I bought a Belkin F5D9630-4A Wireless G+ MIMO Modem Router/USB Network Adaptor for my pc about a year ago. I had it installed professionally and all worked brilliantly. I also have a wireles link from my laptop to the router. Also great. The network has an encryption key for security.
A few months ago, I kept getting error notices saying that the Belkin Utility had a problem and had to close. (The connection was then managed by the Windows XP utility.)
I now find that the utility has completely failed.
I can still access the internet via the F5D9050-4 wireless adaptor and the Windows XP "zero config" utility, but I keep losing connection. Occasionally I have to use the repair function to find the network.
I have tried several times to uninstall (using Revo), reboot and re-install but the utility is still not recognised. Device manager says all ok with the adaptor. I tried to download and install a driver update, but that failed as it did not find the software installed. Tried driver rool-back, still not recognised. The Belkin Utility page just shows a "!" between the pc and router and the router and Internet. No networks are listed. Ping test shows all failures.
The laptop can still connect to the router ok, so I don't think that it is a router problem.
Any ideas, guys?
Running XP Home SP2.
A few months ago, I kept getting error notices saying that the Belkin Utility had a problem and had to close. (The connection was then managed by the Windows XP utility.)
I now find that the utility has completely failed.
I can still access the internet via the F5D9050-4 wireless adaptor and the Windows XP "zero config" utility, but I keep losing connection. Occasionally I have to use the repair function to find the network.
I have tried several times to uninstall (using Revo), reboot and re-install but the utility is still not recognised. Device manager says all ok with the adaptor. I tried to download and install a driver update, but that failed as it did not find the software installed. Tried driver rool-back, still not recognised. The Belkin Utility page just shows a "!" between the pc and router and the router and Internet. No networks are listed. Ping test shows all failures.
The laptop can still connect to the router ok, so I don't think that it is a router problem.
Any ideas, guys?
Running XP Home SP2.