installing network with sp2

[mooseboy84]

I just purchased a wrt54g router. I have it connected through one comp [this one] through the switch, and a 2nd im trying to connect with a USB pen drive.

Now im new to using a router, so bare with me. I just had installed windows on the 2nd computer, and setup so it could use the wireless internet connection. After playing around with it, I finally got it working.

Well, I went and updated XP to SP2. After that, I can no longer access the internet.

Now when the Wireless network connection pops up, it shows 3. [Mine and 2 neighbors] I try to click on my network and "connect" to it, but when I do so, it says:

The connection is an access point network... your not configured to access, "access point networks"..... CLick OK and press advanced..... to change.....


I click OK, then click advanced to open up the Wireless Connection Properties. I click advanced again, and it only list 3 types: Any available network, Access point preffered and Ad Hoc. Whether I try access point preffered, or any available, I can NEVER get it to connect.

Before I installed SP2, I could browse the internet and the connectioned worked. Now, I just get this endless saying im "not configured for an access point network."

I am trully going crazy here, I dont know what to do so I can get the internet working again.

HELP ME!

thanks


Oh, I would like to add that I updated to latest firmware of the wrt54g router after i got it. 4.27 or whatever its called.

The USB pen drive is a trendware.
http://www.trendnet.com/products/TEW-424UB.htm

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Ahhh...threw me off, a USB "drive" is a different kind of device, they are removable storage drives.

USB NIC...gotcha. Perhaps the drivers for it need an update? Might be running on old "pre-SP2" drivers. Download and update it to the latest drivers.

If that doesn't work, perhaps uninstall it, reboot, reinstall it, making sure it's installing using the latest drivers again.

Might have some ad/spyware messing up your winsock, since even on the original setup you had a hard time. Try the XP tcp/winsock repair utility (Google) I've never had any issue with the Windows XP sp2 built in wireless utility...I've use it on all my wireless deployments, except for Cisco WLANs.

Are you trying with any encryption? If so, disable it for now, attempt setup with WEP or WPA or MAC filtering.

Your SSID is changed from default? Make sure it is.

Any other wireless networks showing up? If you have a crowded area, try changing channels, as sometimes neighborhing WLANs on the same channel can bog things down.