My laptop would "connect" to the router, but would time out on "acquiring an IP"

I found my old wireless card and got it to work. So I guess I'll take the shitty belkin one back and buy another model of the d-link one I broke. Maybe it was just bad? If it doesn't work I can always return that too.

I don't like my old card because I have to use the windows wireless utility to do WPA. The win-zero app tilts me.

I think I tried issuing a static IP in the past, but I'll def keep that in mind if I have issues with the new one.