hi i have a packard bell j2301 laptop, and installed a netgear wg511t wi fi card, however, it will find my router (netgear dg834gt) and the signal strength is 100%, but it will not connect in the system tray i have the little pic ture of a laptop with a rd screen and a pic of a pc with a red x on it when i put the curser over it i get the message Wireless network connection . Not connected. the same in my network connections picture of two pcs but red x. when i connect a lan cable to router fromn laptop i get internet no probs.
thanks for any help

Hi, first of all tell me if you have enabled any security on your wireless network or not,like WEP or WPA. The Red color laptop in the system tray is the icon of the netgear utility. In case you have any security in your wireless network, then open the netgear utility by clicking on the red laptop. Then on the first window ,right side you would find the option 'Enter WEP key', just enter the key and press apply or ok. It would work, if not then reply me.
Thanks

there is a firmware upgrade for this problem on netgear.com
aor try this first, go into task manager on the pc and look for process wLan, they may be 2 or 3 of these running, end all of them and the little red pc icon will go, eject the pci card and reinsert and goto start and programs and re launch netgear wlan. it should sort if it wont load, resart laptop and it will auto load..

this pci card is renowned for loading to many times and conflicting!!!
If it still wont work take it back and buy a belkin or phillips pci wifi card!!!