[ianbjones]

A friend ( yes really) has joined Talk TAlk recently but has had little or no success getting connected. He was supplied with a wireless router which after a lot of failures, when I tried to get it working his new wireless laptop (XP) reported a 'problem connecting to router')

I tried my old laptop (win2000) instead with usb wireless thingy and got the same response.

NOW. 1..were we being too ambitious (going wireless for a start with a router) although the same problem occurred when connecting the router by cable.

2. is talk talk any good ( their help is poor but their 'geek' people got it working for a short time at some expense).

3. I have an ex-orange speedtouch 330 usb modem that i used before I had a livebox. Might that work on his system to replace the router or is it 'orange specific'. His set up cd has the 330 as a 'supported ' item.

4. HELP

Best wishes, Ian