MN-500 Wireless not retaining settings.

I've not been networking for long. Just have a small home
network for me and the wife using the MN-500 wireless
base station. Everything worked fine for months, but
recently, every morning when I start up the network, the
base station has lost it's settings and I have to use
the "admin" password (my own password no longer works at
these times) to get in and restore the settings I've
saved to a *.bin file. I've tried everything suggested by
Microsoft, resets and restores, and have lost count of
the number of times I've tried running setup again. Setup
always fails and suggests I reset the base station and
modem, and disable my virus scanner. I've done these
things numerous times without any success. I have to go
away for a few days and I just know the wife will have
problems restoring the network when I've gone. Can anyone
help please?

try a manual setup after a complete reset. to reset, onloy an unfolded
paperclip iun the reset hole for around 7 seconds until the lights
flash. then open a web browser and go to 192.168.2.1 and use the
default password of admin.


On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 08:32:37 -0700, "Hakwslayer"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I've not been networking for long. Just have a small home
>network for me and the wife using the MN-500 wireless
>base station. Everything worked fine for months, but
>recently, every morning when I start up the network, the
>base station has lost it's settings and I have to use
>the "admin" password (my own password no longer works at
>these times) to get in and restore the settings I've
>saved to a *.bin file. I've tried everything suggested by
>Microsoft, resets and restores, and have lost count of
>the number of times I've tried running setup again. Setup
>always fails and suggests I reset the base station and
>modem, and disable my virus scanner. I've done these
>things numerous times without any success. I have to go
>away for a few days and I just know the wife will have
>problems restoring the network when I've gone. Can anyone
>help please?

--
Barb Bowman
Expert Zone Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
MS-MVP (Windows)

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it, but I'm afraid it
didn't work When I get to the end of setting up I get
the message "The Wizard cannot configure your base
station" followed by the message "There was a problem
configuring your base station" This morning I had restore
my setting from the *.bin file again. Any other
suggestions please?

>-----Original Message-----
>try a manual setup after a complete reset. to reset,
onloy an unfolded
>paperclip iun the reset hole for around 7 seconds until
the lights
>flash. then open a web browser and go to 192.168.2.1 and
use the
>default password of admin.
>
>
>On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 08:32:37 -0700, "Hakwslayer"
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I've not been networking for long. Just have a small
home
>>network for me and the wife using the MN-500 wireless
>>base station. Everything worked fine for months, but
>>recently, every morning when I start up the network,
the
>>base station has lost it's settings and I have to use
>>the "admin" password (my own password no longer works
at
>>these times) to get in and restore the settings I've
>>saved to a *.bin file. I've tried everything suggested
by
>>Microsoft, resets and restores, and have lost count of
>>the number of times I've tried running setup again.
Setup
>>always fails and suggests I reset the base station and
>>modem, and disable my virus scanner. I've done these
>>things numerous times without any success. I have to go
>>away for a few days and I just know the wife will have
>>problems restoring the network when I've gone. Can
anyone
>>help please?
>
>--
>Barb Bowman
>Expert Zone Columnist
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>MS-MVP (Windows)
>.
>

That message indicates you tried to use the wizard again as opposed to
a manual setup. Please reset it. Then, open internet explorer and type
in http://192.168.2.1 and do not use the wizard. Try a manual setup.

On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 07:42:39 -0700, "Hawkslayer"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it, but I'm afraid it
>didn't work When I get to the end of setting up I get
>the message "The Wizard cannot configure your base
>station" followed by the message "There was a problem
>configuring your base station" This morning I had restore
>my setting from the *.bin file again. Any other
>suggestions please?
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>try a manual setup after a complete reset. to reset,
>onloy an unfolded
>>paperclip iun the reset hole for around 7 seconds until
>the lights
>>flash. then open a web browser and go to 192.168.2.1 and
>use the
>>default password of admin.
>>
>>
>>On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 08:32:37 -0700, "Hakwslayer"
>><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>I've not been networking for long. Just have a small
>home
>>>network for me and the wife using the MN-500 wireless
>>>base station. Everything worked fine for months, but
>>>recently, every morning when I start up the network,
>the
>>>base station has lost it's settings and I have to use
>>>the "admin" password (my own password no longer works
>at
>>>these times) to get in and restore the settings I've
>>>saved to a *.bin file. I've tried everything suggested
>by
>>>Microsoft, resets and restores, and have lost count of
>>>the number of times I've tried running setup again.
>Setup
>>>always fails and suggests I reset the base station and
>>>modem, and disable my virus scanner. I've done these
>>>things numerous times without any success. I have to go
>>>away for a few days and I just know the wife will have
>>>problems restoring the network when I've gone. Can
>anyone
>>>help please?
>>
>>--
>>Barb Bowman
>>Expert Zone Columnist
>>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>MS-MVP (Windows)
>>.
>>

--
Barb Bowman
Expert Zone Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
MS-MVP (Windows)