I am having a problem with a Linksys WPC11/WDT11 insertable PC card/
desktop combination on an XP PC.

It installs both something called WIreless LAN and a Linksys
configuration utility. On boot the generic looking Linksys WLAN
utility called Version 3.0a (April 9 2002) using driver 1.07.37 which
inserts a monitor-like icon in the systray opens up and connects to
the WPC11. The Linksys configuration utility WLAN monitor v 1.5
(copyright also 2002) also inserts into the systray but says it cant
find any WPC11 card! The standard windows utility doesnt work as it
recognises that something else is controllng the card, though
occasionally I see it trying to operate and failing while the WLAN is
aimlessly scanning

In any event the WLAN starts up and starts scanning and sees nothing
whatsoever. There are about 30 networks in my immediate area
including one DD-WRT_VAP which is in direct line of sight and only 15
feet away.

The lights on the card light up and blink normally and the utility
scans and scans and just doesnt see anything at all. I have noticed it
try to attach onto something for a second or two but normally it just
scans and scans.. Sometimes it "ASSOCIATES" and shows NOT the SSID
but the MAC address?? and then after less than a second it starts
scanning again. The Tx shows 0 all the time while the Rx wavers
between 450 and 650 while it tries to associate with something,
usually on channel 6 which seems to be its favourite channel.

The only thing I can think of is that somehow the card has lost all
sensitivity over time. Actually I have two or three of these cards and
none of them seem to work properly. They do very occasionally link
onto an AP while in a router without the WDT11. T(hey are all
completely firmware upgraded)

Does anyone have any idea what is going on please?