Let me set the scene:
A laptop, running XP Home, with a Belkin wireless network card. A network with a Linksys wireless access point. A network technician persistently banging his head against the desk.
The laptop can detect the wireless network, (recognises it by name) and claims to connect to it with excellent signal strength, but can’t actually see or ping any of the other machines, including, oddly enough, the access point itself.
The laptop has had a similar problem connecting to a different wireless network, with a Belkin wireless router/switch, so I’m guessing it’s something wrong on the laptop’s end, but there are too many variables for me to be totally sure.
I’ve configured just about everything that’s configurable every which way I can think of, but still no joy, so I’m hoping it’s some sort of common problem I’ve just not come across before, which you fine people could possibly make me aware of, or otherwise suggest a remedy for.
When I have four peptic ulcers and no fingernails left, I’m blaming wireless networks.