I have a very strange problem I hope someone can shed some light on.
My Windows XP SP2 computer with a Belkin F5D8000 Pre-N wireless card
has problems connecting to my Belkin F5D8230-4 Wireless Pre-N router.
The keys to this dilemma are as follows:

I have a netgear wireless router (set to open/wep) that has an Ethernet
connection to one of my laptops (xp).  Also connected wirelessly is an
old laptop (win98) and another laptop (vista).  My problem is that when
I try to connect my laptop that has xp wirelessly no matter what

i have a siemens gigaset se587 router which I can connect to the internet
wirelessly with an hp program.
Windows does not detect any networks, even though the hp software picks up 3.
Does anyone know why???

Installed a Linksys USB adapter, internet connection worked. Contracted a
virus, format the "c" drive and reloaded XP with the system disks that came
with computer.  Tried to reload Linksys, the Wireless icon in the bottom
toolbar is gray, when I right click it says "disabled".  ...

Question:
If the router is a N router and the adapters are G type, will the range be
greater than a G wireless system or will the range remain the same as in
using a G router?

I have a working home wlan for 3 PCs all using XP SP3 and I connect to the
internet through a router.  My present router and PC adapters are G type and
I use WPA encryption.
Because the signal is very weak  in some parts of my house (I've tried

I have been using a Buffalo LinkStation Pro LS-250GL High Speed NAS Wireless
External Hard Drive and all of a sudden I can't network with it.  It has
worked fine for over a year on my primary XP (SP2) laptop, and 2 other
laptops I own (both XP SP2) have no problem accessing the ...

I have recently installed a small wireless home network for my pc,
printer and laptop. Surprisingly it was easier than I thought to
install everything and it all works. However, due to my inexperience
and lack of knowledge I have a few questions about the way windows

I want to replace my SOHO router with the subject router so I can hang Guest
AP's off of it and keep them off my LAN.  Based on advice from the
microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs newsgroup, I duplicated the settings frm
the old router, enabled DHCP on it (for the range 192.168.1 ...

I haev a problem with the wireless on XP. I'm currently running Vista in
which the wireless runs fine, but in XP (clean install, SP2 and SP3 both
tested) I have a problem.
It seems everytime I restart the PC the wireless seems to work fine, only in

I have occaisional problems where my wireless connection drops. The thing is
that when I search for available connections, I see my own network, to which
my PC should automaticaly reconnect. When I click to conect it brings up the
box for me to put my network key in.

Hi All and thanks in advance for helping. I just took on a new client. I had
to reset up a client machine that accesses his network through a wireless
connection. I set the machine and adapter backup from scratch and now I need
to find his wpa key to reenter in to his system.

pc1 (named as Tomboy) which has a printer attached to it is connected (wired)
to the router while pc2  named Cat) is a remote pc. Both pc1 and pc2
(wirelessly) can go internet and I can also print from pc2.
To get access to PC1 (XP) , I log in my user name "Tom" and password "xyz"

Probably a really dumb question:
I am connecting to the net via a USB Wireless Converter, and using
unsecured networks. There are always 3 or 4 available..
These usually indicate a signal strength of 25% +/-

The printer is connected to PC1, a desktop with *win2k professional" and
there is no problem in printing. PC2 is also a desktop with 'Vista Home" and
PC3 is a labtop with 'xp home" All the 3 pc can go internet wireless . When I
try to set up sharing the printer, it says that if I ...