Try getting the latest drivers for your particular Card (there seems to be 4 versions of that card).

That fix worked for me on another manufacturers Wireless card. Symptoms were the same.

The message about not XP certified is because Linksys have not paid the money to Microsoft for the certification. Usual advice is to ignore the message.

I've only gotten that not equal to error when I was stuped and put a PCI card in with the system on.  Is it seated properly?

Message Edited by way2fast106 on 01-08-200612:58 PM

Message Edited by way2fast106 on 01-08-2006 12:58 PM

Could be, as in my case, that a Microsoft "fix" broke the driver for your card.

The card I used needed to have an updated driver for SP2

Thanks for all the replies. Linksys is just making garbage products these days. They used to be great but now products are just dissappointing. Have also had problems with their wired and wireless routers too ... it's too bad .. I used to depend on them but not getting the reliability anymore.

As for this problem, had xp patches installed, card seated properly, and downloaded various drivers. Same problem - system crashes with IRQ error, file was RT2500.sys (Realtek driver). Exchanged card at store and get same problem on 2 different systems. Installed on IBM W2K machine on different wireless network and card would not connect.

The Fix: Exchanged card for NetGear wireless and came up perfectly, 1st time, no headaches, no unexplained errors, no machine crashes, no Linksys customer service (who requested that I contact him to share what I did to fix their product), no searching around web to fix manufacturer errors. Works fantastic.