"Dana" <danabillo***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1154217804.018767.35000@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I have a Linksys WRK54G wireless router.  I spent probably 500 hrs on
> the phone with support, and finally got it working using tips from a
> friend.  Use the info if it helps...
>
> Our network has only 2 computers, an HP desktop hardwired to the
> router, and the Emachines laptop is either hardwired or wireless if I'm
> in another room.  Here's what worked for us:
>
> 1) Set up all your connections with static IP's. "Obtain IP
> automatically" never seemed to keep us connected.  The only fix was to
> UNPLUG the router to reset it several times a day.  Don't know what the
> reset button is supposed to do!
>
> 2) Going to the linksys configuration website 192.168.1.1, in the
> wireless security tab, enable MAC addressing.  We then programmed in
> all the MAC addresses of the router, both LAN connections, and the
> wireless card (we got these "physical addresses" by going to each
> computer's DOS prompt and typing "ipconfig/all" according to my notes).
>
> 3) For some reason, in the "wireless network connection properties"
> screen, if I click the "Use Windows to configure my connection" option,
> connectivity seems to go down hill.  If I unclick it and allow the
> Linksys Wireless G software to handle everything, I have fewer
> problems.
>
> So that keeps our connectivity going.  But now I have a new problem.
>
> I brought my work laptop home (a Compaq NC6000).  It's got built in
> wireless card that works just fine at work.  And at home, "view
> wireless networks" shows ours, and two of our neighbors' networks.  I
> can connect to anyone else's, but not my own.  I didn't even need to
> type a WEP key to access my neighbors networks, though they are showing
> as WEP encryted.
>
> I keep our encryption at 64 bit WEP, and tried both typing in the WEP
> key and clicking the "it's provided for me" box, but no dice.  Even
> when I disabled WEP temporarily, I couldn't get connected.  I thought
> for sure that would work.
>
> I also tried every combo of either Linksys or Windows configuring the
> router, in case that makes a difference.  Nothing works.  I tell it to
> connect, the dialog box closes like something's happening, and then a
> pop-up tells me I'm not connected, but that there are "wireless
> networks available!"  I guess I just can't have the one I want...
>