'acquiring network address'.
Neither w/less connector had any success when I sat the laptop right next to the router, and in fact both indicated a strong signal, they just couldn't resolve an ip address.
Any suggestions what might be the problem, or what I can try? In both cases I checked for the latest drivers, and uninstalled/reinstalled the w/less adapter.
Thanks
Gavin