Windows 2000, Linksys Wireless G 2.4 Ghz WPC54GS v2 2 days trouble installingand working

I am trying to install for one of my grandchildren a Linksys WPC54 GS v.2
Wireless card Adapter with Windows 2000 and have nothing but trouble with
it. I downloaded from the Linksys site the latest driver and software v.
2.02 and it seems to install normally, but when you insert the card you
cannot connect to the internet.

I have my own laptop with a D-link adapter and it connects wirelessly
without a problem.

Linksys technical support has also not been helpful, knowledgeable enough to
successfully assist.

Maybe someone here has the same configuration and has an answer, I hope.

Thanks in advance

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:48:31 GMT, "Ritter197" <Ritter197@Verizon.net>
wrote:

>I am trying to install for one of my grandchildren a Linksys WPC54 GS v.2
>Wireless card Adapter with Windows 2000 and have nothing but trouble with
>it. I downloaded from the Linksys site the latest driver and software v.
>2.02 and it seems to install normally, but when you insert the card you
>cannot connect to the internet.

Holdit. Connecting to the internet is the LAST step in the process.
Let's rewind and start from the beginning. Some rhetorical questions:
1. Did the software install correctly?
Right click on My Computah and select Properties.
Hardware -> Device Manager
Is the WPC54GS listed?
If not, uninstall, reboot, and reinstall, this time following the
instruction where it says to shove in the card AFTER you load the
software. (This is the most common error).

2. If the software appears to be installed correctly, does plug-n-pay
recognize the card? Same test as above.

3. Is there an icon that vaguely looks like a wireless antenna in the
system tray (lower right of screen)? If so, right click, and select
"View available networks". See any SSID's? If yes, it's working. Try
to connect.

4. If nothing is visible, are you broadcasting your SSID on your
unspecified model access point? If not, turn it on and leave it on.

5. From this point on, you should be able to connect. If not, kindly
describe your setup. If using WEP, use the Hex key, not the ASCII
key. If possible switch to WPA for better security and no Hex
hassles.

>I have my own laptop with a D-link adapter and it connects wirelessly
>without a problem.
>
>Linksys technical support has also not been helpful, knowledgeable enough to
>successfully assist.
>
>Maybe someone here has the same configuration and has an answer, I hope.
>
>Thanks in advance


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To the different points:

1. The software did download from the Linksys site and is the latest for
this card. It did install correctly and the card was ONLY inserted after the
SW was installed.
2. Device Manager does show the Linksys wireless connector, but with a
yellow exclamation point because it did not find the drivers.
3. I have installed and un-installed probably 5 times (the proper way too)
and it always is still looking for drivers.
You would think that the Linksys SW would not install and asks you to
finally insert the card, if it did not install the drivers too.
4. There is no wireless icon in the system tray.
5. The router is on all the time and works fine with other cards for my
laptop.
6. No WEP or WPA at this time selected, since it does not yet connect.

BY the way, 2 night ago it did work fine for about 30 minutes. I tried
different web sites, then made a normal shutdown went to bed. Next morning
just turned on the laptop and nothing worked anymore for wireless.


"Jeff Liebermann" <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in message
news:csu5p2hoch5fjth2juma0s5uo3mhq9f126@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:48:31 GMT, "Ritter197" <Ritter197@Verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>>I am trying to install for one of my grandchildren a Linksys WPC54 GS v.2
>>Wireless card Adapter with Windows 2000 and have nothing but trouble with
>>it. I downloaded from the Linksys site the latest driver and software v.
>>2.02 and it seems to install normally, but when you insert the card you
>>cannot connect to the internet.
>
> Holdit. Connecting to the internet is the LAST step in the process.
> Let's rewind and start from the beginning. Some rhetorical questions:
> 1. Did the software install correctly?
> Right click on My Computah and select Properties.
> Hardware -> Device Manager
> Is the WPC54GS listed?
> If not, uninstall, reboot, and reinstall, this time following the
> instruction where it says to shove in the card AFTER you load the
> software. (This is the most common error).
>
> 2. If the software appears to be installed correctly, does plug-n-pay
> recognize the card? Same test as above.
>
> 3. Is there an icon that vaguely looks like a wireless antenna in the
> system tray (lower right of screen)? If so, right click, and select
> "View available networks". See any SSID's? If yes, it's working. Try
> to connect.
>
> 4. If nothing is visible, are you broadcasting your SSID on your
> unspecified model access point? If not, turn it on and leave it on.
>
> 5. From this point on, you should be able to connect. If not, kindly
> describe your setup. If using WEP, use the Hex key, not the ASCII
> key. If possible switch to WPA for better security and no Hex
> hassles.
>
>>I have my own laptop with a D-link adapter and it connects wirelessly
>>without a problem.
>>
>>Linksys technical support has also not been helpful, knowledgeable enough
>>to
>>successfully assist.
>>
>>Maybe someone here has the same configuration and has an answer, I hope.
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>
>
> --
> # Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060
> # 831-336-2558 jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us
> # http://802.11junk.com jeffl@cruzio.com
> # http://www.LearnByDestroying.com AE6KS

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:39:55 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless ,
"Ritter197" <Ritter197@Verizon.net> wrote:

>2. Device Manager does show the Linksys wireless connector, but with a
>yellow exclamation point because it did not find the drivers.

I got this with some completely different hardware. Turned out that
the crappy installer routine had fscked up the registry keys for the
USB devices beyond recovery so that irrespective of which USB port I
stuck the device into, it could not connect the card to the
(installed) drivers.

I had to manually track down and delete the right registry keys in
HKLM\system\current control set\enum\usb. Danger Will Robinson, this
is VERY RISKY and might destroy your USB stack requiring a reinstall
of Windows.

--
Mark McIntyre

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:54:34 +0000, Mark McIntyre
<markmcintyre@spamcop.net> wrote:

>On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:39:55 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless ,
>"Ritter197" <Ritter197@Verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>2. Device Manager does show the Linksys wireless connector, but with a
>>yellow exclamation point because it did not find the drivers.
>
>I got this with some completely different hardware. Turned out that
>the crappy installer routine had fscked up the registry keys for the
>USB devices beyond recovery so that irrespective of which USB port I
>stuck the device into, it could not connect the card to the
>(installed) drivers.
>
>I had to manually track down and delete the right registry keys in
>HKLM\system\current control set\enum\usb. Danger Will Robinson, this
>is VERY RISKY and might destroy your USB stack requiring a reinstall
>of Windows.

I agree. I've seen this once with some Linksys USB device (forgot
model number). I had to use System Restore to put the registry back
to the way it was before I started tinkering. As I vaguely recall, it
would work with the older version of the driver from the CDROM that
was included with the device, but not with the updated driver from the
web pile. If I installed the downloaded driver initially, I would get
a device not found error in the Device Manager. However, if I rolled
it back to the before installing the driver, installed whatever was on
the cdrom, and then updated with the downloaded driver, it would work.
No clue what that was all about. However, that was with a USB device,
not a PCMCIA. I don't know if it's the same issue. It won't hurt to
roll back the registry with System Restore, and just try the older
driver on the cdrom.

However, this is Windoze 2000, not XP, so there's no System Restore. I
guess you'll have to hack the registry. Before attacking, I suggest
you cover your posterior with a registry backup and restore utility.
Download and install ERUNT.
<http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/>
If you mess up the registy, it will make it easy to recover.



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# Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060
# 831-336-2558 jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us
# http://802.11junk.com jeffl@cruzio.com
# http://www.LearnByDestroying.com AE6KS