My Belkin wireless router works fine on my Toshiba (Windows Vista 64 bit), but will not connect wirelessly to my Sony (Windows Vista 32 bit). At one point I heard it had to have settings changed for the 32 bit... thoughts?

I don't see it jesus_is_989.

Do not see built-in wireless capability.

1) http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2373#sp

2) Do not see wireless drivers listed for any of the Windows versions,

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2373#dl

(Windows XP, 32 or 64-bit. Windows Vista, 32 or 64-bit. Windows 7, 32 or 64-bit. Windows 2000. Windows Server 2000, 32-bit )

3) Do not see it listed in the motherboard manual,

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2373#dl

(Click on the blue Down Arrow, to the right of the Download type;
box.
{ Has Driver in it}
Then click on Manual in the drop down list )

4) Not in any reviews,

http://www.overclockersclub.com/news/16334/

http://techwiki.hardwarecanucks.com/product/1OTEyNzM0NTM5MjczOTY/Gigabyte-GA-M61PM-S2/#fetr

We are talking about your computer connecting wirelessly, to a wireless router, right?

[Using computer geek 'license' to alter the English language, ->Wirelessly. Lol! ]

Wireless:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless

Means to me you are using a Wireless Adapter Card,

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3246388&CatId=2697

(Just one example out of many)

,or a wireless USB adapter,

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5320992&CatId=2688

(Just one example out of many)

Post back in a Comment as to what you are using for a wireless adapter. Also, wireless routers do go bad. Usually the Electrolytic Capacitors inside go bad.

Regards,
joecoolvette

The Router supports a variety of networking environments including Mac OS® 8.x, 9.x, X v10.x, Linux®, Windows® 98, Me, NT®, 2000, XP, and Vista®

usb stick OS Compatibility: Windows® 2000, Windows® XP 32 bit, Windows Vista® 32 bit

You don't actually need a driver to set it up. Just plug it into your network, then browse to its URL (likely 192.168.1.1, but could be 192.168.0.1, or 192.168.2.1). Then just follow the prompts to configure it. Hope that helps.

check what encryption your laptop will work with, if its an older laptop then its probably only 64 bit and your router is running on 128 bit encryption, and this will give what you have connected to router but no internet connection

Definitely Belkin is compatible with all the operating systems. the issue is the security type that came along with the router is WPA/WPA2... it is not compatible with many computers. Changing the security type to WEP64 bit will work perfectly...

Check the IP address on the Vista wireless network connection. Make sure that there is not static IP address on the wireless connection. That could be one of the reason.

Download the Drivers For Vista 64 Bit From
www.belkin.com/support

Step 1 : Right Click on the exe File And select Properties

Step 2 : Click The Compatibility Tab

Step 3 : Select Run this Program in compatibity mode For Win Vista SP1

Step 4 : Click Apply

Step 5 : Now try to install it

so when you connect the speedstream mode to the computer , it works.
But when you connect the router , it doesn't work.
That means you will need to set up the router again.
Click here to know more about the routers

I would suggest borrowing a different known working wireless adapter, and test trying that. Or test using a wired connection, just to prove it is the adapter. Perhaps the wireless adapter you are using is flaky.

This means you are using Vista x64, the 64-bit version.
It accepts only drivers which are signed by microsoft.
Make sure you are downloading 64-bit drivers instead of 32-bit.
According to this article, Belkin supports the signed drivers.
If there are no 64-bit drivers they will come available soon...