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D-Link Media disconnected.please help?

Mar 17, 2005 8:33AM PST

I have host pc xp and laptop IBM T22 xp. I successfully made a wirless network that was up and running fine until two days ago. I havent had it long. I then decided to fix up some security in the router - a dlink G604T. Fine! Went to log on my laptop and found crosses on my voyager usb adapter...no network connection present and media is disconnected in ipconfig. I seem to have tried everyhting. Even starting from scratch by setting router back to default and starting all over again. All to no avail. My laptop will simply not recognise that the adapter is plugged in and the lights are on! All lights on router fine and pc running well but I've definately drawn a blank on the laptop. tried system restore to see if I corrupted something during config of laptop after security set up. Uninstalled reinstalled adapter.
This is AOL too but it was working firne for a few days.
Can anyone shed any light on this please in good old simple jargon as I am a bit of a novice!
thanks
threepence

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D-Link Media disconnected
May 3, 2005 5:09AM PDT

I have the same problem. I'm using a D-Link router with an Orinoco network card. I've tried disabling WEP security, as well as MAC filtering. I've also tried ipconfig /release and /renew. Windows wireless client detects my network, with an excellent signal strength, but fails to connect to the network. I'm getting the same "Media disconnected" message. Help would be appreciated. Thanks!

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Media disconnected - solved
May 5, 2005 8:14AM PDT

I had two adapters (external and internal), which may have conflicted with each other; disabling one didn't work. I opted to using the internal adapter only; threw the external card into my laptop bag. I had to uninstall, then reinstall client and drivers. The installation process is automatic if you're using XP. After reboot, everything was fine. Hope this helps.