new Linksys card can't talk to Netgear? yeah, right

>From Stupidity Central: A new Linksys WPC54GS adapter, HP laptop, fresh
installed Win2k, installed the (still 1.0) driver off the website...
settings as dumbed down as possible, i.e. no security, infrastructure,
SSID is correct and in correct case, and this card simply will NOT set
up a link with the customer's Netgear MR614V2 router which has the
current 5.3 firmware from Netgear.

The Netgear router has absolutely no other problems talking to quite a
variety of various and sundry adapter cards in other laptops.

As another test, we removed the GS adapter from the laptop and
installed another brand new adapter, a Linksys WPC54G, this one without
the "GS" speedbooster stuff. Before plugging it in, we removed the GS
software, rebooted, installed the G software from the website, then
plugged it in, all seeming to go correctly without errors. STILL no
connect.

Amazing. We then took the G card and installed it into a completely
different (older Dell) laptop at the site, along with the
website-version driver, and it failed there as well. This Dell did
have a Netgear adapter in it previously which ran just fine... so it
would seem that there's some stupid and basic problem between these two
items but I've been unable to find any reference to this or any related
problem on the net.

The NG router is set for DHCP of course, access control turned off, and
is handing out 192.168.0.2 through .20. I did see where someone's
Linksys router won't route unless you're handing out .1.100 and up but
this doesn't appear to apply here.

What am I missing? Is Linksys junk?

Turns out (arrgh) the folks downstairs assumed they had in fact
disabled 'access control' on the router but they never clicked 'apply'
as far as we know, so that turned out to be the problem all along.
Works fine now.

Unbelievable.

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>Turns out (arrgh) the folks downstairs assumed

Ah, we always used to write this up as "Replaced Operator, Problem
Cleared." 8*)

On 11 Mar 2005 09:37:04 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>Turns out (arrgh) the folks downstairs assumed they had in fact
>disabled 'access control' on the router but they never clicked 'apply'
>as far as we know, so that turned out to be the problem all along.
>Works fine now.

Sigh. I was going to post an extremely complex and detailed
troubleshooting plan with numerous exotic and obscure possible causes
plus solutions. I was also planning on adding my usual personal
anecdotes and semi-humorous stories. I thought I had found a suitable
problem worthy of my extensive troubleshooting skills. I actually
look for such problems to solve. So, you spoil it all by finding and
fixing the problem in a simple and efficient manner. I'm crushed.

>Unbelievable.

It's very believable. Weds morning, I get a call from a local
professional musician having problems with his audio programs. ITunes
wouldn't play, but everything else does. It took me 30 minutes of
screwing around to finally notice that the iTunes volume slider was
turned down to zero. Forest, trees, Occam's Razor, technobabble, KISS
(keep it simple stupid), vacation, grumble...


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