John wrote:
> I've just got a WAG325N and the ADSL/internet side of it is brilliant.
> Trouble is, the wireless side of it isn't working. It came with Firmware
> 1.00.08 so I flashed it to the latest available (1.00.11) but the wireless
> still doesn't work.
>
> I've tried every available channel and, because I have no wireless N
> adapters (only wireless G), I've tried the "Radio Band" at both standard
> 20MHz and wide 40MHz - but that doesn't work either.
>
> Having had a WAG54GS and been very pleased with that, I'm surprised and
> very, VERY, annoyed that the wireless network mode of the WAG325N is just
> either "Mixed" or "Disabled" and not selectable as B, G, or N, because I
> think that that may have something to do with it.
>
> Also, the encryption method is listed in the drop-down box as "TKIP or AES"
> and it seems to be automatically chosen, rather than the user being able to
> choose TKIP or to choose AES - maybe this has something to do with it as
> well.
>
> Anyway, here's a description of the problem:
>
> The wireless seems to be working in a "burst" or "pulse" mode somehow. When
> my laptop sees a signal from the router it is only running at 24Mbps and it
> is only there for about 5 to 10 seconds, then it drops out for about 5 or 10
> seconds, and so the cycle continues.
>
> If you look here www.thehewitts.eu/wifi.html you'll see a screen-dump of my
> wireless adapter software showing signal strength and quality - it rises to
> 100% and then drops, 100% and then drops etc., etc. It is the same wherever
> I take my laptop in the house - near the router or far from the router makes
> no difference (apart from signal strength and quality gets lower, of
> course - maybe even as low as 20% but the "pulse" aspect is still there).
>
> And it is definitely not any form of interference because I can change
> between my BT Voyager 2091 wireless router and my BT Home Hub, both of which
> work perfectly wirelessly - the problem is with the Linksys WAG325N.
>
> Have I got a faulty router that needs to be returned to the store, or is
> there some setting I'm missing somewhere?
>
> Thanks
>
> John
>
>
If you can't solve things with the advice from Barb and Jack, here are
some more thoughts.
There are 2 aspects of encryption: what Linksys calls "security mode"
and what Linksys calls "encryption" or "encryption method." You *must*
be sure that the "security mode" of the router is set either to
"WPA2-Personal" or "WPA-Personal." Be sure that you haven't selected
an "Enterprise" version of the security. Also, although WPA2 is
supposed to be backwards compatible with WPA, if your laptop adapter can
only handle WPA, try setting the router's "security mode" to WPA-Personal.
As shown in the User's Guide, originally this router, like older Linksys
routers, apparently offered the choice of using either TKIP or AES
(although WPA2 mandates AES) for the "encryption" method. As of
firmware version 1.00.08, "security encryption [changed] to TKIP+AES for
WPA/WPA2 to allow clients using TKIP or AES to connect (NOTE: known
performance issue with TKIP encyption)." (Read the firmware release
notes). Also note that firmware version 1.00.11 is *only* for "Annex A"
hardware. Because version 1.00.08 seems also to be available only for
"Annex A" hardware, if that's what your device came with, you're
probably OK.
In any case, I suggest that you set the "security mode" to "Disabled"
and then attempt to connect. Be sure to delete any profile/preferred
network entry that you created earlier on your laptop so that it doesn't
attempt to connect to the unsecured network using a stored passphrase.
If you can connect without using encryption, then enable encryption
appropriately. If you can't, it's sounding more like defective hardware
(but see next paragraph).
Finally, if everything else fails, go to the appropriate forum on
linksysinfo.org and describe your problem there. There are some very
knowledgeable users of Linksys products there, and if someone has seen
anything like what you describe, you're more likely to get a straight
answer there then from Linksys support.
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/fo...play.php?f=130
[a very quick glance there suggests that the .08 firmware was
problematic, so you were probably right to go to .11, but perhaps there
was a problem in flashing. I'd ask first before re-flashing.]
--
Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking
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