I JUST HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT IT DID NOT HAVE THE TCP/IP INSTALLED. It looked like it was installed but installed it again and it magicly worked. 1. Open network Connections 2. Click the connection you want to configure and then under Network TASK , click CHANGE SETTING OF THIS CONNECTION. Do one of the following; If the connection is a local area connection, on the GENERAL tab, under, This connection uses the following items, click INTERNET PROTOCALL(TCP/IP), and then click PROPERTIES. AUTOMATE IP address and DHCP I'm not smart these are windows help instructions that I copied Good luck -- David -------------- Original message -------------- > hey Val., > > What version of Windows is this? Is the adapter showing now in Device Manager? > If it is listed, and has no question mark or exclamations, then it is installed > correctly, and the connection needs to be configured. (If not, see the next > paragraph.) To configure the connection, you will need the wireless key (WEP). > If you did not use an encryption key, you will still need to "tell" the adapter > which network to connect to. If you don't remember the key or whether you had > used one, you can surf into the router, by its default gateway from any computer > on the network. Most D-Link routers use 192.168.0.1, and the default username is > "admin" with no password. Click on the wireless tab, and find the information > needed for the wireless connection. > > Regardless of the OS, try uninstalling the adapter, reboot the PC, with the > installation CD in the drive, and the adapter plugged in. Use the found new > hardware wizard to let Windows find and install the drivers. This is especially > true of XP, because the connection software is built in to the OS. > > If not using Windows XP, you will need to browse the CD for the setup file for > the connection software. I don't personally know what it would be called. > Perhaps another list member does know, or even better, you will tell us you are > using XP! > > Hope this helps! > Amy Ledford > > "Val. Okason" wrote: > My wife Toshiba laptop has been running great with the DWL G650 adapter on a > DI 624 router until she had a virus crash recently that wiped out all her > personal settings,she got her cousin re-install her OS and other > applications and he told her to go online and download the drivers for the > DWL 650 adapter card which she did and re.installed and plugged in the card > but it did not work;then I tried to do a clean re-installation from the OEM > CD, at first it told me that a particular file already existed but went on > and installed,I restarted the machine and plugged in the card ut there was > no "new hardware found wizard" I tried a couple of time and at a time it > showed me that a wireless connection has been detected and I tried to open a > webpage but there was no connection, instead the machined locked, after I > reboot I tried again, at first I could not see the card in Device manager, > and the add hardware wizard could not see it neither, when it finally did, > it could not be installed because a particular driver ar5211.sys could not > be found,even when I put the OEM cd and pointed the machine to \D: the > hardware could not be installed neither,now I tried to uninstall the drivers > but each time after running the setup uninstall utility,I still see the > Dlink in add/remove programs, and if I try to re.install the driver the > setup automatically goes to uninstall which anyways it doesn't do.also the > add/hardware wizard is not recognising the card. pls what do I do. > > Visit our website regularly for FAQs, > articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more > http://freepctech.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to > Digest mode - visit our web site: > http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml