Linksys WRT54G WEP Problems

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Should i use wpa-psk/tkip then? Will my laptop support that as
standard? Is it also standard that you can share a printer with it?
Thats a bit of a problem for me.



Jim Miller Wrote:
> fwiw, i'm running wpa-psk/tkip on my wrt54g and two centrino notebooks.
> not
> without problems but livable. the problems appear to be the microsoft
> client
> getting confused. i'm hoping that the long awaited update fixes it.
>
> for me doing a suspend and resume after the first cold boot and
> subsequent
> loss of connection brings the connection up and maintains it solidly.
> still
> annoying though. drives wife and daughter crazy and they pass it along.
> ;-)
>
> i'm a bit frustrated however with the lack of wireless printer support
> under
> wpa. i'm hoping it will be forthcoming after msft gets the client
> stable
> with the update in august.
>
> i haven't seen anyone question wpa security however.
>
> jtm


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On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 07:41:55 -0400, Jim Miller spoketh

>i was able to successfully and solidly run wep before i ran wpa. i wouldn't
>advise going that way until wep works. i was just pointing out that i could
>run a more rigorous security protocol without too much trouble.
>

Doesn't matter. At one point in time, I couldn't get my Linksys WAP to
work with WEP, but WPA worked perfectly. If WEP isn't working, and WPA
is an alternative (both the AP and the laptop supports WPA), then go for
it.

Lars M. Hansen
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