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Linksys WRT54G - WinXP lost connectionsuse 802.11g, 1 uses 802.11B. All have internal Mini PCI cards) plus one desktop machine direct wired to the router. I configured the router for DHCP, 128bit WEP, SSID broadcast disabled, and entered a manual 26 character HEX key for key 1). For each laptop, WEP shared settings were used and I entered the 26 character HEX key using Windows wireless networking configuration. Each machine connected to the Net through the router successfully. Problem: so far the 802.11b and one 802.11G laptop have failed to remember the wireless connection profile eventually and lose the ability to find the router. Anyone have any suggestions where the problem is here? Thanks... Tom Tom Williams wrote:
Show quoteHide quote > I just setup a Linksys WRT54G router with 5 wireless WinXP laptops (4 I'm not sure why the computers would fail to remember the profile > use 802.11g, 1 uses 802.11B. All have internal Mini PCI cards) plus one > desktop machine direct wired to the router. > > I configured the router for DHCP, 128bit WEP, SSID broadcast disabled, > and entered a manual 26 character HEX key for key 1). > > For each laptop, WEP shared settings were used and I entered the 26 > character HEX key using Windows wireless networking configuration. Each > machine connected to the Net through the router successfully. > > Problem: so far the 802.11b and one 802.11G laptop have failed to > remember the wireless connection profile eventually and lose the ability > to find the router. > > Anyone have any suggestions where the problem is here? > > Thanks... > > Tom "eventually," but enable SSID broadcast on the router and see if that fixes the problem. Disabling SSID broadcast provides minimal -- if any -- protection from intruders, and is known to cause problems with WZC. You might consider upgrading the 802.11(b) device to 802.11(g). You probably can't replace the internal mini-PCI card, but you should be able to get an external USB or PCMICA adapter. Not only will you be able to use more secure encryption, but your network will probably run faster if set to "G-only" rather than to "mixed." 
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