327W - Not Assigned IP - Limited Connectivity

327W - Not Assigned IP - Limited Connectivity
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anon @ 20th Apr 03:59AM:
327W - Not Assigned IP - Limited Connectivity

As of yesterday I've lost all connectivity with my Windows XP SP3 desktop PC. This uses a Trendnet 802.11b USB wifi adaptor to connect to a D90 327W router. For several months I had no issues connecting between the desktop and router. After a few months, I would return to my PC and see that the USB key wouldn't see the router anymore. I could either restart my computer, or unplug and replug into a different USB slot to reconnect. After a while that wouldn't work so I would power cycle the router to reconnect. This would happen sporadically, maybe once a week.

Well yesterday, I returned to my computer and I only see the exclamation point error stating that there is limited or no connectivity. I power cycle the router and nothing changes. I can't get the computer to access the internet. When I restart the computer the wifi will connect but then stated limited or no activity. When I look at status it says invalid IP. I tried assigning a static ip which will change the status to connected but still no access to the network. (Can't access router). Looking at the router from a separate pc shows that nothing is connected wirelessly even when the PC shows a connected status. I thought this might be a router problem, but a reset does nothing. I tried rolling back the router firmware, but that does nothing. I went as far as to reinstall Windows but that again does nothing. ?Not sure what the issue is.

I can connect fine to the wireless fine through my other laptop. So the wireless connection is working. I should note I never had any problems other than with the PC.

I don't have another windows xp computer to test the wifi usb adaptor but I don't think that's the problem. The scan/connect still works fine.

Anybody have any ideas?
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nwrickert @ 20th Apr 08:22AM:
Re: 327W - Not Assigned IP - Limited Connectivity

Since you can connect with other computers, it is not a problem with the Westell 327w. It could be an interference problem, though I would expect that to also affect the laptop. It could be a network card problem (your USB card in this case). It could be a placement problem - the location of the card antenna might be such that the signal strength is weak. Or perhaps Windows networking over USB devices is not as reliable as with installed cards.
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AT&T dsl; Westell 327w modem/router; openSuSE 11.0; firefox 3.0.8
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anon @ 20th Apr 08:49AM:
Re: 327W - Not Assigned IP - Limited Connectivity

Thanks for the reply. Two other laptops can connect to the 327w without problems. One is a XP home, and another is a Vista home. The signal strengths are excellent on all computers so it's not a signal strength problem.

The last problem would be the USB, but considering it has worked (with problems) for over a year prior to this I don't think that's it. I'll test the USB on a different computer to see if it has any problems.
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anon @ 27th Apr 12:52AM:
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