Tech Help Again, Please

12/30/11

[pabianice]

Running XP. Installed Netgear wireless card WPN 311. System indicates signal strength from my home network as "excellent."

Problem: will not connect to the network. Says "cannot acquire network address." How can I make the connection and make it stay?

Tried "other features" from the XP disk, got error message: "already installed in computer." Tried for about two hours using every set-up wizard. No go.

Thanks.

[X-spurt]

Am going to give Outlook 97 a spin. Thanks for the info.

[ShadowAce]

Post #6--I answered the original question, which was about networking. Another poster asked a non-related question to me, specifically. I gave my answer.

Do you always post before reading through the thread?

[pabianice]

Success! The problem was the driver the shop installed. It was v1.0. When I found v2.0 on line and installed it on a guess, it began to work flawlessly.

Thank you all for your suggestions and support. Freepers rock!

[Washi]

You're right.

I did not notice your original answer before I posted.

I apologize.

[gitmo]

Netgear’s 800 number help desk is quite good.