laptop wireless card and wireless router issues

[FTLOSM]

I have a gateway 9500 laptop with xp pro and am using a chiefmax we302r pcmcia wireless b card in it and a wireless router netgear 614.

I set up wep protection and have a custom ssid etc I installed the drivers for the wireless card and bam it works fine and great everytime i restart laptop and works for hours of use no issues.


The problem is when I closed my laptop lid it is going into standby and when I reopen the lid the wireless card has a pop up that says aquiring signal i let it go for about 2-3 mins but it didnt find the signal, i went in and confirmed the passcode and such is all in there everything did work before closing lid yet after opening lid coming back from standby I cant seem to get it to find and connect to the router.

If I restart the pc it seeks and connects right away within seconds, and I can use it for hours without a single issue, but again once I close the lid and reopen it I get that aquiring signal and it never seems to reconnect...

What can I check or do to stop this from happening?

Thanks for any suggestions,

Bill

 

[FTLOSM]

If I pull the card and reinsert it does reconnect to router fine, only when i close lid then come back to open it does it pull this weird aquiring issue where it never connects.

I even went into the power option properties and changed when i close lid from standby to nothing happens but when i close lid and reopen still same thing happens it says aquiring signal and never connects.

 

[Tsaico]

What about a repair connection (or release renew if you are cmd savvy?)

 

[FTLOSM]

pretty new to all this can anyone explain what i should try here?

I am certainly not tech savy i just do what i can to make things work and ask lots of questions...

 

[Tsaico]

If you are only connected to wireless, then click on start, "run as". Type in cmd. This will bring up your command window. Then you should type in "ipconfig /release", the screen will pause a bit, then it will show you the IP information for your computer, which is now all 0.0.0.0. Then type in "ipconfig /renew" and it will grab a IP address again.

This doesn't help you much, but it does the same thing as unplugging your network card and putting it back in.

The next thing I would check out is to make sure you have the most current drivers for all the devices, particularly the PCMCIA ones for your network card.