Wow, just wow, I did all that and all I needed to do was change the channel...derp.
But many a thanks my friend, you have literally saved this poor Pi's life from being thrown in a bin!

Have a nice day!

Thanks for the reply, but I don't have a hidden SSID as far as I'm aware, my laptop, iphone, etc, all connect to it fine?

Heya, I have been trying to get my Pi up and running on Wi-Fi for a good couple of months now, I am a newbie at Linux and this kinda thing in general, but I can't get it working for the life of me. I have connected it up via Ethernet and that runs fine, allowing me to use VNC, etc. Also the dongle s...