Wireless Network Adapter Not Working

[master_andalf]

I go to a college and the tech services is stupid and makes everyone use wireless networking with nowhere to connect to the internet via ethernet... anyways i recently reformatted my hard drive and have successfully reinstalled windows xp. To connect to the internet I have a linksys WUSB54G with SpeedBooster. I downloaded the driver for this on another computer, installed it, and nothing happens. In the device manager, It shows that the network adapter is plugged in.

Any Suggestions?

 

[sturm]

You need to download the driver for the NIC in your computer not for the router. Routers dont need drivers.

 

[master_andalf]

This isnt a router that I'm connected to. The WUSB is a USB network adapter, and doesnt connect to the NIC.

 

[montyuk]

does it show up in the network connections folder in control panel?

 

[master_andalf]

no, it only shows up in the device manager...
when i click on activate device it says it cannot start

 

[montyuk]

do you have the wireless zero configuration service running?
check run>services.msc

im assuming you've tried using different usb sockets, and does anything light up on the stick itself?

 

[master_andalf]

Yah i've tried all that, nothing lights up on the stick itself though...

 

[montyuk]

possible to borrow a friends just to test the unit itself isnt knackered?

 

[master_andalf]

well i found a solution, vista has internet sharing capabilities, and i have a legit copy of that, so what i did was take away xp, install vista, and just share the internet from my laptop's ethernet port. vista sucks, but at least now it works...thanks for all the help