wireless security problem

[kevdog34]

Well, I hope somebody can help me with this one. We just got a new Dell laptop that came with a Dell wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card (54Mbps). I had my desktop hooked up to internet via comcast motorola cable modem, so I went out and got wireless router to have the laptop be connected as well. I got a d-link DI-634M router and hooked up everything to the desktop, to cable modem. Everything was working nicely. I believe I got the network set up correctly and am using a trail version of Network Magic that came with d-link router. The laptop had a good connection and everything. Then I went into the router to put in a wep key code. The desktop still had good connection, but when I tried to re-connect the laptop to the network I put the key code in correctly but on the connection it said limited/no connectivity. So I reset everything to without wep key code and tried a wpa passphrase. Again same thing happened. I thought maybe it was the Mcfee firewall in the laptop preventing the connection since the router has a firewall as well. I disabled the firewall and still nothing. Now I am not sure what to try and am getting frustrated with the situation. If anybody can help it would be greatly appreciated.

Kevin

[Sinister-wolf]

try manually setting your IP and such, see if that helps..

im not sure how else I can suggest..

you say without the key it works, but with the key only the desktop works.. it sounds more like the wifi card has a specific security type to use..
some allow only WPA, where others are only WEP etc..

[z1p]

but on the connection it said limited/no connectivity. Can you access the internet still or do you loose connectivity?

[kevdog34]

I cant access anything of the internet when it says limited/no connectivity

[z1p]

So, if you disable WEP & WPA it all still works, correct?

With WEP or WPA enabled and configured, run ipconfig/all and post the output back here. I'm guessing your not getting a good IP address from the router...