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Hi

Having problems with my wireless connection and any info would be grateful.
Have had Orange wifi working perfectly since July & all of a sudden it has started playing up.
Sometimes it works then fails, I have uninstalled & re-installed but to no avail, now i can't get on at all. I am having to use a wired connection at the moment.
I have tried the Windows xp diagnostic check and when i click repair, i get a message saying it cannot renew my IP address.

Any ideas

Thanks

Can you give us more information - for example:

What WiFi connection are you using - built-in, dongle, or PCMCIA etc?

Have you checked in Control Panel - System - Hardware - Device Manager to see if the WiFi device is present, has drivers loaded and is working?

Can you click Start - Connect To - Wireless Network Connections, and does "View Wireless Networks" bring up anything? If so, what?

What happens if you try to establish a DHCP address that way?

Alternatively, do you have a software firewall installed? Might that have updated and glitched?

That might tell us whether the problem is in the computer or the Wireless Access point.