WiFi reset

10 Oct 2006 2:36 PM

Tom

Hi All,

I've got Verizon DSL & a WRT54GS V2 Linksys wireless router running 802.11g.
I've got 2 XP Home SP2 laptops with built-in wifi connected to the router.
The router uses PPPoE & WEP 128 bit keys. Everything has worked fine for many
months. But twice in the last few days one of my laptops failed to connect
(the other laptop has worked fine). After lots of troubleshooting I reset the
router using the little reset button that you have to hold in for 15 seconds
or so. After re-entering the router settings, and re-entering the WEP key
into my laptop, it connected fine.

Anyone else experience this? Any idea as to root cause of problem? Its a
pain to reset the router each time.

Any key technical details I left out?

Any ideas most appreciated.

Thanks,

Tom

10 Oct 2006 5:38 PM

David Hettel

These things happen from time to time. It could have been a power surge on
your electrical line, or a monetary loss of power. It could have been lots
of things. I believe the important thing is it's not happening often, and
once in many months doesn't seem so bad to me. Sure it's not what we would
like, but things could be a lot worst than this.

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"Tom" <T**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:370C2AD9-9632-4A83-85B0-BA974BC9B2DF@microsoft.com...
> Hi All,
>
> I've got Verizon DSL & a WRT54GS V2 Linksys wireless router running
> 802.11g.
> I've got 2 XP Home SP2 laptops with built-in wifi connected to the router.
> The router uses PPPoE & WEP 128 bit keys. Everything has worked fine for
> many
> months. But twice in the last few days one of my laptops failed to connect
> (the other laptop has worked fine). After lots of troubleshooting I reset
> the
> router using the little reset button that you have to hold in for 15
> seconds
> or so. After re-entering the router settings, and re-entering the WEP key
> into my laptop, it connected fine.
>
> Anyone else experience this? Any idea as to root cause of problem? Its a
> pain to reset the router each time.
>
> Any key technical details I left out?
>
> Any ideas most appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom

10 Oct 2006 6:32 PM

Tom

OK, That sounds reasonable. Sounds like many things could have caused the
problem. If it doesn't happen again soon, I'll just consider it to be a
random glitch of some kind and not worry about it.

Thanks,

Tom

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"David Hettel" wrote:

> These things happen from time to time. It could have been a power surge on
> your electrical line, or a monetary loss of power. It could have been lots
> of things. I believe the important thing is it's not happening often, and
> once in many months doesn't seem so bad to me. Sure it's not what we would
> like, but things could be a lot worst than this.
>
> --
> David Hettel
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights
>
>
> "Tom" <T**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:370C2AD9-9632-4A83-85B0-BA974BC9B2DF@microsoft.com...
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I've got Verizon DSL & a WRT54GS V2 Linksys wireless router running
> > 802.11g.
> > I've got 2 XP Home SP2 laptops with built-in wifi connected to the router.
> > The router uses PPPoE & WEP 128 bit keys. Everything has worked fine for
> > many
> > months. But twice in the last few days one of my laptops failed to connect
> > (the other laptop has worked fine). After lots of troubleshooting I reset
> > the
> > router using the little reset button that you have to hold in for 15
> > seconds
> > or so. After re-entering the router settings, and re-entering the WEP key
> > into my laptop, it connected fine.
> >
> > Anyone else experience this? Any idea as to root cause of problem? Its a
> > pain to reset the router each time.
> >
> > Any key technical details I left out?
> >
> > Any ideas most appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tom
>
>
>

10 Oct 2006 6:46 PM

Jack (MVP-Networking).

Hi
It might be that a noisy source of 2.4GHz was introduced to the environment.
Some time it can be solved by trying different Wireless channels.
Otherwise try to use Netstumbler ( http://www.ezlan.net/wbars.html ) and
evaluate your wireless environment.
In addition, if you system can take WPA use it instead of WEP.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

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"Tom" <T**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:370C2AD9-9632-4A83-85B0-BA974BC9B2DF@microsoft.com...
> Hi All,
>
> I've got Verizon DSL & a WRT54GS V2 Linksys wireless router running
> 802.11g.
> I've got 2 XP Home SP2 laptops with built-in wifi connected to the router.
> The router uses PPPoE & WEP 128 bit keys. Everything has worked fine for
> many
> months. But twice in the last few days one of my laptops failed to connect
> (the other laptop has worked fine). After lots of troubleshooting I reset
> the
> router using the little reset button that you have to hold in for 15
> seconds
> or so. After re-entering the router settings, and re-entering the WEP key
> into my laptop, it connected fine.
>
> Anyone else experience this? Any idea as to root cause of problem? Its a
> pain to reset the router each time.
>
> Any key technical details I left out?
>
> Any ideas most appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom

10 Oct 2006 7:04 PM

Tom

OK, That sounds good. With all the noise from microwaves, cell phones,
cordless phones, etc, it does seem reasonable that one of them could cause a
glitch.

I also did a quick google and found various articles describing the
advantages of WPA over WEP. I'll proceed with the change. Thanks.

Tom

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"Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:

> Hi
> It might be that a noisy source of 2.4GHz was introduced to the environment.
> Some time it can be solved by trying different Wireless channels.
> Otherwise try to use Netstumbler ( http://www.ezlan.net/wbars.html ) and
> evaluate your wireless environment.
> In addition, if you system can take WPA use it instead of WEP.
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "Tom" <T**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:370C2AD9-9632-4A83-85B0-BA974BC9B2DF@microsoft.com...
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I've got Verizon DSL & a WRT54GS V2 Linksys wireless router running
> > 802.11g.
> > I've got 2 XP Home SP2 laptops with built-in wifi connected to the router.
> > The router uses PPPoE & WEP 128 bit keys. Everything has worked fine for
> > many
> > months. But twice in the last few days one of my laptops failed to connect
> > (the other laptop has worked fine). After lots of troubleshooting I reset
> > the
> > router using the little reset button that you have to hold in for 15
> > seconds
> > or so. After re-entering the router settings, and re-entering the WEP key
> > into my laptop, it connected fine.
> >
> > Anyone else experience this? Any idea as to root cause of problem? Its a
> > pain to reset the router each time.
> >
> > Any key technical details I left out?
> >
> > Any ideas most appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tom
>
>
>