Recent content by msd12345678

CMOS reset didn't seem to make any difference :( I am going to spend a bit more time on trying the USB wireless card with Linux, then see if I can scrounge an old PCI card off a friend.. UPDATE 12/4/09 I finally got the wireless working - so that was a (very confusing) red herring. Have now...

Thanks for the help so far everyone : the (DSL) modem is in the router, which is working fine, so thats in the clear. If I could get one for that sort of price over here (London) I'd try that straightaway. I'll take a look on Ebay anyway, but the USB evidence makes me doubt that a new card...

There was a lightning strike near my friends house. Her neighbours set-top box went up in smoke, but all that happened to her was she lost Internet access from her XP PC. She could still use it for everything else (Word etc), but XP reported (incorrectly) that the ethernet cable was...