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Hi Computerplus. Yes i had done a reboot of the network. As to the driver for the router. I've been using whatever driver windows 7 installed for the router as i had misplaced the disk (although the firmware is updated to current using the netgear smart wizard at 192.168.1.1). I didn't think it was a router issue as my other USB wireless card worked fine in connecting as did my housemates pc, my laptop and xbox.
Anyway...the wireless card seems to be working now. I uninstalled the driver and removed the card. Then inserted my wireless card from my old pc that always worked with my router. This old card (linksys w/speedbooster) didnt work in windows 7 either (it wouldn't even let the device work at all in device manager). I then removed this card and inserted the 8185 again. Now it works fine and has connected perfectly for over a week now.
One thing i did notice is that when my pc was put together the wireless card is very close to the graphics card, which is huge. As the graphics card fan was rubbing off the wireless card a piece of foam had been inserted between the two cards to keep them apart. This resulted in the wireless card being warped somewhat in its slot. When i reinserted the card i positioned the foam so as to bend the card the least and it worked fine from the moment the pc was turned back on. If it goes back to the way it was i will re-post and let people know!
Bruce