My sons have identically-configured laptops running XP. We have a Linksys WAG54G v2 wireless gateway which has worked fine until recently. Now neither PC can connect wirelessly, though wired connections to the router work fine.
XP can see the network and attempts to connect to it automatically, but fails - either with a long "waiting for the network" or "obtaining network address". A visitor's PC had the same problem.
I have tried:
- rebooting the router
- disabling WPA-PSK security
- changing frequency, in case of interference
- disabling the firewalls on the PC's (Zonealarm)
- bringing the PC's into the same room as the router to ensure a strong signal
- running the XP "repair connection" tool - just says it cannot connect and to contact the network administrator (I guess that's me)
- setting a static IP for the PC's (normally use DHCP) all to no avail.
I don't think any settings have changed or anything relevant is likely to have been installed; I did install a dial-up network connection on the PC's for use when away from home, but it isn't attempting to dial.
Any suggestions please?
Chris R