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Hi all, before I begin - I shall list the involved equipment and some crucial facts.
Router: Linksys WRT54G
Wireless Adaptor: Belkin F5D7051uk
PC: Shuttle SN25P
Fact 1 - The network connectivity and thus internet connectivity has worked fine previously.
Fact 2 - Two of my house mates connect wirelessly (a third via a cable) and they have had no problems what so ever nor experianced/observed any minor difference in the routers behaviour.
Fact 3 - Nothing has been changed. Not on the router, nor my PC's BIOS, Windows settings, Windows Zero Configuration utility or the Belkin software (which is set to cede control to WZC).
My wireless adaptor can see the network, correctly picking up its name (SSID) and being given automatically the key (WEP). It claims to have excellant signal strength yet receives no packets what so ever. Eventually, the adaptor assigns itself a 169 address given its inability to contact the DHCP element of the router.
Fact 4 - I have replaced the wireless adaptor, used the Belkin utility for configuration and reinstalled windows. The same behaviour is observed in all scenarios.
Fact 5 - I have tried using the USB adaptor in all my shuttles USB ports.
Fact 6 - I can't (they wont let me) test my adaptor on a house mates or friends computer. I will ASAP seek to try one of their adaptors on my mine.
Fact 7 - The instance where I went from a working set up to a non-working one; was that I was browsing the internet in Firefox, when out of the blue (this is unusual) the wireless network dropped and has since always given the results described above Fact 4.
Beside's trying a different adaptor, I haven't a clue what to do next and my have to settle for a cable but this is less than desirable!
Apologies in advance if I have missed any crucial information.
Thank you for reading and I would appreciate any thoughts on where to go next because this is driving me nuts!
Router: Linksys WRT54G
Wireless Adaptor: Belkin F5D7051uk
PC: Shuttle SN25P
Fact 1 - The network connectivity and thus internet connectivity has worked fine previously.
Fact 2 - Two of my house mates connect wirelessly (a third via a cable) and they have had no problems what so ever nor experianced/observed any minor difference in the routers behaviour.
Fact 3 - Nothing has been changed. Not on the router, nor my PC's BIOS, Windows settings, Windows Zero Configuration utility or the Belkin software (which is set to cede control to WZC).
My wireless adaptor can see the network, correctly picking up its name (SSID) and being given automatically the key (WEP). It claims to have excellant signal strength yet receives no packets what so ever. Eventually, the adaptor assigns itself a 169 address given its inability to contact the DHCP element of the router.
Fact 4 - I have replaced the wireless adaptor, used the Belkin utility for configuration and reinstalled windows. The same behaviour is observed in all scenarios.
Fact 5 - I have tried using the USB adaptor in all my shuttles USB ports.
Fact 6 - I can't (they wont let me) test my adaptor on a house mates or friends computer. I will ASAP seek to try one of their adaptors on my mine.
Fact 7 - The instance where I went from a working set up to a non-working one; was that I was browsing the internet in Firefox, when out of the blue (this is unusual) the wireless network dropped and has since always given the results described above Fact 4.
Beside's trying a different adaptor, I haven't a clue what to do next and my have to settle for a cable but this is less than desirable!
Apologies in advance if I have missed any crucial information.
Thank you for reading and I would appreciate any thoughts on where to go next because this is driving me nuts!
