Keeps dropping connection...

I have a Linksys WRT54GS with speedbooster in the living room, connected to
my cable modem.
In a kids room, I have a WUSB54GS with speedbooster that I am trying to
connect to the router.
The kids PC will connect, signal strength is good, but it will drop the
connection shortly. I can go to the properties on kids pc & it will say
"Connected to access point, but can't find the internet". But even that
doesn't seem to be the case, because I can type in 192.168.1.1 in my browser
& can't connect to the router.
I have tried removing & re-installing software, tried it using the Linksys
program, as well as the Windows built in wireless settings, tried with
static or DHCP address. I have even tried switching out the WUSB54GS! I am
using 64bit WEP & have broadcasting turned off.
Even stranger is that there is a laptop with built in wireless settings that
connects just fine from the same room!
What am I missing?!?!?!

Izzy Mandelbaum wrote:
> I have a Linksys WRT54GS with speedbooster in the living room, connected to
> my cable modem.
> In a kids room, I have a WUSB54GS with speedbooster that I am trying to
> connect to the router.
> The kids PC will connect, signal strength is good, but it will drop the
> connection shortly. I can go to the properties on kids pc & it will say
> "Connected to access point, but can't find the internet". But even that
> doesn't seem to be the case, because I can type in 192.168.1.1 in my browser
> & can't connect to the router.
> I have tried removing & re-installing software, tried it using the Linksys
> program, as well as the Windows built in wireless settings, tried with
> static or DHCP address. I have even tried switching out the WUSB54GS! I am
> using 64bit WEP & have broadcasting turned off.
> Even stranger is that there is a laptop with built in wireless settings that
> connects just fine from the same room!
> What am I missing?!?!?!
>
>
Hi,
Why don't you duplicate the settings of laptop wireless card.
Compare the two settings. Can you ping anything towards Internet?

On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 05:48:09 GMT, "Izzy Mandelbaum"
<stompin@the-savoy.com> wrote in
<tsB1h.25583$GR2.15780@tornado.texas.rr.com>:

>I have a Linksys WRT54GS with speedbooster in the living room, connected to
>my cable modem.
>In a kids room, I have a WUSB54GS with speedbooster that I am trying to
>connect to the router.
>The kids PC will connect, signal strength is good, but it will drop the
>connection shortly. I can go to the properties on kids pc & it will say
>"Connected to access point, but can't find the internet". But even that
>doesn't seem to be the case, because I can type in 192.168.1.1 in my browser
>& can't connect to the router.

It's probably not really connected -- that's a Windows lie.

>I have tried removing & re-installing software, tried it using the Linksys
>program, as well as the Windows built in wireless settings, tried with
>static or DHCP address. I have even tried switching out the WUSB54GS! I am
>using 64bit WEP & have broadcasting turned off.

Turn SSID broadcast back on -- having it off causes problems and won't
do anything useful. Then try with *all* security turned off. If that
works, turn security back on. If you must use WEP (you really, really
should use WPA instead!), enter all WEP keys in *hex* (not text).

>Even stranger is that there is a laptop with built in wireless settings that
>connects just fine from the same room!
>What am I missing?!?!?!

Probably WEP key mismatch.

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"Izzy Mandelbaum" <stompin@the-savoy.com> wrote in message
news:tsB1h.25583$GR2.15780@tornado.texas.rr.com
>...
> Even stranger is that there is a laptop with built in wireless
> settings that connects just fine from the same room!
> What am I missing?!?!?!

Some manufactures make really bad wireless for starters. I have nothing
but good luck with 2Wire and US Robotic products. LinkSys and D-Link are
some of the worst products out there. Belkin isn't that bad either.
Don't discount that your motherboard is bad either. Then nothing will
work right except maybe dialup and HomePNA. I have 2 such computers that
fails under this category right now.

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Bill

On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 05:48:09 GMT, "Izzy Mandelbaum"
<stompin@the-savoy.com> wrote:

>I have a Linksys WRT54GS with speedbooster in the living room, connected to
>my cable modem.
>In a kids room, I have a WUSB54GS with speedbooster that I am trying to
>connect to the router.
>The kids PC will connect, signal strength is good, but it will drop the
>connection shortly. I can go to the properties on kids pc & it will say
>"Connected to access point, but can't find the internet". But even that
>doesn't seem to be the case, because I can type in 192.168.1.1 in my browser
>& can't connect to the router.
>I have tried removing & re-installing software, tried it using the Linksys
>program, as well as the Windows built in wireless settings, tried with
>static or DHCP address. I have even tried switching out the WUSB54GS! I am
>using 64bit WEP & have broadcasting turned off.
>Even stranger is that there is a laptop with built in wireless settings that
>connects just fine from the same room!
>What am I missing?!?!?!

If you must use WEP, please use the Hex key instead of the ASCII key.
What's happening is that you're not properly negotiating the WEP key.
The wireless client says that you are connected, but you haven't gone
beyond that. Windoze is not so great on diagnostics so it leaves you
hanging with no error message for encryption failure.

However, since you have fairly modern hardware, I *STRONGLY* suggest
you switch to WPA-PSK (or WPA-Personal) encryption, which is far more
secure, and doesn't have the ASCII to Hex conversion problem of WEP.

Also, go back to dynamic IP's and turn SSID broadcasting back on.

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