I have a Dell 1150 with built in centrino wi-fi, i installed a belkin F5D7230-4 wireless router to my cable modem. The wireless router has a hardline going to my desktop pc, and a hardline going to my modem. I'm using WinXP on my labtop and i can usually get a signal to my labtop if im very close (within 5 ft or so) but then it will just disconnect randomly. When i open up my wireless network properties when it IS connected it says "Not Connected" or "Automatic", i removed the firewall to no avail. When i go upstairs in my house (approx 40ft from router) i get no signal at all. The Desktop pc thats running on the hardline from the router works perfectly fine. Has anyone had this problem or know of a possible solution?

Is the modem RJ45 cable going to the WAN Port ?? I ahve given up with WiFi use the following instead http://www.solwise.co.uk/net-powerline.htm

Try changing the channel on your router. I had the same issue with linksys router and Dell laptop after the channel has been changed it seemed to work fine.

yes the cable from the modem is going into the back of the router. i tried changing the channel but not too much happened. i open up my "Wireless Network Connection" and the the network is listed, it says "Not connected" yet i can still browse the web, when i go upstairs i get no connection.