Wi-Fi Problems between network devices

Hi, I goto a university where the majority of the school has Wi-Fi
however, in a building on certain floors i fail to get a wireles
connection. I use the Linksys PCMIA card, and the Linksys WUSB11. I
will attempt to connect, then within 5 seconds reset to Not Connected.
Some times the icon on my taskbar for the wireless will disappea
telling me that the drivers unloaded, then re-appear so the drivers ha
been loaded. The network is an open network available to the public
however we must give Computing Services our mac address so they can pu
us on the network

Many people that i have talked to, have had the same problem wit
Linksys and DLink. I have talked to the person in charge of th
wireless network, but his ego is really big and thinks that it'
everyone elses problem and not his. He said that our Wi-Fi devices ar
pretty much crap, they are using a draft version of the wi-f
technology, and a bunch of other crap. He also said that the device
are not "Wi-Fi Certified" which is not true because it is

There are about 3 access points on each level. One on each end of th
halls, and one in the middle. It's just on these few floors in thi
building that my wireless messes up. There are some other side-affect
of this problem on my machine as well. For example, after trying t
connect to the network, then if you try disconnecting the usb, it wil
fail to unload the drivers, it still sees the Wireless devic
installed, just cannot see any networks in the area. When thi
happened, i tried stopping the WZC service in XP SP2, and it failed t
stop, like the service has been locked up and when i try to install m
PCMIA slot wireless device, it doesnt see it as being installed. I
doesnt even get power. If i restart my computer, then it sees th
wireless card and stuff, but it as well experiences these symptoms muc
like the WUSB11

I have been looking online and saw a similar problem i guess, but whe
it's on a closed network, and it has to do with a Windows XP (SP2
Hotfix, which it says to uninstall. I dont have this hotfix, so i
cannot be that

I have also tried disabling the WZC in XP and using the Linksys Utilit
that came with the WUSB and it doesnt see the network at all, only th
WZC see the network and is able to connect

I could use some help on this matter to try and solve this problem

Thanks

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