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My son had an interesting problem with his wireless network. He has a
Linksys BEFW11S4 802.11b router/AP and a Gateway laptop with built-in
wireless card. Initially his AP installation and use went pretty well. He
added WEP security and it worked reliably.
Something happened and it quit working. But the card still reported being
"connected" and a strong signal. I helped him get connected initially to
the cable modem direct, then to the router hard wired. Did some testing on
my end and could duplicate the symptoms with a bogus wep code on another
laptop. He tried re-entering the wep code on both AP and laptop. No joy.
So he changed the SSID on his AP, went to his laptop which detected the
"new" AP and requested he enter the WEP code. He did - same code - and it
connected and now works reliably again.
Any ideas of what happened???
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Bob Alston
bobalston9 AT aol DOT com
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My son had an interesting problem with his wireless network. He has a
Linksys BEFW11S4 802.11b router/AP and a Gateway laptop with built-in
wireless card. Initially his AP installation and use went pretty well. He
added WEP security and it worked reliably.
Something happened and it quit working. But the card still reported being
"connected" and a strong signal. I helped him get connected initially to
the cable modem direct, then to the router hard wired. Did some testing on
my end and could duplicate the symptoms with a bogus wep code on another
laptop. He tried re-entering the wep code on both AP and laptop. No joy.
So he changed the SSID on his AP, went to his laptop which detected the
"new" AP and requested he enter the WEP code. He did - same code - and it
connected and now works reliably again.
Any ideas of what happened???
--
Bob Alston
bobalston9 AT aol DOT com
---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.771 / Virus Database: 518 - Release Date: 9/28/2004