Linksys wag54g encryption?

I have a WAG54G gateway and a WUSB54 adapter.

I have configure to use WPA Pre-Shared Key and all is working well
except.....

When I look at the status / wireless page, the entry Encryption is indicated
as "disabled".

Linksys support (that I have no confidence in as a result of answers to
other basic questions) tells me that I need to upgrade my firmware and it
looks as if I have a hardware problem. They state that it is unlikely that
encryption is working.

Surely, as I cannot connect from my adapter unless I submit the correct WPA
information, encryption must be working?

I am loath to upgrade my firmware as everything else I need to use appears
to be working fine and I have read many reports of people upgrading and as a
result introduced serious problems. I am on my second kit as the first
adapter would not work at all i.e. not recognised by my OS.

Has anyone experienced the 'encryption' symptom I am getting and how did you
get round it?

"NewsGroupQuestion"
> I have a WAG54G gateway and a WUSB54 adapter.
>
> I have configure to use WPA Pre-Shared Key and all is working well
> except.....
>
> When I look at the status / wireless page, the entry Encryption is
indicated
> as "disabled".
>
> Linksys support (that I have no confidence in as a result of answers
to
> other basic questions) tells me that I need to upgrade my firmware
and it
> looks as if I have a hardware problem. They state that it is
unlikely that
> encryption is working.
>
> Surely, as I cannot connect from my adapter unless I submit the
correct WPA
> information, encryption must be working?
>
> I am loath to upgrade my firmware as everything else I need to use
appears
> to be working fine and I have read many reports of people upgrading
and as a
> result introduced serious problems. I am on my second kit as the
first
> adapter would not work at all i.e. not recognised by my OS.
>
> Has anyone experienced the 'encryption' symptom I am getting and how
did you
> get round it?

I had the same under status on my wap54g. I just went back and looked
again and it now shows
WEP. I do know that it was actually on. Im not sure what made my
status page change except
that I did do alot of security enabling and disabling doing some
testing. Maybe it finally wokeup

> I had the same under status on my wap54g. I just went back and looked
> again and it now shows
> WEP. I do know that it was actually on. Im not sure what made my
> status page change except
> that I did do alot of security enabling and disabling doing some
> testing. Maybe it finally wokeup
>

If I change back to WEP 64 or 128, the Encryption status is okay i.e.
correctly reported. Upon changing back to WPA, the status reverts to
"disabled".

Maybe this is simply what it does when in WPA mode but Linksys think it is
an issue. Pity Live Support cannot pass the information to their
developers.

On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 21:23:13 -0000, NewsGroupQuestion spoketh

>> I had the same under status on my wap54g. I just went back and looked
>> again and it now shows
>> WEP. I do know that it was actually on. Im not sure what made my
>> status page change except
>> that I did do alot of security enabling and disabling doing some
>> testing. Maybe it finally wokeup
>>
>
>If I change back to WEP 64 or 128, the Encryption status is okay i.e.
>correctly reported. Upon changing back to WPA, the status reverts to
>"disabled".
>
>Maybe this is simply what it does when in WPA mode but Linksys think it is
>an issue. Pity Live Support cannot pass the information to their
>developers.
>

It's a reporting error on the status page of the device. On the WAP54G,
it will report "disabled" for security when using WEP, while it will
correctly state "WPA" when WPA is used.

If you have enabled encryption in the wireless client on your computer
and you have a connection, then that connection is encrypted regardless
of what the status page on the router/access point says.


Lars M. Hansen
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