Ditching wireless

[No-One]

I've have had enough of this wireless thing. Both our pcs have Belkin wifi cards in. They can be working fine at one moment, then suddenly disconnect showing a wep error. It can also be working fine and then the next person to turn the computer on is unable to connect. The only thing that can reliably see the wireless router is my Dell laptop. That has worked perfectly for just over a year. I even went to the extent of copying and pasting the wep code from the router setup screen into a text file saved on a floppy disc and then pasting that into the wireless setup on both pcs. They still only even seem to work when they feel like it. So that's it. We should be moving house soon, and as soon as we do I'll be investing in plenty of RJ45.

Just wanted to let off some steam.

 

[No-One]

I tried both the belkin software and microsoft. After a bit of investigation I found that the cards are actualy manufactured by a company called ralink. I downloaded their software. It improved the situation a bit on one pc and made no difference on the other. I concluded the same as you in that the cards are just rubbish as the laptop works fine. But the way I see it, i may as well just use some cable that I've already got.