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Hello everyone... I have been able to set up Linksys wireless service and also have a password to make it secure. The problem is, each time I reboot the notebook it does not seem to connect automatically. I have to open NetGear by Linksys and ask it to connect and enter the WEP password and then I have to go to Network Places, find the wireless network connection and right click, choose "view available wireless services" and then have to select our service, enter the password...and still it will not connect easily. This routine has to be repeated numerous times before it connects. I wonder if this password has to be re-entered every single time the notebook is rebooted...or is it just a Linksys bug? Your help will be immensely appreciated... Sincerely, Martin

Thank you! What I ended up doing is to simply re-install Windows XP Pro without changing directory to install to and without reformating. This allows fresh registry and windows subdirectory but keeps all previous data files intact. I then realized that I had internet access, both via wireless and LAN. But going to Dell's website and downloading all necessary drivers was not a positive experience. They list several drives for each category despite having indicated the TAG# and model #. Upon attempting to install additional drivers for sound cards etc, internet access again dissapeared. I had to restore the laptop 3 times to bring it to where it finally worked find. There still remained a couple of exclamation marks under Device Manager but I had to leave it alone. I must say, anytime I have had to work with Dell Laptops/PCs, I have been utterly dissapointed. Is it just me or do they try and use the most unusual components which end up causing conflict and their drivers are not always available in Windows XP Pro by default? Any way gentlemen, thank you very much for your input...It is all resolved now. Martin

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!! The printer server was setup successfully by going to NetGear website and downloading the owners manual in PDF format as well as the software necessary... It is working great and I REALLY appreciate all of your's courtesy and passion of helping others!!! Sincerely, Martin

Friends, Have a notebook with XP Pro. It had a ton of adware which I successfully removed, however, no matter what I do, I cannot connect to the internet. I have tried checking the network settings, everything seems normal...I have done everything I knew how including checking the IP settings but nothing can make it work. I went into internet options also and nothing seemed abnormal, checked LAN settings, all is on auto yet no connection. The last option would be to reformat...any suggestions please? This loss of internet access occured before I cleaned the adware and before I uninstalled Service Pack 2. Service Pack 1 does not seem to be on this notebook. Any ideas or suggestions will be very much appreciated. Thank you! Martin

Don and Madmanmcp...Thank you! This will do it, I am sure...I will go to Net Gear's website and find out the rest...Thank you! Martin

Thanks to everyone for welcoming me to the forum; Thomas, Don, David, Madmanmcp, and Steve... I also appreciate the responses for my solution to the printer problem. I guess you are right, the little piece attached to the back of the printer which is plugged into where the parallel port is located, must be the print server. This little box is also powered seperately and has a light on, indicating that it is powered on. The network cable travels from this to the Linksys wireless broadband router and I guess I have to somehow tell this Linksys router to recognize this print server...that is the part where I am not sure how to proceed. I dont seem to be able to locate the documentation for the print server but I imagine I could call their tech support and get somewhere with it. I think after that I would simply install that printer for which I already know the drivers are readily available in XP Pro. So the problem must be to connect into the print server and to configure it somehow...in the same manner as when I had to connect via a network cable directly into the broadband wireless router in order to set the WEP security etc...I guess that might be accomplished by running the network cable from the print server directly to one of the computers/notebooks, right? This is where I am requesting some more input, please... Again, I appreciate your responses and everyone's courtesy! Thank you... Martin

Hello everyone! I have a linksys wireless broadband router to which I connected the printer. Printer did not originally have wireless capabilities so I attached a small router to it. A network cable runs from the printer's small router and connects to a linksys wireless broadband router. Internet is also connected to this wireless broadband router. Here is the problem; two laptops instantly recognized the wireless connections from the linksys wireless broadband routher and I was on the internet on both laptops...they could even see each other where I could network them to each other via this wireless router. However, the printer is not being shown in these laptops so that I could install it to these laptops. I guess I am having serious trouble trying to map to/or find this printer so that I can install it and use it wirelessly from any one of these laptops. If the laptops are finding the wireless broadband router and hence connecting to the internet, why can they not find or locate that printer which is connected to the router also? this despite the fact that the light on the router indicates that printer is indeed connected to it.... What should the normal procedure be? printer is not connected to a server, just directly to this wireless broadband router...this wireless router was tried while it was non-secure (factory defaults) and then I made it secure with a WEP # and successfully connected to the internet but in both cases (secure and insecure) still cannot map to/install/find this printer...what to do? Your help will be very much appreciated!!! Thank you!