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I've recently installed a Hawking USB Wireless adapter 802.1 B/G to connect to the internet via a 3-Com router located in house with a strong signal. My hubby has been using the same router on a Windows machine with no problems for quite some time. The adapter is connected through a 4-port USB hub and has been working ..... most of the time.
If I have to restart my computer, it has trouble reconnecting. When this happens, the Hawking utility shows that it's connected with strong signal, but my safari displays a not connected to the net message. I'll remove it, double check the utility which will update to show no device, replace it and it will locate the adapater again and again with strong signal, but safari is no dice.
I've gone into the Settings and it will inevitable have defaulted back to the internal modem which is not set up. I'll change it to ethernet, renew the DHCP lease and still no dice. What's worked, so far, is to simply go to bed and hope in the morning it's back on.
Thoughts?

From the description of your problem, you apparently have an early G4 PPC Mini with just 2 USB ports, an internal modem, but no airport.
The kind of problems you are encountering is one reason why I (and others) consider USB to be the least satisfactory way to connect a Mini wirelessly to the ethernet.
And USB wireless via a hub adds another layer of complexity.
A preferable method for a Mini with just 2 usb ports would be to use a wireless ethernet bridge, which plugs into the ethernet port of the Mini.
I question whether anyone here will have a solution for your Hawking problem. And if not, I'd recommend going the wireless ethernet bridge route.
Alternatively, the most reliable solution is always to run real ethernet cable between the computer and the router. Since you have such a strong signal, perhaps they are not so far apart as to make this impractical.

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