Re: Why does Linksys suck?

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:45:23 -0400, JustA MereUser
<JustA.MereUser@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Linksys WPC54G wireless card on Windows 2000. Repeatedly get "You are connected
to the access point, but the Internet cannot be found".

What does IPCONFIG say?
Start -> run -> cmd <enter>
IPCONFIG

All sorts of
hocus-pocus on the internet about malware, improperly configured routers,

Yep. Wireless is magic.

certain encryptions selections, the need for DHCP (even if they are properly
set).

Incidentally, you can get into that situation by setting your wireless
client to connect to ANY access point. I've lost count of how many
users complain about not being able to maintain a connection, only to
find that they're connected to the neighbors access point. Of course,
they don't have the correct WPA key, so the client says "connected but
no internet", which is what you're getting. If you want to complain,
yell at Microsoft for not including connection progress messages, and
Linksys for following in Microsoft's footsteps.

The real solution, at least in some cases, is if you reboot enough, you
can eventually connect.

Yep. If you roll the dice enough, you might eventually connect to
your own access point.

Isn't that wonderful? So much for hibernating your
work in the middle of something and resuming elsewhere. For linksys, wireless
does not mean nomadic.

Hibernation is another horror story. It can wait as I'm busy scraping
the rust off a very used drill press and needed a break from the
fumes.

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