[institches]

i've got all the drivers etc that came with the dongle, it just seems to be conflicting somewhere, and the only info i can glean points to it not being workable on a wireless network (this pc is connected via ethernet because it's adjacent the modem and router, but the rest of the network is wireless to obviaTE running miles of ethernet round a 4-storey house)

makes a nonsense of all this wifi malarkey if this really is the problem with it all. I've been at the sharp end of the IT industry since 1977, but this is so close to defeating me it's got right up my nose