Hi all, first post here, I am simply stumped.
This issue is on my girlfriend's desktop PC. She's running XP, but I'm not sure which version.
- It connects to the Internet via EVDO Aircard. That connection is fine, rock solid (actually much better than my laptop with the same model aircard!)
- We have the Nintendo USB WiFi adaptor connected to another USB port, to share the established Internet connection with our Wii.
The problem is this:
The USB WiFi adaptor is stuck in Acquiring Network Address mode, after running just fine for a couple months!
- I have tried ipconfig/release and renew, I have tried going into the device manager and uninstalling/reinstalling that one thing.
- when I run ipconfig alone, the internet connection comes up with a normal result, but "Local Area Connection 4" (now 5 after the reinstall) comes up with all zeroes.
- when I try to "repair" the connection it gives me an error, I believe it says it cannot get an IP address. But I'm not looking for it to get an IP address - the Wii has a MAC address, and I would think the Nintendo servers would have given it an IP if it needed one, no?
I'm not a power user here, and all the solutions I've found in my search so far, I've either already tried or are over my head.
Anyone out there?
Thanks!!!
Dave
This issue is on my girlfriend's desktop PC. She's running XP, but I'm not sure which version.
- It connects to the Internet via EVDO Aircard. That connection is fine, rock solid (actually much better than my laptop with the same model aircard!)
- We have the Nintendo USB WiFi adaptor connected to another USB port, to share the established Internet connection with our Wii.
The problem is this:
The USB WiFi adaptor is stuck in Acquiring Network Address mode, after running just fine for a couple months!
- I have tried ipconfig/release and renew, I have tried going into the device manager and uninstalling/reinstalling that one thing.
- when I run ipconfig alone, the internet connection comes up with a normal result, but "Local Area Connection 4" (now 5 after the reinstall) comes up with all zeroes.
- when I try to "repair" the connection it gives me an error, I believe it says it cannot get an IP address. But I'm not looking for it to get an IP address - the Wii has a MAC address, and I would think the Nintendo servers would have given it an IP if it needed one, no?
I'm not a power user here, and all the solutions I've found in my search so far, I've either already tried or are over my head.
Anyone out there?
Thanks!!!
Dave