[Ti] Linksys router wireless problems.

[Pedro Vera]

I am having mixed results with Linksys. My first Linksys BEFSR41 router lasted over two years of 
incredible service. Never a problem. I had a D-Link WAP that ran fine with it.

When the router died I bought the exact same model but with wireless b. Died in less than 3 
days. Its replacement died the same way. I switched to a SMC Barricade that has worked really 
nice, and the firewall has SPI, something Linksys should have added a long time ago.

Oh, and it was $60 cheaper. Of course, it is b, not g, but it is fine for what I need it.

Thanks,

Pedro Vera
http://pedrovera.com
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---------- Original Message -----------
From: Vance Eschenburg <vance at eschenburg.org>
To: "PowerBook G4 Titanium List" <Titanium at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 10:23:15 -0700
Subject: [Ti] Linksys router wireless problems.

> Hello All,
> 
> I got one of the dual 802.11b and g Linksys 4-port routers (WRT54G) 
> over the weekend. I managed to get the router up and running so my 
> laptop can connect to it via ethernet cable, but have so far been 
> unable to make a wireless connection. I have the router's wireless 
> control panel set to 'mixed' so it can make b connections and have 
> updated the firmware on the router.
> 
> I can't tell what exactly is going wrong because, when I connect, my 
> laptop only says, 'The airport has encountered an error while trying 
> to connect.' Gee..... thanks a lot little guy. :)
> 
> Whenever I am at school, I can connect wirelessly so I know my 
> internal airport card is running well. So I think I have a setting problem.
> 
> I've tried various combos: different channels, with/without wep, 
> with/without router name broadcasting, etc....
> 
> Has anyone had these problems? What's the magic list of settings 
> that will fix this?
> 
> Thanks in Advance,
> Vance
> 
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