Could someone confirm that (if the manufacturor's instructions insist) the
drivers for a wireless network card should be installed before the hardware
itself even when first assembling the system (i.e. not adding the card to a
pre-existing Windows installation)? (Most ...

Maybe I am an idiot but I am having one hell of a time trying to get my
wireless network to do what I want it to. I have a wireless actiontec router
and a d-link dwl G820. I have two computers on this network. The dlink wants
me to have a static IP but I do not know how to create ...

This is driving me nuts.
Was on the phone with LinkSys support for a half hour today and at the end they
just recommended I take the thing back and exchange it.
I still might do that, but can't shake the idea that I'm just doing something

Ok, this is kind of wierd.. I am setting up two computer network in a small
office.. I really only need to share two or three files used by Quickbooks..
My internet connection is coming through my Linksys wireless router fine, but
I am having trouble getting the file sharing to ...

Kan een laptop afdrukken op een printer die aangesloten is op een pc vast
opgesteld in andere plaats zonder kabelverbinding. Laptop werkt via
router.beide pc' hebben toegang tot het internet.

When I try to download my messages. Outlook can't establish a connection with
the server. Yet, my other pc, which uses the same router, has no problem
connecting and downloading. The first pc has norton internet security
installed. the latter has avg. I also checked wether my ...

I've been trying for days now to install SP2 on my XP system with the only
result being many re-formats (here's the problem
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?dg=microsof
t.public.windowsxp ...

I have 2 Dell laptops that i am trying to connect together. I have setup an
adhoc network which appears to work )i get a message telling me the nextwork
is connected) I have created a shared folder on one of the laptops which i
would like accessible from the other.

Cable connected to Linksys router, Desktop connected thru ethernet cable.
Laptop with Orinoco wireless card (latest driver). No firewall started.  Says
excellent connection to network.  Can ping router and desktop now.  But still
no connection to internet.  Have tried turning on ...

My linksys wireless router was hooked up and working with the internet in a
matter of minutes. I did not have to do anything; XP did it all for me.
However, I have a Linksys Router BEFSRU31 that will not let me get on the
internet. The router is so old that XP was not listed as ...

I am trying to set wep 128 bit protection on my home network. Using a
paraphrase and key index 1, I enter the wep key 1 for laptop 1. It
works fine. It does not for laptop 2.
Laptop 1 was bought with xp pro sp2. Laptop 2 has xp home and sp 2 was

When I try to download my messages. Outlook can't establish a connection with
the server. Yet, my other pc, which uses the same router, has no problem
connecting and downloading. The first pc has norton internet security
installed. the latter has avg. I also checked wether my ...

I have a customer who is reporting that WPA doesn't work on one laptop,
but all other laptops in his office are fine.  Apparently the options
are completely missing from the dialog.
The machines are running different hardware, but all are OEM XP SP2

I setup a 802.11b wireless PC card on a Windows XP Pro SP2 notebook for a
user in my office for him to use while traveling at hotels and airports.  The
card is setup for dynamic ip addressing.  He recently had a wireless network
setup at home by a vendor but cannot get his ...

I am not a computer wiz, but generally get around OK.  So if you need more
information please let me know.
My problem started over a week ago.  I have a Gateway 4535.  On Nov 19th,
Norton detected spy/adware – it was deleted.  I’m not sure if this is related.