Wife and I have been using wired internet for a while but with a couple of laptops now we're looking to set up a wireless network. We've had a Belkin wireless router for some time but never used it.

I unplugged the wire that was going from our internet router into the laptop and put it in the back of the Belkin. My laptop and also my wife's show the wireless network and pick up a good signal strength but our browsers fail to connect to the internet through it.

The 'Connected' light on it doesn't light up which seems a bit odd as the phone line goes from the wall into the internet router thing and then straight into the wireless router.

We called Belkin technical help and they said it must be a browser problem...unlikely since my wife's Mac has been very happy with other wireless networks we've used and this Windows 2000 laptop is connected to other flaky wi-fi signals in our neighbourhood.

I suspect the router is on the way out. Any confirmation if my suspicions sound correct based on the above would be most welcome.

Thanks