> Once I have made the connection I can do anything I want except > upload firmware. Is the basestation just fried or am I doing > something wrong ? I`ve tried to be complete as possible. Some of that sounds like things I tried when I experienced my Netgear wireless modem failing in the way you described. The only thing that sorted it, as far as I can tell, was undertaking a hard reset, in particular ensuring that the reset button was held in for 15+ seconds. When I did the same for only 5 seconds previously it didn't work. Can you either borrow another machine with a wireless card to tell whether it's your computer or not - or - take your basestation somewhere else and test it with someone else's setup. From your description it's not clear whether you can connect continuously to your neighbour's network or only see it. Longshots I know, but hth. Cheers, Colin.