my wireless network was working fantastic - then i decided to add some software.
i added ad aware, spybot and zone alarm (also zonealarm to aid in future google searches) to my winxp laptop.
after i installed the software, my network connection doesn't work.
under network connections my d-link card says "network connection unavaiable."
i uninstalled zone alarm (the likely culprit, imho) and i get the same error.
everything else seems to be working fine. i restarted my router and everything seems fine there. my card has one solid light and one blinking light telling me it is connected.
does anyone have any ideas? how about a network troubleshooting guide that has a chance of resolving this kind of issue?
i think zone alarm must've set some variable outside of zone alarm itself when it installed. during set up i declined to have zone alarm automatically configure for my internet connection b/c i didn't that was a big deal - i thought all i had to do was go into programs and choose my setting for my browser.
also, i was trying to run apache and it just started - there was no popup telling me it was trying to start and it would not show up in my za programs list.
in addition, php was not operating correctly, either.
i'm ready to reinstall apache and php to newer versions, but i want to get the network issue resolved first.
any help or guidance would be appreciated. i googled this and didn't come across anything remotely similar.