Cisco 350 connects to Linksys WAP, not to Linksys ADSL router: helpwith diagnosing?

I have a wired network in my home and recently intalled a Linksys WAP54G
in order to graft wireless devices onto it. It works fine with the
Cisco Aironet 350 card in my laptop (using Windows XP's configuration
utility, not the Cisco ACU).

In preparation for installing an ADSL router/wireless network in my
daughter's flat I have obtained a Linksys WAG354G; I'm trying it out at
my home using just the wireless capability (i.e. not connecting it to
the ADSL line).

The Cisco card in the laptop communicates with the WAP54G fine but it
doesn't connect to the (apparently) identically configured WAG354G. The
home desktop (which has a Linksys PCI WPM54G card) connects to both with
ease.

I'm using XP's configuration utility and there's basically nothing else
to do but select WAP-PSK (TKIP is the only option) and put in the WPA
key, which I do using copy-and-paste. There are no error messages, no
diagnostics: the "select a wireless network" applet sees the signal from
the WAG and when I click connect it sits sulking at "waiting for the
network" until the timeout and then returns to the "not connected"
state. Yet if I select the house's "real" network - the one with the
Access Point - it connects straight away.

What can I do to diagnose this? It has to be something easy, but I've
looked everywhere for whatever-it-is.

Hi Henry,

We've seen some compatibility regressions in the 350 client's
5.60.x firmware (Install Wizard 1.5/1.6) when attempting to
talk to various consumer APs.

If you downgrade your 350 card to 5.41.0 / 5.40.10 firmware,
does it work with the WAG354G?

Regards,

Aaron

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~ I have a wired network in my home and recently intalled a Linksys WAP54G
~ in order to graft wireless devices onto it. It works fine with the
~ Cisco Aironet 350 card in my laptop (using Windows XP's configuration
~ utility, not the Cisco ACU).
~
~ In preparation for installing an ADSL router/wireless network in my
~ daughter's flat I have obtained a Linksys WAG354G; I'm trying it out at
~ my home using just the wireless capability (i.e. not connecting it to
~ the ADSL line).
~
~ The Cisco card in the laptop communicates with the WAP54G fine but it
~ doesn't connect to the (apparently) identically configured WAG354G. The
~ home desktop (which has a Linksys PCI WPM54G card) connects to both with
~ ease.
~
~ I'm using XP's configuration utility and there's basically nothing else
~ to do but select WAP-PSK (TKIP is the only option) and put in the WPA
~ key, which I do using copy-and-paste. There are no error messages, no
~ diagnostics: the "select a wireless network" applet sees the signal from
~ the WAG and when I click connect it sits sulking at "waiting for the
~ network" until the timeout and then returns to the "not connected"
~ state. Yet if I select the house's "real" network - the one with the
~ Access Point - it connects straight away.
~
~ What can I do to diagnose this? It has to be something easy, but I've
~ looked everywhere for whatever-it-is.