Hi There - I'm hoping someone out there can help me figure out why I cannot get my Dell Truemobile 1300 wireless adapter to communicate with my Belkin Wireless Router.

I have a Dell Dimension 4700 desktop computer. I installed the truemobile adapter no problem and the belkin wireless router no problem. I can connect to the internet via wire to the router, but cannot get the wireless to work! I have been working on it for several nites with no luck. the Wireless blue light on the front of the router is not lit.

I turned off windows zero configuration on my pc and am allowing the truemobile card utility to choose my network. I have assigned my network a name and also got the info on my IP address http:192.169.2.1 and made sure the preferred network was configured with this info. I can see other networks in my neighborhood but cannot get my network to show up in the list of available networks. Also, when I run the Diagnostics in the Card Utility, all of the tests fail except 'Check for other networks'.

I have tried to the ipgconfig / all command and get the following output. I can see that the media state is disconnected but I don't know how to fix it. I'm going crazy trying to figure this out. I'm ready to return the Dell truemobile adapter and buy a belkin adapter to see if that works.. Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Thanks in advance!!


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : caraandjason
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Belkin

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel® PRO/100 VE Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-11-E4-2F-73
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, November 13, 2007 6:09:02 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 18, 2038 10:14:07 PM


Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell TrueMobile 1300 USB2.0 WLAN Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-90-4B-E5-D8-8E

stupid question is wireless turned on in the router configuration.

I checked my router settings and the wireless mode is set to:

802.11b&802.11g&802.11n

Are there other tests I can run to pinpoint where this problem is coming from?

Is it possible that the dell wireless adapter and the belkin router just won't talk to each other?