I am having a problem trying to get a windows 2000 machine to connect to my wireless lan. I am using a Linksys wusb54g as I thought it would pair a treat with the Linksys wrt54gs router I have. The usb adapter works fine on an XP laptop in exactly the same position, so it is not signal related. For some reason the windows 2000 machine will not pick up the netwrok. Has anyone any ideas or experienced the same problems?? All responses greatly appreciated

WRT54GS is a broadband router right?

So you've got a modem connect to from the splitter and the onto the WRT54GS...wireless connection to your pc etc right?

Sometimes if you disconnect the pc you have to power down both pc and router...power up router first wait 10secs then power up pc...this is so that the IP addresses can be assigned.

If you still can't get it to connect I'd make it a wired connection...verify this is ok then go through the wireless set-up. Shouldn't take long.

Oh another thought....have you got encryption on....make sure the SSIDs ar ethe sma eand the key words and correct.

I had exactly the same problem with exactly the same hardware

Check that you have set the router to wireless mode 'G only', switch off all your firewalls and security, ping everything with everything else and then slowly turn the security back on.

Although, I never ever kept a consistent signal, it kept dropping the connection, and now have gone wired instead. YMMV hopefully...

This Linksys router is utter carp!!! I am gonna slap the bloke who bought it lol!! It locks up more times than a locky up thing! I will try the ideas given Cheers guys (it's a nightmare trying to do so many things at once lol)

Huzzah it works!!!! The supplied driver was carp!!! Downloade one off the website and et voila!!!! cheers for the help though.