Somebody help me please!!
I have recently installed an Orange Livebox. The initial connection via an ethernet cable went fine, no problems. At the same time Orange had kindly sent me a Speedtouch 121g wireless dongle (after they accidentally cancelled my account during a house move!) I went through the motions of installing it with their software.
Initially it didn't even seem to recognise that the thing was even plugged in. I am not a complete fool when it comes to computers so after much fiddling it now recognises that the dongle is connected. Running the programme that shows available connections it can even see my livebox wirelessly. Following thir own help menus "press apply changes etc etc" in the security screen, nothing happens, it simply will not connect. I have cut and paste the WEP key in from the Livebox configuration screen, to no avail, it sees the Livebox with excellent reception but will not connect. I ahve tried disabling my antivirus and firewall software (Zone Alarm) but still it will not connect.
I therefore unistalled the software and just installed the software through Windows (XP SP2), getting the driver off the CD. Sometimes now after a restart it looks like it is all going to work fine. It picks up the Livebox and MSN starts to connect. Then after about a minute it disconnects. If you search for a network, it finds my livebox but says it needs a WPA / WEP key. I type this in and nothing changes - it simply refuses to connect. I have now tried disabling the security settings through the livebox configuration page, but still no joy.
However, I have been able to connect a WiFi enabled phone to the livbox with no problems. My gut feeling is that is either a problem with the dongle or security settings +/- firewall/antivirus issues.
Would be grateful if anyone has any useful tips as I have wasted hours so far trying to solve this.
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