Can you change Preamble on MN-500?

Hi, I have an MN-500 base station and a D-Link "g"
adapter (backwards compatible) on my computer. The two
can talk to one another, but the connection is dropped
after about a minute. D-Link recommends changing the
router's Preamble to "Short," but I don't see that option
anywhere in the Broadband Network Utility or Base Station
Management Tool. Anyone know who to make that change?

You shouldn't have to use that.

Make sure 802.1x authenication is off. That is the more likely source of
your disconnects.

In Windows XP SP1, a change was made to this authenication method such that
wireless connections that had this option enabled would have its connection
dropped after 3 minutes if the connection could not authenicate against
802.1x credentials.

To disable 802.1x authenication over your wireless network card...

1.. Click Start, point to Connect To, click Show all connections, and then
double-click your wireless network adapter.
2.. On the General tab, click Properties.
3.. Click the Wireless Networks tab.
4.. Under Preferred Networks, click your home network, and then click
Properties.
5.. Click Data encryption (WEP enabled).
6.. Click the Association tab, and then click to clear the Network
Authentication (Shared mode) check box and the The key is provided for me
automatically check box, if they are selected.
7.. Click the Authentication tab, and then click to clear the Enable IEEE
802.1x authentication for this network check box, if it is selected.
8.. Click OK two times to accept the changes.


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Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

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"Dylan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:25a7c01c46057$6ad4f8e0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi, I have an MN-500 base station and a D-Link "g"
> adapter (backwards compatible) on my computer. The two
> can talk to one another, but the connection is dropped
> after about a minute. D-Link recommends changing the
> router's Preamble to "Short," but I don't see that option
> anywhere in the Broadband Network Utility or Base Station
> Management Tool. Anyone know who to make that change?

Jason: Thank you. I did, as you suspected, have the
authentication checkbox checked.


>-----Original Message-----
>You shouldn't have to use that.
>
>Make sure 802.1x authenication is off. That is the more
likely source of
>your disconnects.
>
>In Windows XP SP1, a change was made to this
authenication method such that
>wireless connections that had this option enabled would
have its connection
>dropped after 3 minutes if the connection could not
authenicate against
>802.1x credentials.
>
>To disable 802.1x authenication over your wireless
network card...
>
> 1.. Click Start, point to Connect To, click Show all
connections, and then
>double-click your wireless network adapter.
> 2.. On the General tab, click Properties.
> 3.. Click the Wireless Networks tab.
> 4.. Under Preferred Networks, click your home network,
and then click
>Properties.
> 5.. Click Data encryption (WEP enabled).
> 6.. Click the Association tab, and then click to clear
the Network
>Authentication (Shared mode) check box and the The key
is provided for me
>automatically check box, if they are selected.
> 7.. Click the Authentication tab, and then click to
clear the Enable IEEE
>802.1x authentication for this network check box, if it
is selected.
> 8.. Click OK two times to accept the changes.
>
>
>--
>Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP
>
>Find out about the MS MVP Program -
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx
>
>"Dylan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>news:25a7c01c46057$6ad4f8e0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi, I have an MN-500 base station and a D-Link "g"
>> adapter (backwards compatible) on my computer. The two
>> can talk to one another, but the connection is dropped
>> after about a minute. D-Link recommends changing the
>> router's Preamble to "Short," but I don't see that
option
>> anywhere in the Broadband Network Utility or Base
Station
>> Management Tool. Anyone know who to make that change?
>
>
>.
>