Who is having issues with WRT54G/WUSB54G

I am having the disconnect, not able to get an IP from the DHCP.
I am on my 3rd WRT any the issue continues.

What I am seeing is that my .b adapters that are connecting to the WRT dont
seem to have this problem and that, i have two idenitcal PC's with idenitcal
..g adapters one has the issue and the other not.

Even when I swap the adapters the problem continues.

This leads me to beliver this is an XP/driver issue.

Any one else have thoughts/experience on this.

"Robert Desel" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> I am having the disconnect, not able to get an IP from the DHCP.

I've had the router lock up on me like that before. POwer cycling was
the only thing that helped. I use a Proxim b/g card under win2k.

> What I am seeing is that my .b adapters that are connecting to the
> WRT dont seem to have this problem and that, i have two idenitcal
> PC's with idenitcal .g adapters one has the issue and the other not.
>
> Even when I swap the adapters the problem continues.
>
> This leads me to beliver this is an XP/driver issue.

Possibly. I don't know if we have enough data to support that
though. Various firmware for your AP fixes/introduces various bugs.
Are you working with any WEP or WPA?


--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

neither.
I get really strange stuff some times
e.g. last weekend i changed my ssid
today the old ssid shows up as an available network in addition to the new
one.

"Todd H." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Robert Desel" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>
> > I am having the disconnect, not able to get an IP from the DHCP.
>
> I've had the router lock up on me like that before. POwer cycling was
> the only thing that helped. I use a Proxim b/g card under win2k.
>
> > What I am seeing is that my .b adapters that are connecting to the
> > WRT dont seem to have this problem and that, i have two idenitcal
> > PC's with idenitcal .g adapters one has the issue and the other not.
> >
> > Even when I swap the adapters the problem continues.
> >
> > This leads me to beliver this is an XP/driver issue.
>
> Possibly. I don't know if we have enough data to support that
> though. Various firmware for your AP fixes/introduces various bugs.
> Are you working with any WEP or WPA?
>
>
> --
> Todd H.
> http://www.toddh.net/

"Robert Desel" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> neither.
> I get really strange stuff some times
> e.g. last weekend i changed my ssid
> today the old ssid shows up as an available network in addition to the new
> one.

Was the old one the default SSID for the router?

If so, how dense is your neighborhood? This could be easily explained
by a neighbor with the manufacturer of wireless gear using default
SSID's. Were the signal strength' the same?


--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

I have a similar setup at home:

1. LinkSys WRT54G router (hardware revision V1.1, firmware originally
V1.42.3 but then updated to V2.00.8), connected to my cable modem,
2. A Windoze XP Pro desktop wired-connected to the router, and
3. A Windoze 2000 Pro desktop (with USB 2.0 interface) and a Windoze 2000
Pro laptop (with USB 1.1 interface), one of which wirelessly-connected to
the router with a Linksys WUSB54G USB 2.0 wireless network adapter.

When the desktop or the laptop in 3 above is wirelessly connected to the
router, the connection randomly drops/breaks. Sometimes the break happens
every few minutes but other times the connection remains solid for a day or
two. And once the connection breaks, the only way I can get it back is to
un-plug and then re-plug the WUSB54G. Without un-plugging and then
re-plugging the WUSB54G, its monitor appplication can see/find the router
and try the connection but never can get back the connection.

"Robert Desel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am having the disconnect, not able to get an IP from the DHCP.
> I am on my 3rd WRT any the issue continues.
>
> What I am seeing is that my .b adapters that are connecting to the WRT
dont
> seem to have this problem and that, i have two idenitcal PC's with
idenitcal
> .g adapters one has the issue and the other not.
>
> Even when I swap the adapters the problem continues.
>
> This leads me to beliver this is an XP/driver issue.
>
> Any one else have thoughts/experience on this.
>
>

I'm also having a problem with dropped connections. I bought a Linksys
54G router which connects fine with my laptop which is using a PCMIA
54G card, however, the Linksys WUSB54G on my other desktop (running
XP) keeps dropping the connection. I continually have to use the
Linksys monitor to reconnect. It generally takes doing this 3 or 4
times before it will finally work.

Even when I reboot I have to go through this process.

Any thougths on how to keep the connection going.

(E-Mail Removed) (Todd H.) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> "Robert Desel" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>
> > I am having the disconnect, not able to get an IP from the DHCP.
>
> I've had the router lock up on me like that before. POwer cycling was
> the only thing that helped. I use a Proxim b/g card under win2k.
>
> > What I am seeing is that my .b adapters that are connecting to the
> > WRT dont seem to have this problem and that, i have two idenitcal
> > PC's with idenitcal .g adapters one has the issue and the other not.
> >
> > Even when I swap the adapters the problem continues.
> >
> > This leads me to beliver this is an XP/driver issue.
>
> Possibly. I don't know if we have enough data to support that
> though. Various firmware for your AP fixes/introduces various bugs.
> Are you working with any WEP or WPA?

the old was the default 'linksys'
i changed it to linksys19
then back to linksys
and the one that pops up periodically is linksys19

the bigger issue is really the intermitnent loss of client connections and
the inability to restablish despite good signal, additionally from time to
time a client will be connected but fail to obtain an ip from the DHCP.


"Todd H." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Robert Desel" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>
> > neither.
> > I get really strange stuff some times
> > e.g. last weekend i changed my ssid
> > today the old ssid shows up as an available network in addition to the
new
> > one.
>
> Was the old one the default SSID for the router?
>
> If so, how dense is your neighborhood? This could be easily explained
> by a neighbor with the manufacturer of wireless gear using default
> SSID's. Were the signal strength' the same?
>
>
> --
> Todd H.
> http://www.toddh.net/

this sounds precisely what my issue is
I am also on my 3rd wrt54g


"Jerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> I'm also having a problem with dropped connections. I bought a Linksys
> 54G router which connects fine with my laptop which is using a PCMIA
> 54G card, however, the Linksys WUSB54G on my other desktop (running
> XP) keeps dropping the connection. I continually have to use the
> Linksys monitor to reconnect. It generally takes doing this 3 or 4
> times before it will finally work.
>
> Even when I reboot I have to go through this process.
>
> Any thougths on how to keep the connection going.
>
> (E-Mail Removed) (Todd H.) wrote in message
news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> > "Robert Desel" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
> >
> > > I am having the disconnect, not able to get an IP from the DHCP.
> >
> > I've had the router lock up on me like that before. POwer cycling was
> > the only thing that helped. I use a Proxim b/g card under win2k.
> >
> > > What I am seeing is that my .b adapters that are connecting to the
> > > WRT dont seem to have this problem and that, i have two idenitcal
> > > PC's with idenitcal .g adapters one has the issue and the other not.
> > >
> > > Even when I swap the adapters the problem continues.
> > >
> > > This leads me to beliver this is an XP/driver issue.
> >
> > Possibly. I don't know if we have enough data to support that
> > though. Various firmware for your AP fixes/introduces various bugs.
> > Are you working with any WEP or WPA?

Recently, this morning, I uninstalled the WLAN monitor and actived the
Wireless Zero Configuration in Windows XP on the desktop using the
USB54G adapter. I also used Windows Update to get all the Wireless
updates and my system has been more stable in last few hours. We'll
see if it holds connections or not. The problem of losing connection
appears to have stopped....at least since early this morning.


"James" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<kRvLb.41987$(E-Mail Removed) ble.rogers.com>...
> I have a similar setup at home:
>
> 1. LinkSys WRT54G router (hardware revision V1.1, firmware originally
> V1.42.3 but then updated to V2.00.8), connected to my cable modem,
> 2. A Windoze XP Pro desktop wired-connected to the router, and
> 3. A Windoze 2000 Pro desktop (with USB 2.0 interface) and a Windoze 2000
> Pro laptop (with USB 1.1 interface), one of which wirelessly-connected to
> the router with a Linksys WUSB54G USB 2.0 wireless network adapter.
>
> When the desktop or the laptop in 3 above is wirelessly connected to the
> router, the connection randomly drops/breaks. Sometimes the break happens
> every few minutes but other times the connection remains solid for a day or
> two. And once the connection breaks, the only way I can get it back is to
> un-plug and then re-plug the WUSB54G. Without un-plugging and then
> re-plugging the WUSB54G, its monitor appplication can see/find the router
> and try the connection but never can get back the connection.
>
> "Robert Desel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I am having the disconnect, not able to get an IP from the DHCP.
> > I am on my 3rd WRT any the issue continues.
> >
> > What I am seeing is that my .b adapters that are connecting to the WRT
> dont
> > seem to have this problem and that, i have two idenitcal PC's with
> idenitcal
> > .g adapters one has the issue and the other not.
> >
> > Even when I swap the adapters the problem continues.
> >
> > This leads me to beliver this is an XP/driver issue.
> >
> > Any one else have thoughts/experience on this.
> >
> >