Network Woes (Perhaps a bad card?)

I've been having issues with my WRT54GL since I've bought it. I don't
know if its my incompetence, my roommates, the routers, or our wireless
access card.

The card isa 802.11g Linksys card. I used it last year and it was
decent I suppose. It got the job done. I wouldnt know what a good or bad
card would be, unless of course its the reason we are having problems
now.

I've tried setting up a WPA secured network, a WEP secured network, Ive
tried filtering access by only allowing certain MAC addresses... I have
no clue what's up.

It seems like every time I secure my network, he cannot connect. I've
tried fiddling around with it, I cant for the life of me figure it out.

I dont wanna run to the store and pick up a card just yet. He can
connect just fine when I dont have any security measures up. I'm in an
apartment, and if I dont have a secured network up, Im guaranteed to
have at least 3 people stealing my bandwidth =(

Guys Im at my wits end with this one. I really truly need help.


edit: I realize now that this is more of a network discussion than a
hardware discussion. Im pretty sure its NOT the wireless card but I have
no idea if I can lock/delete topics. Sigh...


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AnimalCracker wrote:
> I've been having issues with my WRT54GL since I've bought it. I don't
> know if its my incompetence, my roommates, the routers, or our wireless
> access card.
>
> The card isa 802.11g Linksys card. I used it last year and it was
> decent I suppose. It got the job done. I wouldnt know what a good or bad
> card would be, unless of course its the reason we are having problems
> now.
>
> I've tried setting up a WPA secured network, a WEP secured network, Ive
> tried filtering access by only allowing certain MAC addresses... I have
> no clue what's up.
>
> It seems like every time I secure my network, he cannot connect. I've
> tried fiddling around with it, I cant for the life of me figure it out.
>
> I dont wanna run to the store and pick up a card just yet. He can
> connect just fine when I dont have any security measures up. I'm in an
> apartment, and if I dont have a secured network up, Im guaranteed to
> have at least 3 people stealing my bandwidth =(
>
> Guys Im at my wits end with this one. I really truly need help.
>
>
> edit: I realize now that this is more of a network discussion than a
> hardware discussion. Im pretty sure its NOT the wireless card but I have
> no idea if I can lock/delete topics. Sigh...
>
>
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If you have the GL model, then install the Sveasoft Talisman firmware.