Toshiba Sat S3094 to Linksys BEFW11S4 help needed

I just bought a Toshiba Satellite notebook model M115-3094. I already have a
router, a Linksys BEFW11S4. The Linksys is a B router, and the Toshiba has
A, B, and G built in. If I connect with no WEP or WPA security it works
fine, however if I add WEP or WPA, it will connect first time, but after a
few minutes of not using the connection, or after waking the laptop from
battery saver mode, the connection is down, and it says I can choose a
wireless connection. It then takes several tries with the password, etc. The
ConfigFree utility does not seem to help so far. On my laptop, I have an
Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection, and Realtek RTL8139/810x
Family Fast Ethernet NIC.

For security my router offers WPA PSK TKIP, WPA Radius TKIP, Radius, and
WEP 64 bit/10 hex digits or 128 bit./26 hex digits. The laptop properties
box offers WPA PSK TKIP (which is what I'm using), as I don't see the other
choice, AES, on my router. The laptop also "offers" Open and Shared WEP, if
I'm reading it right, and WPA2, and WPA2-PSK which I don't see on my router.

Any help appreciated, thanks much.

> Any help appreciated, thanks much.

The BEFW11S4 was a crappy router. Throw it away and get something new that
does WPA and 802.11g. Routers are far cheaper than the hassle and
aggravtion of putting up with the BEFW11S4's many faults.

Thanks, also my system goes out at least twice a week, just out of nowhere,
I go to use the Internet on one computer, and keep getting "Page not found "
errors, while the other PC is OK, sometimes both are out, and I shut off
both PC's, unplug the router, cable modem, and VOIP connection, plug
everything back in, then turn on one PC, then the other after the first one
boots up, or else both PC's say some kind of network configuration error.
That's just the two I have networked in with Ethernet cable, not counting my
laptop which I want wireless.

Any suggestions for a new router that has good reviews/performance under
$100. I also have a Packet 8 VOIP phone box that it needs to be compatible
with. Thanks much.


"Bill Kearney" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Any help appreciated, thanks much.
>
> The BEFW11S4 was a crappy router. Throw it away and get something new
> that
> does WPA and 802.11g. Routers are far cheaper than the hassle and
> aggravtion of putting up with the BEFW11S4's many faults.
>

DK1000 wrote:
> I just bought a Toshiba Satellite notebook model M115-3094. I already have a
> router, a Linksys BEFW11S4. The Linksys is a B router, and the Toshiba has
> A, B, and G built in. If I connect with no WEP or WPA security it works
> fine, however if I add WEP or WPA, it will connect first time, but after a
> few minutes of not using the connection, or after waking the laptop from
> battery saver mode, the connection is down, and it says I can choose a
> wireless connection. It then takes several tries with the password, etc. The
> ConfigFree utility does not seem to help so far. On my laptop, I have an
> Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection, and Realtek RTL8139/810x
> Family Fast Ethernet NIC.
>
> For security my router offers WPA PSK TKIP, WPA Radius TKIP, Radius, and
> WEP 64 bit/10 hex digits or 128 bit./26 hex digits. The laptop properties
> box offers WPA PSK TKIP (which is what I'm using), as I don't see the other
> choice, AES, on my router. The laptop also "offers" Open and Shared WEP, if
> I'm reading it right, and WPA2, and WPA2-PSK which I don't see on my router.
>
> Any help appreciated, thanks much.
>
>
>
Hi,
Do you have latest firmware for the router and latest driver for the
Intel wireless card?

Thanks Tony,

I was thinking about that, but I thought if something goes wrong while
updating, I have a useless brick on my hands, but then I'll still have one
PC I can hook up directly to the cable modem I guess until I figure it out.
I'll look into updating the card, however it's a brand new laptop.


"Tony Hwang" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> DK1000 wrote:
>> I just bought a Toshiba Satellite notebook model M115-3094. I already
>> have a router, a Linksys BEFW11S4. The Linksys is a B router, and the
>> Toshiba has A, B, and G built in. If I connect with no WEP or WPA
>> security it works fine, however if I add WEP or WPA, it will connect
>> first time, but after a few minutes of not using the connection, or after
>> waking the laptop from battery saver mode, the connection is down, and
>> it says I can choose a wireless connection. It then takes several tries
>> with the password, etc. The ConfigFree utility does not seem to help so
>> far. On my laptop, I have an Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG Network
>> Connection, and Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC.
>>
>> For security my router offers WPA PSK TKIP, WPA Radius TKIP, Radius,
>> and WEP 64 bit/10 hex digits or 128 bit./26 hex digits. The laptop
>> properties box offers WPA PSK TKIP (which is what I'm using), as I don't
>> see the other choice, AES, on my router. The laptop also "offers" Open
>> and Shared WEP, if I'm reading it right, and WPA2, and WPA2-PSK which I
>> don't see on my router.
>>
>> Any help appreciated, thanks much.
>>
>>
>>
> Hi,
> Do you have latest firmware for the router and latest driver for the Intel
> wireless card?

DK1000 wrote:

> Thanks Tony,
>
> I was thinking about that, but I thought if something goes wrong while
> updating, I have a useless brick on my hands, but then I'll still have one
> PC I can hook up directly to the cable modem I guess until I figure it out.
> I'll look into updating the card, however it's a brand new laptop.
>
>
> "Tony Hwang" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:IGf1h.224024$R63.79421@pd7urf1no...
>
>>DK1000 wrote:
>>
>>>I just bought a Toshiba Satellite notebook model M115-3094. I already
>>>have a router, a Linksys BEFW11S4. The Linksys is a B router, and the
>>>Toshiba has A, B, and G built in. If I connect with no WEP or WPA
>>>security it works fine, however if I add WEP or WPA, it will connect
>>>first time, but after a few minutes of not using the connection, or after
>>>waking the laptop from battery saver mode, the connection is down, and
>>>it says I can choose a wireless connection. It then takes several tries
>>>with the password, etc. The ConfigFree utility does not seem to help so
>>>far. On my laptop, I have an Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG Network
>>>Connection, and Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC.
>>>
>>>For security my router offers WPA PSK TKIP, WPA Radius TKIP, Radius,
>>>and WEP 64 bit/10 hex digits or 128 bit./26 hex digits. The laptop
>>>properties box offers WPA PSK TKIP (which is what I'm using), as I don't
>>>see the other choice, AES, on my router. The laptop also "offers" Open
>>>and Shared WEP, if I'm reading it right, and WPA2, and WPA2-PSK which I
>>>don't see on my router.
>>>
>>>Any help appreciated, thanks much.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Hi,
>>Do you have latest firmware for the router and latest driver for the Intel
>>wireless card?
>
>
>
Hi,
If you use NIC connection, downloading corrupt file is unlikely.
First you update the wireless card driver, then check router firmware.
It can make a difference. I am Thinkpad guy. Long time ago I had Toshi
laptop which gave me an excellent service.

I just tried updating the router firmware from the Linksys site, and the
latest they have is v1.50 from 2003, which seems to be the same one I have
already. I believe I bought the router Spring 2004.

There's three things listed in Device Manager under Network Adapters, 1394
Network Adapter (Microsoft Driver 7/1/2001 v 5.1.2535.0)), Intel
Pro/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (Intel 7/2/2006 v 10.5.1.57), and
Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC (Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
6/27/2006 v 5.652.627.2006). I know the Intel Pro is the driver in question,
but I tried to driver update wizard to connect to Windows Update on all
three of the above drivers, and the wizard states that it could not find a
better match than what I have installed.


"Tony Hwang" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> DK1000 wrote:
>
>> Thanks Tony,
>>
>> I was thinking about that, but I thought if something goes wrong while
>> updating, I have a useless brick on my hands, but then I'll still have
>> one PC I can hook up directly to the cable modem I guess until I figure
>> it out. I'll look into updating the card, however it's a brand new
>> laptop.
>>
>>
>> "Tony Hwang" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:IGf1h.224024$R63.79421@pd7urf1no...
>>
>>>DK1000 wrote:
>>>
>>>>I just bought a Toshiba Satellite notebook model M115-3094. I already
>>>>have a router, a Linksys BEFW11S4. The Linksys is a B router, and the
>>>>Toshiba has A, B, and G built in. If I connect with no WEP or WPA
>>>>security it works fine, however if I add WEP or WPA, it will connect
>>>>first time, but after a few minutes of not using the connection, or
>>>>after waking the laptop from battery saver mode, the connection is
>>>>down, and it says I can choose a wireless connection. It then takes
>>>>several tries with the password, etc. The ConfigFree utility does not
>>>>seem to help so far. On my laptop, I have an Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG
>>>>Network Connection, and Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC.
>>>>
>>>>For security my router offers WPA PSK TKIP, WPA Radius TKIP, Radius,
>>>>and WEP 64 bit/10 hex digits or 128 bit./26 hex digits. The laptop
>>>>properties box offers WPA PSK TKIP (which is what I'm using), as I don't
>>>>see the other choice, AES, on my router. The laptop also "offers" Open
>>>>and Shared WEP, if I'm reading it right, and WPA2, and WPA2-PSK which I
>>>>don't see on my router.
>>>>
>>>>Any help appreciated, thanks much.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>Do you have latest firmware for the router and latest driver for the
>>>Intel wireless card?
>>
>>
>>
> Hi,
> If you use NIC connection, downloading corrupt file is unlikely.
> First you update the wireless card driver, then check router firmware.
> It can make a difference. I am Thinkpad guy. Long time ago I had Toshi
> laptop which gave me an excellent service.