Linksys BEFW11S4 and WEP

Hi all

I have a problem with my Linksys BEFW11S4 and my 3 wireless clients.

when i use it without WEP encrytion all my clients work and do get an ip
adress from the router.

When i activate WEP encryption , it will not provide an valid ip address
for the wireless only the cards internal 169.xxx.xxx.xxx
I have resat the router and started from scratch, i have tried to
enable/disable SSID, changing WEP codes and all with no luck
The router is running with firmware 1.45.10 it's a V2 router.
All clients are running WIN XP Pro Sp2.

All suggestions are welcome before i go crazy and go out and buy an 3Com
router

Brdgs Peter Larsen

"Peter Larsen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Hi all
>
> I have a problem with my Linksys BEFW11S4 and my 3 wireless clients.
>
> when i use it without WEP encrytion all my clients work and do get an
> ip adress from the router.
>
> When i activate WEP encryption , it will not provide an valid ip
> address for the wireless only the cards internal 169.xxx.xxx.xxx


The 169. IP means the computer timed out and couldn't get a DHCP IP from
a DHCP server on the router. So the O/S assigned the 169 IP to the NIC.
The IP will allow the machine to access other machines on the LAN but it
will not allow it to access the Internet since it never got an IP from
the router.

> I have resat the router and started from scratch, i have tried to
> enable/disable SSID, changing WEP codes and all with no luck

Well either the card or router is defective, which you can get a
replacement for them if they are under warrantee, or there is some kind
of mis-configuration issue going on with either device. Most likely the
WEP key is not what you think it is suppose to be. Did you try going to
Device Manager and configuring the NIC there? You don't have to use the
card's utility and some don't play well with the XP O/S.


> The router is running with firmware 1.45.10 it's a V2 router.
> All clients are running WIN XP Pro Sp2.
>
> All suggestions are welcome before i go crazy and go out and buy an
> 3Com router
>

Well if you brought another router, you could have the same problem.

Duane


Duane

You did activate WEP on the clients didn't you and enter the (shared) WEP
key on each.

It seems strange that all 3 clients don't connect.


"Duane Arnold" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Peter Larsen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:4290d4d8$0$644$(E-Mail Removed):
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I have a problem with my Linksys BEFW11S4 and my 3 wireless clients.
>>
>> when i use it without WEP encrytion all my clients work and do get an
>> ip adress from the router.
>>
>> When i activate WEP encryption , it will not provide an valid ip
>> address for the wireless only the cards internal 169.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
>
> The 169. IP means the computer timed out and couldn't get a DHCP IP from
> a DHCP server on the router. So the O/S assigned the 169 IP to the NIC.
> The IP will allow the machine to access other machines on the LAN but it
> will not allow it to access the Internet since it never got an IP from
> the router.
>
>> I have resat the router and started from scratch, i have tried to
>> enable/disable SSID, changing WEP codes and all with no luck
>
> Well either the card or router is defective, which you can get a
> replacement for them if they are under warrantee, or there is some kind
> of mis-configuration issue going on with either device. Most likely the
> WEP key is not what you think it is suppose to be. Did you try going to
> Device Manager and configuring the NIC there? You don't have to use the
> card's utility and some don't play well with the XP O/S.
>
>
>> The router is running with firmware 1.45.10 it's a V2 router.
>> All clients are running WIN XP Pro Sp2.
>>
>> All suggestions are welcome before i go crazy and go out and buy an
>> 3Com router
>>
>
> Well if you brought another router, you could have the same problem.
>
> Duane
>
>
> Duane
>

Thanks for the tips , but no luck
Have just bought an 3Com and everything is now working and i'm upgraded to
WPA encryption :-)

Brdgs Peter
"Peter Larsen" <(E-Mail Removed)> skrev i en meddelelse
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> Hi all
>
> I have a problem with my Linksys BEFW11S4 and my 3 wireless clients.
>
> when i use it without WEP encrytion all my clients work and do get an ip
> adress from the router.
>
> When i activate WEP encryption , it will not provide an valid ip
address
> for the wireless only the cards internal 169.xxx.xxx.xxx
> I have resat the router and started from scratch, i have tried to
> enable/disable SSID, changing WEP codes and all with no luck
> The router is running with firmware 1.45.10 it's a V2 router.
> All clients are running WIN XP Pro Sp2.
>
> All suggestions are welcome before i go crazy and go out and buy an 3Com
> router
>
> Brdgs Peter Larsen
>
>
>