In article <FKBee.8298$db7.1034@trnddc01>, John Keiser says...
> I installed WinXP SP2 and found that the Toshiba runs just fine.  One 
> glitch.
> Try as I might, I never could get my NetGear WiFi card to work.
> I installed the new drivers at the Toshiba site but the card never 
> established a connection despite many configurations attempts .
> ...


I'm running XP SP2 (Home edition) on my satellite M35X. All I ever use is 
WiFi (unless I travel somewhere where I have to use a cable). I don't have 
the same card as you, though.

Try these things and tell us what you see and what results you get...

1. In the system tray (bottom right), right-click in your WiFi icon and 
then select STATUS. On the pop-up window, tell us the Status, the Network, 
Speed and Signal Strength. I'm expecting you to tell me "Disconnected, 
blank/none, 0, and 5 gray bars."

2. While still on that pop-up, look at the bottom of it and click on View 
Wireless Networks. That will give you yet another pop-up. Is your network 
router listed by name (SSID)? I presume it will be. If not, then we can 
stop here. You're card isn't working. It has to be the driver. Try 
uninstalling any driver you added (rollback) and then go to the MS Update 
site and let it scan your system. Chances are it will find the right 
driver for you and install it. If you do see your network on this pop-up, 
go to #3

3. At this point we know your card is working, at least a little. There 
may still be a problem with the driver, but it is more likely at this 
point to be a configuration problem. Click once on your network name entry 
in the listed networks. Then double-click on it. You'll be asked for your 
network key (defined in the router). Enter it (twice) if prompted (I 
presume you are using a network key -- if not, that's not your problem at 
the moment, but you are leaving the door wide open for your neighbors to 
hook into your system!). Did the key solve your problem? If not, on to 
step 4.

4. Click on ADVANCED SETTINGS. On the pop-up, look near the top for tabs. 
Click on WIRELESS NETWORDS tab. If you don't see your network listed in 
the middle of the pop-up window, click ADD. Enter the network name (SSID) 
and all the proper parameters as defined in your router. There are 3 tabs 
on the windoe you see after clicking ADD. Take a look at all 3, then OK. 
Now you should see your network in the middle of the pop-up window in the 
section labeled PREFERRED NETWORKS. Highlight it, click ADVANCED and and 
select Access Point (I recall you said you use infrastructute, so Access 
Point is what you want). Click OK

At this point, you should be running. If not, the driver is now more 
likely to be the culprit. Uninstall your driver and run the Windows Update 
process from the MS Update site. If you made it all the way through step 4 
and are now loading your driver, run back through the steps again.

Oh, and just to be sure, plug a cable into your WiFi router, log into it, 
and get all the settings. About half the time I help others with their 
WiFi, they've forgotten the mose recent setting in their router. You sound 
as though you know what you're doing in this respect, but if everything 
else fails, what have you got to lose?

For comparison, I'm using an Atheros card. The driver is also Atheros. But 
the driver (latest version, anyway) was installed from the MS Update site. 
MS should have a driver for your card if the card is at all advertised as 
compatible with XP. That's one of the things they require from vendors who 
say their hardware is XP-compatible.

Even if your card isn't advertised that way, MS should have a generic 
driver that will do. It may not take full advantage of all the bells and 
whistles of your card (like power savings and things), but it should let 
you communicate. And for the record, I owned 1 NetGear product, a wireless 
router, and quite a new model, before realizing NetGear makes "fun" and 
"sporty" things but are no where near as reliable or supported as their 
competitors. Just my opinion from my own experience. I sold it and bought 
a Zoom router.

Luck.
Frisco