Wireless Woes, ??'s and..........Network was fine and now...

Hello all.
Hope everyone had a great weekend. I have posted before and got a few great
tips that did not pan out. I have had a wireless LinkSys 802.11b since
August of 2001 and things worked great until about 1.5 months ago. I will
share what I have first, then the problem(s) I am having to provide as much
data to this awesome group to the end.. of getting my arms around the
problem.

I have :
LinkSys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router- Model BEFSR41 (4 port)
LinkSys NetWork Access Point - WAP11 (first rev model)
LinkSys Wireless Access Signal Booster- WSB24

Roadrunner Cable Modem

PC One - XP OS- Tower with LinkSys WMP11 Wireless Access (two printers
attached)
PC Two - XP OS - Tower with LinkSys WMP11 Wireless Access (One Printer
attached)
PC Three- Laptop XP OS - LinkSys PCMCIA WPC11
PC Four - Win 98 SE - Tower with LinkSys WMP11 Wireless Access

All were working and had access to Cable modem via Wireless WAP 11

Two months ago- PC Laptop was hacked into. No "Virus"". Someone hacked into
Laptop (gained access to AOL account and sent out a flood of e-mails
overnight. AOL Shut Down Account until I made environment secure. I choose
ZoneAlarm Pro for each PC for this purpose.

Appox. two weeks later, ZoneAlarm started "Detecting New Network Wizard"
which in turn seems to isolate PC's one by one... No longer allowing file
and print sharing (a big need in my environment). All still have access to
internet via Cable Modem (to me, means "Network" is partially intact via
each PC's Wireless card). Win98 system later went down re: no access to
cable modem.
My gut tells me that Zonelabs is partly at fault. All systems are virus
free, checked w/internal virus scans, plus "on-line" scans. I took out the
software and hardware on Win98 system and still no internet access.

What do I need to do to get my systems back working the way they were.
Linksys Tech Support is of no help. Any thoughts would be greatly
appreciated! Any questions that would help find the answer will be answered
quickly.

Thanks in advance!

Mike

Addendum,

How did this "hacker" get past the "supposed" firewall on the router? Do all
model (mine-Model BEFSR41 (4 port) ) have a "Nat" firewall re: of
manufacturing date? When I get everything back, how do I secure my network
without ZoneLabs ZoneAlarm Pro? Thanks Mike


"Michael V." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6V2nb.167083$(E-Mail Removed). ..
> Hello all.
> Hope everyone had a great weekend. I have posted before and got a few
great
> tips that did not pan out. I have had a wireless LinkSys 802.11b since
> August of 2001 and things worked great until about 1.5 months ago. I will
> share what I have first, then the problem(s) I am having to provide as
much
> data to this awesome group to the end.. of getting my arms around the
> problem.
>
> I have :
> LinkSys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router- Model BEFSR41 (4 port)
> LinkSys NetWork Access Point - WAP11 (first rev model)
> LinkSys Wireless Access Signal Booster- WSB24
>
> Roadrunner Cable Modem
>
> PC One - XP OS- Tower with LinkSys WMP11 Wireless Access (two printers
> attached)
> PC Two - XP OS - Tower with LinkSys WMP11 Wireless Access (One Printer
> attached)
> PC Three- Laptop XP OS - LinkSys PCMCIA WPC11
> PC Four - Win 98 SE - Tower with LinkSys WMP11 Wireless Access
>
> All were working and had access to Cable modem via Wireless WAP 11
>
> Two months ago- PC Laptop was hacked into. No "Virus"". Someone hacked
into
> Laptop (gained access to AOL account and sent out a flood of e-mails
> overnight. AOL Shut Down Account until I made environment secure. I choose
> ZoneAlarm Pro for each PC for this purpose.
>
> Appox. two weeks later, ZoneAlarm started "Detecting New Network Wizard"
> which in turn seems to isolate PC's one by one... No longer allowing file
> and print sharing (a big need in my environment). All still have access to
> internet via Cable Modem (to me, means "Network" is partially intact via
> each PC's Wireless card). Win98 system later went down re: no access to
> cable modem.
> My gut tells me that Zonelabs is partly at fault. All systems are virus
> free, checked w/internal virus scans, plus "on-line" scans. I took out the
> software and hardware on Win98 system and still no internet access.
>
> What do I need to do to get my systems back working the way they were.
> Linksys Tech Support is of no help. Any thoughts would be greatly
> appreciated! Any questions that would help find the answer will be
answered
> quickly.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Mike
>
>

"Michael V." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6V2nb.167083$(E-Mail Removed). ..
> Hello all.
> Hope everyone had a great weekend. I have posted before and got a few
great
> tips that did not pan out. I have had a wireless LinkSys 802.11b since
> August of 2001 and things worked great until about 1.5 months ago. I will
> share what I have first, then the problem(s) I am having to provide as
much
> data to this awesome group to the end.. of getting my arms around the
> problem.
>
> I have :
> LinkSys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router- Model BEFSR41 (4 port)
> LinkSys NetWork Access Point - WAP11 (first rev model)
> LinkSys Wireless Access Signal Booster- WSB24
>
> Roadrunner Cable Modem
>
> PC One - XP OS- Tower with LinkSys WMP11 Wireless Access (two printers
> attached)
> PC Two - XP OS - Tower with LinkSys WMP11 Wireless Access (One Printer
> attached)
> PC Three- Laptop XP OS - LinkSys PCMCIA WPC11
> PC Four - Win 98 SE - Tower with LinkSys WMP11 Wireless Access
>
> All were working and had access to Cable modem via Wireless WAP 11
>
> Two months ago- PC Laptop was hacked into. No "Virus"". Someone hacked
into
> Laptop (gained access to AOL account and sent out a flood of e-mails
> overnight. AOL Shut Down Account until I made environment secure. I choose
> ZoneAlarm Pro for each PC for this purpose.
>
> Appox. two weeks later, ZoneAlarm started "Detecting New Network Wizard"
> which in turn seems to isolate PC's one by one... No longer allowing file
> and print sharing (a big need in my environment). All still have access to
> internet via Cable Modem (to me, means "Network" is partially intact via
> each PC's Wireless card). Win98 system later went down re: no access to
> cable modem.
> My gut tells me that Zonelabs is partly at fault. All systems are virus
> free, checked w/internal virus scans, plus "on-line" scans. I took out the
> software and hardware on Win98 system and still no internet access.
>
> What do I need to do to get my systems back working the way they were.
> Linksys Tech Support is of no help. Any thoughts would be greatly
> appreciated! Any questions that would help find the answer will be
answered
> quickly.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Mike
>
>