I'm running WinME.

After attempting to install a PCMCIA WIFI card I can no longer access the
internet. Before the installation I can access the internet using either a
USB WIFI dongle or my cellphone via the COM port.

If I go through the installation for a PCMCIA card, then the new card cannot
access the internet and, if I try to use the USB or the cellphone, they
can't access the internet either. In all cases I get, "The page cannot be
displayed".

I have tried both a Linksys PCMCIA card and a Sandisk PCMCIA card.

Uninstalling the software that came with the card doesn't allow the USB WIFI
or cellphone to work. The only way that I can regain internet access is to
do a system restore to a time before I installed the PCMCIA.

(Note, I have spent many hours trying all kinds of variations of installing,
uninstalling, removal of dialup networking, deleting devices, etc. I even
spent many hours on the phone with Linksys, In the end they said they can't
make their card work.)

Even without internet access, the PCMCIA card seems to work somewhat. (Note,
most of what I describe below is true for the Sandisk board but I believe
the Linksys might perform similarly).

With the PCMCIA board installed, I can access my local network. I can also
open a DOS window and PING my router and various external sites like yahoo
and google. However, I can ping them using only numerical urls. That is,
"ping 216.109.112.135" works as does "ping 64.233.167.99" but "ping
yahoo.com" or "ping google.com" won't work. (After a system restore, either
ping format works.)

I don't get it. Something tells me the problem isn't with the WIFI card
drivers but something outboard of that. Like TCP/IP is getting effected or
something in the registry that doesn't get returned when I uninstall the
board(s).

Any ideas?
Thanks in Advance.

PeteC