Works great then stops

I have a Toshiba laptop with a built in wireless card and a Linksys
access point. Some days the system works flawlessly and then, for no
reason that I can figure out, for a few days it just stops working.

When I jack the ethernet line into the back of the Toshiba, it works
fine, but who wants to be tethered like that. No fun and not too cool.

Any ideas?

Michael Greenberg wrote:
> I have a Toshiba laptop with a built in wireless card and a Linksys
> access point. Some days the system works flawlessly and then, for no
> reason that I can figure out, for a few days it just stops working.
>
> When I jack the ethernet line into the back of the Toshiba, it works
> fine, but who wants to be tethered like that. No fun and not too cool.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
What model of Linksys AP? How are you connected to the internet?

Why an access point instead of a wireless router?

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Actually I do have a wireless router, a Linksys WRT54G. When I plug
the ethernet line from the router to the back of my Toshiba the
connection works fine. The problem is in the wireless signal. It
works great for 3 or 4 days and then it does not work for 3 or 4 days.
I'm not changing any protocols in my computer...it just seems to work
and then not work.. I'm using Adelphia cable...but again ...from the
same router the ethernet line always works so it can't be the cable
company.. I'm stumped.

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:56:41 -0600, Rick Ankrum
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Michael Greenberg wrote:
>> I have a Toshiba laptop with a built in wireless card and a Linksys
>> access point. Some days the system works flawlessly and then, for no
>> reason that I can figure out, for a few days it just stops working.
>>
>> When I jack the ethernet line into the back of the Toshiba, it works
>> fine, but who wants to be tethered like that. No fun and not too cool.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
>What model of Linksys AP? How are you connected to the internet?
>
>Why an access point instead of a wireless router?
>
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Have you verified that you have the latest firmware in the Linsys
WRT54G ???


roduct: WRT54G

Classification: Firmware Release History

Firmware Date: 1/3/2005

Release Date: 1/28/2005

Last Firmware Version: 3.03.6
__________________________________________________ ________________________
Firmware 3.03.6
- Supports hardware version 3
- Updated help file

Firmware 3.03.1
- Wi-Fi certified

Firmware 3.01.3
- Updated wireless driver
- Supports hardware version 2.2 (cannot downgrade to previous versions)
- Resolves issue with VoIP adapters
- Resolves issue with long domain names

Firmware 2.04.4
- Updated wireless driver
- Updated certificate generation for https access

Firmware 2.04.3
- Resolves issue with disabling firewall
- Added QoS function
- Added Port Triggering function
- Added L2TP option for WAN connection type
- Added ability to back up and restore configuration files
- Added Wireless isolation function
- Added ability to filter internal NAT redirection
- Added ability to restrict access to web GUI from wireless clients
- Added ability to filter IDENT port 113
- Resolves issue with HeartBeat WAN connection
- Added support for 40/56bit cipher to support old browsers to use
https
- Resolves issue with PPTP passthrough
- Changed WPA Group Key renewal time range to 600~7200 seconds
- Added IGMP proxy support
- Added ability to allow web GUI access only through https or http


Firmware 2.02.2
- Updated wireless driver to support all versions of WRT54G hardware
- Adds support to allow WAP54G connect as a repeater
- CTS protection mode set to disable by default to improve wireless
performance in normal environments
- Resolved issue where the WLAN LED stays on even when wireless is
disabled
- Resolved security vulnerability causing the web server in the router
to crash

Firmware 2.00.8 (WRT54G v.2 only)
- Updated wireless driver

Firmware Version 1.42.2
- Updated wireless driver to 3.31.15
- Added URL and contents filters
- Added L2TP passthrough
- Added HeartBeat Signal support
- Resolved issue with Connect on Demand

Firmware Version 1.41.2
- Updated GUI format and layout

Firmware Version 1.30.7
- Adds UI control to enable/disable frame bursting
- Resolves issue with firmware upgrade error in Internet Explorer
6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.030422-1633, on Windows XP pro.
- Send 192.168.1.1 to disable DynDNS
- Resolves issue with using the 4th tx key for WEP
- Resolves issue with disconnecting PPPoE causing WPA to be disabled

Firmware Version 1.30.1
- Adjust PPTP max MTU value from 1400 to 1460
- The router is now certifiable for the UPnP logo
- Complies with final 802.11g standard
- Improved performance asymmetry between the transmit and receive paths
- Receive Broadcast packets from renew state. Some DHCP server (Dlink
300G+) send broadcast ACK after it receives a REQUEST
- Fix: The firmware upgrade will fail, if DDNS updates while upgrading
- Fix: If first DNS address fails, the second or third DNS address will
be used to resolve domain names
- Added the following items under Setup Page:
- Router Name
- Manual Time Server
- MAC Clone
- wireless domain
- Security Settings
- Added the following items under System Page
- UPnP enable/disable
- Ping Test and Traceroute
- Added the following items under Wireless Page
- CTS Protection Mode
- Basic Rate
- Added the following items under Status Page
- Router Name
- Start IP Address
- End IP Address
- Added Wi-Fi Protected Access(TM) support including AES and TKIP
encryption
- Resolves issue with Port Forwarding name showing up as garbage
characters
- Added "B-Only" option to wireless modes
- Added "Default" option to Basic Rate settings

Firmware Version 1.02.1
- Incorporates updates found in the Draft IEEE 802.11g version 6.1
specification
- Resolves interoperability issues with legacy 802.11b devices under
Mixed Mode
- Resolves a performance bug where the performance in a mixed b, g
network did not go up once the last b client disassociated
- Resolves issue where WEP degrades performance
- Resolves issue with TZO DDNS Service
- "Domain Name" replaces "name"
- TFTP server will only verify image file name "xxxx.bin"
- MAC Address Filter under the Advanced tab works on both wired and
wireless clients
- Fixed a bug that prevented wireless clients from connecting to the
Internet if there was no active wired PC (PPoE customers in Europe and
China only)
- Support for UPnP enabled applications such as MSN Messenger
- Fixed a bug that caused computers connected to the LAN ports to be
dropped at some interval only to be immediately re-connected
- Fixed Dynamic Routing issue between 2 Routers
- Allows User to name Static Route Configurations
- Modified PC List Web Page to avoid confusion
- Stabilized Wireless-G to LAN and WAN Throughput
- Stabilized Wireless-B to LAN and WAN Throughput
- Improved LAN-WAN Throughput

Firmware Ver.: 1.01
- Initial release

Those are pretty much the same symptoms I had that the revised (1/3/2005)
firmware on that devices fixed.. Go to the linksys website, and download and
install the update for that device. (it's free)


Michael Greenberg wrote:
> Actually I do have a wireless router, a Linksys WRT54G. When I plug
> the ethernet line from the router to the back of my Toshiba the
> connection works fine. The problem is in the wireless signal. It
> works great for 3 or 4 days and then it does not work for 3 or 4 days.
> I'm not changing any protocols in my computer...it just seems to work
> and then not work.. I'm using Adelphia cable...but again ...from the
> same router the ethernet line always works so it can't be the cable
> company.. I'm stumped.
>
> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:56:41 -0600, Rick Ankrum
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Michael Greenberg wrote:
>>> I have a Toshiba laptop with a built in wireless card and a Linksys
>>> access point. Some days the system works flawlessly and then, for no
>>> reason that I can figure out, for a few days it just stops working.
>>>
>>> When I jack the ethernet line into the back of the Toshiba, it works
>>> fine, but who wants to be tethered like that. No fun and not too
>>> cool.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>>
>> What model of Linksys AP? How are you connected to the internet?
>>
>> Why an access point instead of a wireless router?
>>
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Mission accomplished! Went to the
linksys site and downloaded the new firmware. Thanks for the help
guys.

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:26:32 -0800, "Peter Pan"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Those are pretty much the same symptoms I had that the revised (1/3/2005)
>firmware on that devices fixed.. Go to the linksys website, and download and
>install the update for that device. (it's free)
>
>
>Michael Greenberg wrote:
>> Actually I do have a wireless router, a Linksys WRT54G. When I plug
>> the ethernet line from the router to the back of my Toshiba the
>> connection works fine. The problem is in the wireless signal. It
>> works great for 3 or 4 days and then it does not work for 3 or 4 days.
>> I'm not changing any protocols in my computer...it just seems to work
>> and then not work.. I'm using Adelphia cable...but again ...from the
>> same router the ethernet line always works so it can't be the cable
>> company.. I'm stumped.
>>
>> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:56:41 -0600, Rick Ankrum
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> Michael Greenberg wrote:
>>>> I have a Toshiba laptop with a built in wireless card and a Linksys
>>>> access point. Some days the system works flawlessly and then, for no
>>>> reason that I can figure out, for a few days it just stops working.
>>>>
>>>> When I jack the ethernet line into the back of the Toshiba, it works
>>>> fine, but who wants to be tethered like that. No fun and not too
>>>> cool.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> What model of Linksys AP? How are you connected to the internet?
>>>
>>> Why an access point instead of a wireless router?
>>>
>>> ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet
>>> News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the
>>> World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms -
>>> Total Privacy via Encryption =----
>