Wrt160n wireless router

I recently bought this for use in our home, however, I have an older HP computer that did not have wireless capability. I aalso purchased a Belkin Model F5D8053 wireless N USB Network adapter to work in conjunction with my linksys router. Everything works fine as long as the ethernet cable is hooked up, but when I try to go wireless with my computer, it will not let me on the internet. I spoke with Linksys Tech support, and with Belkin Tech support, but have not gotten enything accomplished. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks for the suggestion. I finally got it working properly last night. I had to restore my computer to the latest restore point prior to installation of the Linksys or Belkin products that I installed, re-install the Belkin wireless adapter, then change the channel that my Linksys router was running on. As soon as I changed the channel, everything started working properly. I noticed that all of the other wireless routers around my house were on a diferent channel and after a little research, learned that Underground electric dog fences and some home security systems can run on the same frequency that channel 11 on the Linksys router was running on (microwaves as well), which was causing interruption and interference. Changing the channel immediately solved the problem. I hope this might help anyone else out there who may experience this problem in the future.
Thanks for the response.

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