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On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 18:16:12 -0000, "Tony Doherty"
<tony.doherty@nospambigfoot.com> wrote:
>
>"Andrew Sayers" <inforelation11@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:f4pdt0t07ejsi0liprvuikbla0sdpst1je@4ax.com...
>> Hi
>>
>> I'm currently running firmware version 1.01.6 on my WAG54G router. I get
>the
>> occasional lockup/need to reboot, which in itself in no major issue.
>However I'm
>> considering updating the firmware to either v1.02.1 or v1.02.7. Has
>anyone tried
>> either of these and has encountered any problems?
>>
>> tia
>>
>>
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>
>I posed a query to this group on 28/12/04 on a similar topic.
>
>I currently have firmware 1.02.7 loaded in my WAG54G but the wireless
>connection still fluctuates occasionally (as it has done for 3 other
>firmware versions tested). For instance, on a 3 hour surf this afternoon I
>have had to select "re-connect" on my centrino laptop on 3 occasions. Other
>days I can sit for up to 8 hours with no problems.
>
>However, I enjoy the added features of 1.02.7 such as the ability to disable
>router admin via wireless. I also like the feature added in version 1.02.5
>which allowed a back-up of settings to be downloaded which is also available
>in 1.02.7.
>
>I would like Linksys to provide comment on why the product is losing
>wireless connection occasionally as reported by several of my friends and so
>many through the newsgroups. I have noticed that applying another selection
>of "save" within the router admin menu restores wireless operation each
>time.
>
>I would be interested in other peoples experiences.
>
I have been using my LinkSys WAG54G Wireless-G ADSL Gateway for a
couple of months now, and have had no problems, other than those
of my own making. This is a home network, in a residential
neighborhood that seems to have no other wireless systems in
operation, locally.
I'm using a home built desktop computer, running Windows XP
Professional for my wired computer. My wireless computers are a
desktop downstairs and a laptop (Windows XP Professional) that
may be carried around anywhere.
My wife's computer is a desktop, with a Linksys WMP54G v4
Wireless-G PCI adapter. This computer is running Windows XP home
edition. It is located downstairs, and the signal has to pass
through the downstairs roof. This roof has a flakeboard sheathing
with an aluminum skin for heat reflection. The aluminum skin
serves as a pretty effective RF shield, so the signal downstairs
is rather weak...but the connections downstairs, for both
wireless computers, have been steady and reliable.
My laptop has a Linksys WPC 11 Wireless-B Notebook adapter. This
works very well, except I have not yet figured out how to set the
notebook up for any form of wireless security encryption other
than the default WEP encryption. This is scarcely worth using, so
I am running down the street nekked, so to speak, with wireless
security disabled.