Solved: wireless won't connect

XP has stopped connecting to my wireless connecter "Wireless Network Connection Not Connected" Device manager says everything is normal, and I can identify other local wireless networks. XP recognizes that the connector is there, but it won't hook up.

I have disabled and reenabled the wireless connector and reloaded all of the Broadcom software. I tried to do an XP repair, but I am using SP3. The slipstream recovery disc that I made is asking for a password to get into XP, but there isn't any. I've verified this with three different password cracking programs. Everything else is working; I am on an Ethernet connection now.

Anybody have any ideas how to force XP to connect or know what drivers I need to reload that are used to connect to the wireless connector besides the Broadcom's that I have already reloaded? I really don't want to do a complete XP reinstall.
Thanks

 

Sorry about the delay. I punched one too many buttons and ended up with BSOD and had to use the Acronis backup program to get back on line. It didn't fix the connection problem.

Network adaptor:
1394 Net Adapter
Broadcom 802.11 b/g WLAN
Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
All three report "This device is working properly."

Result.txt
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : laptop
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : home

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-C0-9F-4A-8B-34
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, October 06, 2008 2:54:55 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, October 07, 2008 2:54:55 PM

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-90-4B-5D-48-10

 

There was no change after deselecting ICS

 

Now you've got my curiosity antenna up. How would pinging anything explain why something internal to my computer would not connect?? Anyway, here are the results:

Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

Pinging google.com [64.233.187.99] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 64.233.187.99: bytes=32 time=58ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.233.187.99: bytes=32 time=57ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.233.187.99: bytes=32 time=56ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.233.187.99: bytes=32 time=58ms TTL=252
Ping statistics for 64.233.187.99:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 56ms, Maximum = 58ms, Average = 57ms

Pinging 74.14.207.99 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 74.14.207.99: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=252
Reply from 74.14.207.99: bytes=32 time=83ms TTL=252
Reply from 74.14.207.99: bytes=32 time=85ms TTL=252
Reply from 74.14.207.99: bytes=32 time=85ms TTL=252
Ping statistics for 74.14.207.99:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 83ms, Maximum = 85ms, Average = 84ms

 

it still shows that it is disconnected and the ipconfig confirms:

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : laptop
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : home
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-90-4B-5D-48-10
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-C0-9F-4A-8B-34
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:15:18 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, October 08, 2008 9:15:17 AM

 

I had this same problem, and called Dell support. Actually got support in English. Wound up deleting wireless adapter and downloading and installing latest driver for the adapter then rebooting. That worked. I had tried uninstall and reinstall without installing a new driver with no success, but new driver seemed to do the job.

 

I never found out exactly what was causing the problem. Finally, out of frustration, I did a XP Recovery Console repair, reassigned my router, reinstalled new Broadcom drivers. Something worked. Not very scientific, but I didn't have anymore time to waste. I had to get back operational.