I'm a network newbie, but I've spent too much time getting this absurd
dongle to work. Now I have to convinve myself it's not broken. I may
exchange it and try again. MA814v2/ma11v2 xpsp2 box to 98se box. Worked
briefly now nada. Everything installs just fine. Arrrgghhhhhh.....

Make sure you have the latest drivers amnd installation software. The
MA111's have had some issues with XP SP2.  On the other side, I have a
version 1, and when I want to just get something working real fast, it is my
"Old Dependable". It works great iin a WIN ME box, no problems on WIN 2000
and XP pro, all different manufacturers. Check Netgears site b4 you bail.
http://tinyurl.com/3ufja
http://kbserver.netgear.com/release_notes/D102534.asp


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I've read all here and at Netgear's site, including numerous other
places and have yet to find a sol'n. Last night I manually typed in the
IP/subnet/gateway addresses into the wireless 98se box to see what
would happen. Don't really understand except that the wireless should
have been picking up the router's IP which it hadn't. Nothing changed.
The damned l'il blue light on the usb wireless adapter just kept
blinking away. I'm thinking it's fried as it worked briefly before I
did a second reinstall of my C: drive. Now it won't even connecxt to
the router at all. Hell, it probably corrupted my C: drive. Ya know
what really pisses me off besides everything? When you call ahead to
someplace you don't really want to go to (because it's too far away) to
make sure yer not wasting a trip and then ya get there and they go
"duh..." It's happened more than once. At different places. It happened
last night at CompUSA, a 50 mile r/t for me.  I want to determine if
the router's OK and it's just the WA. Wanted to try an exchange, but
they were out of stock. I called before I went there (see above)..But
enuff about me..... Can't find an upgrade/patch that's relevant for
Version2 of these here dongles. Cheers

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