I just recently bought a linksys USB adapter, model WUSB11 for my new HP computer, after a bizzare problem with my old adapter. This one loaded with all the software with no problem. Whenever I tried to run the CD, I'd just get a flash of a purple window for a second, then it would vanish. But, when I plugged in the adapter, it seemed to be able to install the stuff from the CD. I have XP on my new computer.
The computer downstairs, a Compaq with XP, has a netgear router connected through road runner, which I've been able to access with my old netgear adapter for an internet connection to my old computer upstairs. However, while the new Linksys can detect the netgear router, it can't connect to it. It keeps giving me a "Network cable unplugged" message when I bring up the network connections folder.
I know the router's connection is encrypted, but I can't figure out for the life of me how to configure my new adapter to go past that encryption, if that's even possible.
Could somebody give me some help here?
The computer downstairs, a Compaq with XP, has a netgear router connected through road runner, which I've been able to access with my old netgear adapter for an internet connection to my old computer upstairs. However, while the new Linksys can detect the netgear router, it can't connect to it. It keeps giving me a "Network cable unplugged" message when I bring up the network connections folder.
I know the router's connection is encrypted, but I can't figure out for the life of me how to configure my new adapter to go past that encryption, if that's even possible.
Could somebody give me some help here?