I just bough a Negear Wireless USB WG111v2.0 and I have a Lynksys Wireless-B router. When I plugin my usb it says their are some wireless ACCESS points available but it wont connect to them. When i go view the connections, i double click on the only one which is my router and it says connecting... but never actually connects... just eventually stops trying.. when i click repair it goes through all the steps untill it gets to Connecting to wireless blah blah but never connects. I dont understand why.. I tried on two different computer connections and no luck... i tried with windows wireless manager and with negears.. doesn't work with any.

Please help!

EDIT: I just want to point out that when I connect with the older netgear usb adapter the WG111 it connects without a PROBLEM, instantly.That is enough reason to send it back to the vendor.
It's possible that the device has wireless-B disabled (on account of being Wireless-G) it's also possible it doesn't even support wireless-b connections. check the configuration on the adapter to MAKE sure that you have it set to 802.11b.


Also, does your router currently implement any wireless security?hmm.. im going to try to find out if it maybe is set to wireless b... i figured it would adjust on its own.

I had it set to WPA and when I logged in it didn't connect.. so i took off all security.. the problem remained.

Also: I had a lynksys wireless-n router a couple days ago untill it crapped out and I had to change to this old one. it worked perfectly with that one.I went into the adapter PROPERTIES and enabled the option that said Wireless 11B and it still doesn't work.. won't connect. its catches the access point but for some reason it just wont connect.

EDIT: after ENABLING wireless i was able to get it connected on my other computer through netgears wireless utility that comes with the installation of the usb adapter... but the thing is it says its connected but the internet isn't working... AND!.. i can't connect to the router.. so it says its connected to the network.. but its not.

but.. the thing is i was able to connect it once through the program on this computer as well... with the same result.. of not being able to connect to anything.Weel, let me make a suggestion. This has helped me. You can download a program called NetWorkMagic. No, I do not work for them. But the product is good for home users with limited resources. You can get a free trail version. About half the rime it will identify the problem. Here is the link.
http://www.purenetworks.com/nmlp/home-networking.php?gclid=CJT-3NLJ2ZYCFQQCagodRTqj2w&src=google&kw=networkmagic