Linksys HW problem.

Thanks for your help. I called Linksys and they are
suggesting I replace the equipment. Have a great holiday.
>-----Original Message-----
>-The WAP/router is version 3.2.
>-The WPC11 card is the 'Wireless-B Notebook Adapter'
>-The driver for WPC11 is up-to-date.
>-I used the wireless zero configuration. Linksys
expects
>that. THe router comes with a 'WLAN Monitor' program
>that gives connectivity status. That program verifies
>that the WAP and card are communicating and that the
>signal strength between them is excellent.
>-I'm using infrastructure setup and the SSID is correct
>on all devices. I can see the ssid (sljnet (my wireless
>network)) as available and active on the laptop.
>-I have the router setup as 'enabled' for ssid
>broadcasting. The laptop knows about it and connects to
>it.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>There are 4 hardware revs of that router and there are
4
>versions of
>>the WPC11 card. Do you have the current driver for the
>card? Are you
>>using Windows XP native Wireless Zero Configuration to
>configure the
>>card or are you trying to use the Linksys utility? What
>networks do
>>you see in the list of available wireless networks? Is
>the network
>>setup for infrastructure as opposed to ad hoc? are you
>broadcasting
>>the SSI
>>D?
>>
>>On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 11:46:28 -0800,
> wrote:
>>
>>>-WAP/Router - Linksys BEFW11S4.
>>>-The firmware is up-to-date (1.45 [2/23/03])
>>>-The wireless card - Linksys WPC11.
>>>-WEP disabled. No WPA.
>>>-Authentication disabled.
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>what model and hardware version of this Linksys
router
>>>do you have? do
>>>>you have the latest firmware? which wireless card
>>>exactly? are you
>>>>using WEP or WPA? do you have 802.1x authentication
>>>disabled? you
>>>>really need to supply these details.
>>>>
>>>>On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 05:31:02 -0800,
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I have a linksys WAP router. It does have DHCP and
>it
>>>is
>>>>>operational since that is how my desktop is getting
>its
>>>>>ip. I have verified this through the router's dhcp
>>>table.
>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>what brand and model "WAP" do you have? if you have
>a
>>>>>Wireless Access
>>>>>>Point as opposed to a Wireless Router, there may
not
>>>be
>>>>>a DHCP server.
>>>>>>Please providemore details .
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:03:10 -0800, "ssmith"
> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I'm installing a wireless network between a
desktop
>>>and
>>>>>>>laptop through a wireless access point. The
>desktop
>>>is
>>>>>>>able to ping the WAP. The laptop is able to 'see'
>>>the
>>>>>>>WAP, according to its specific software, but
cannot
>>>>>ping
>>>>>>>the WAP or the desktop. This is most likely
>occuring
>>>>>>>because the laptop is getting an IP address from
>>>>>>>the 'Automative Private Address' service rather
>than
>>>>>the
>>>>>>>DHCP service on the WAP. If I specify the IP
>address
>>>>>of
>>>>>>>the WAP as the DHCP server on the laptop, it
>fails.
>>>If
>>>>>I
>>>>>>>specify proper static ip addresses, it fails.
>Please
>>>>>>>reply with advice. I've used the Network Setup
>>>Wizard
>>>>>>>and that didn't solve anything. Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>Barb Bowman
>>>>>>Expert Zone Columnist
>>>>>>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>>>>>MS-MVP (Windows)
>>>>>>.
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Barb Bowman
>>>>Expert Zone Columnist
>>>>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>>>MS-MVP (Windows)
>>>>.
>>>>
>>
>>--
>>Barb Bowman
>>Expert Zone Columnist
>>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>MS-MVP (Windows)
>>.
>>
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